http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2039/2058/2015 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR41/059/2008/en On 17 April, five members of Me’ phaa Indigenous People’s Organization (OPIM) were detained and charged with the murder of Alejandro Feliciano García on 1 January 2008 in the village of El Camalote, Guerrero state. Amnesty International has adopted all five indigenous rights activists as prisoners of c Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR54/005/2008/en Thousands of women in Armenia are regularly subjected to violence within their families. Women who try to defend themselves from violence and seek justice face multiple barriers. It is difficult to report violence in the family as a crime because it is neither defined in law nor clearly condemned as a crime. Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR51/139/2008/en Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/afghanistan-moves-towards-wide-use-executions-20081113 The Afghan government executed nine people last week. President Hamid Karzai has recently approved deathsentences for at least another 111. Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/harsh-sentences-myanmar-dissidents-20081113 Fourteen dissidents are sentenced to 65 years' imprisonment each, as Myanmar's military government ignores calls bythe international community to clean up its human rights record. Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/video-and-audio/video-irene-khan-discusses-mission-chile-20081112 Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan led a mission toChile in at the beginning of November to assess the country’s humanrights situation. Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/guilty-verdict-upheld-student-who-offended-moroccan-king-20081112 The Marrakesh Court of Appeals in Morocco has upheld a lower court'sguilty verdict against an 18-year-old student for insulting the King. Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/afghanistan-stop-move-toward-wide-use-executions-20081112 The Afghan government must immediately repeal the death sentences against 111 people who are on death row, Amnesty International said today, following reports of the execution of nine people since last week, which may signal further executions ahead. Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE14/028/2008/en Akhtar Mohammed Mustafa and her son Melko ‘Abbas Mohammed are being detained by the Asayish Gishti (General Security Directorate) in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Amnesty International fears that they may be subjected to torture or ill-treatment. Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR51/135/2008/en Marco Chapman is scheduled to be executed in Kentucky on 21 November 2008. He was sentenced to death in December 2004 for the murder of two children in 2002. He is not appealing his death sentence. This would be the first execution in Kentucky for nearly a decade. Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International