http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2040/2041/2054/2057 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE23/027/2008/en Amnesty International has been documenting the Saudi Arabian authorities’ extensive use of the death penalty for over a quarter of a century. This report is the latest evaluation, made in light of the legal, judicial and human rights changes that have been introduced in recent years in the country. The rep Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/148/2008/en According to the Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan (HROK), Negin Sheikholeslami, a human rights activist from the Kurdish minority in Iran, was arrested at her home in Tehran by members of the security forces at about midnight on 4 October 2008. She is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment and needs Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/151/2008/en Juvenile offender Mohammad Reza Haddadi, who was scheduled to be executed on 9 October 2008, has had his execution postponed. Iman Hashemi was pardoned in September by the family of the man he was convicted of killing, and is now free. There is no further news on Naser Qasemi, who was sentenced to death for Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR43/001/2008/en Nine women human rights defenders are facing legal proceedings for their involvement in the case of a nine-year-old Nicaraguan girl who was raped and made pregnant in 2003 and who obtained a legal abortion in Nicaragua. Amnesty International fears that the complaint against the nine women has been brought so Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA41/005/2008/fr Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE19/008/2008/en Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR41/040/2008/en Members of the Me' phaa Indigenous People's Organization in Mexico (OPIM) have succeeded in bringing cases of discrimination and human rights abuse against Indigenous people to public attention. To continue their work they have had to overcome threats and harassment and the killing of one of their leading me Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR19/010/2008/en Marcelo Freixo, a human rights defender and state government deputy, is heading a parliamentary inquiry into the activities of milícias in Rio de Janeiro’s shanty towns. The investigation is taking place against a backdrop of death threats, harassment and killings of those who seek to expose abuses by mil Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR19/010/2008/es Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA41/005/2008/en Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International