http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2040/2041/2057/1867/1823/1824/1827/1893 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR25/003/2008/en Gorki Águila was released on 29 August after a trial before a Municipal court in Havana. He was cleared of charges of “dangerousness” (peligrosidad), but found guilty of the lesser offence of civil disobedience. He was sentenced to pay a fine of 600 Cuban pesos (US$27). Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR20/005/2008/en Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA35/003/2008/en At least 200 political killings and over 200 enforced disappearances have reportedly occurred in the Philippines since 2001. Few effective investigations have been conducted and the arrest, prosecution and conviction of those responsible are rare. Many cases are never brought to court due to a lack of eviden Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/good-news/the-need-for-comprehensive-justice-across-the-former-yugoslavia-20080829 The trial of Radovan Karadzic resumes today in The Hague. But are a small number of high profile trials enough to healthe wounds caused by the horrific violations of human rights committedby all sides to the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina? Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE15/036/2008/en The Israeli authorities are still denying scores of critically ill patients the authorization they need to leave Gaza for medical treatment that is unavailable in Gaza. Even those patients who are given permission to leave Gaza for treatment are often suffering as a result of delays in receiving exit permits Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA35/004/2008/en Reports show that cases of political killings are routinely delayed at all stages of investigation and prosecution. Nelson Asucena was Chair of The Youth Council in his local village government. On 13 December 2006, six armed men in camouflage uniforms shot him dead outside his home. This case card calls on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/25-years-remembering-the-disappeared-20080829 Since the International Day of the Disappeared was started in 1983, the government practice of kidnapping, abducting or detaining people andholding them in secret has continued and spread as more countriesaccept and justify this crime. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/128/2008/en On 25 August 2008, Mahboubeh Karami was released on bail of one billion rials (approximately US$110,000). She was charged in mid-August with "acting against national security" and her next hearing is scheduled for 1 November at the Revolutionary Court in Tehran. Since her arrest on 13 June she had been held Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/life-sentences-for-argentinean-military-officers-20080829 Organization also calls on the Argentinean authorities to investigate the 2006 disappearance of Jorge Julio López. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/interview-with-a-survivor-of-the-bosnia-and-herzegovina-conflict-20080829 Nidzara Ahmetasevic talks about how she was wounded in the leg, about the Karadzic trial and about her hopes and dreams for the future of her country. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International