http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2042 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR38/001/2008/en Since 2006, thousands of migrants, accused of setting out from Mauritania with the intention of entering the Canary Islands irregularly, have been arrested, then forcibly returned to Mali or Senegal without any right of appeal. This report sets out the main concerns of Amnesty International in relation to th Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR15/002/2008/en Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR23/018/2008/en Members of the armed forces have threatened inhabitants of the Naya River basin by telling them that paramilitary groups are returning to the area. The paramilitary groups have supposedly been demobilized in a government-sponsored process. The lives of the area’s Afro-descendant communities are in danger. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE15/024/2008/en Amnesty International is concerned that the draft Prevention of Infiltration Law – 2008 contains provisions which are inconsistent with international human rights treaties to which Israel is a State Party, notably the obligation of non-refoulement found in the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR44/011/2008/en Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR18/004/2008/en In this open letter Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Commission of Jurists, and the Redress Trust express their concern about comments attributed to you in an article published by the Danish news agency Ritzau on 10 May 2008. These remarks suggested that the Danish government is c Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR37/001/2008/en Santos Feliciano Aguilar Álvares, a member of the Afro-descendant Garífuna community of San Juan, was abducted, beaten and threatened with death on 5 June 2008 by up to 10 men, allegedly private security guards working for a local real estate company. A few hours before the incident, he had taken part in a Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR41/027/2008/en On 11 June 2008 Cristóbal Martínez Ortega, a municipal official from the village of San Antón, Cuernavaca municipality, Morelos State, was kidnapped by four men who identified themselves as police officers and was brutally beaten. Cristóbal Martínez is one of the leaders of a group of citizens opposing Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE14/011/2008/en The displacement crisis caused by the US-led invasion of Iraq and the subsequent internal armed conflict has reached shocking proportions. Millions of people at risk have fled their homes and most are now struggling to survive. The crisis for Iraq’s refugees and internally displaced is one of tragic propor Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR51/061/2008/en The landmark judgment delivered on 12 June 2008 by the United States (US) Supreme Court in Boumediene v. Bush and al Odah v. United States (“Boumediene”) constitutes a significant step towards the restoration of the rule of law as a foundation for counter-terrorism measures by the United States of Americ Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International