http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2058/2015/2011 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/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/un-high-commissioner-human-rights-visits-amnesty-international-20081112 The recently appointed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights metrepresentatives of NGOs at a meetinghosted by Amnesty International in London on Tuesday. 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/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/MDE14/027/2008/en Riyadh Jasim Mohammed, Mohammed Sultan, ‘Omar Rahmatullah and Yusef Jadu’ were sentenced to death by a criminal court in the Kurdistan region of Iraq on 6 November. Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/human-rights-groups-call-european-governments-offer-humanitarian-protect (Berlin, November 10, 2008) -- Five leading human rights groups today call on European governments to provide humanitarian protection to Guantánamo detainees who will not be charged with any crime but cannot be returned to their countries of origin for fear of torture or other serious human rights vio Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/amnesty-international-assesses-human-rights-chile-20081107 Amnesty International’sSecretary General Irene Khan has issued an assessment of the human rightssituation in the country and a set of recommendations addressed to theChilean government. Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International