http://amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2075/2045/2055/1923 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/ACT30/120/2011/en There is now a chance in the UN to establish a global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) setting out commonly-agreed rules for strict national regulation and international monitoring of the trade and transfer of conventional arms. This briefing paper includes Amnesty International's proposal for the inclusion of the sc Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR70/019/2011/en The Serbian authorities have agreed that the Belgrade Pride will take place on 2 October. Amnesty International remains concerned that the rights of LBGT people to freedom of expression and freedom of assembly remain under threat from right-wing groups. Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/iran-executes-kurdish-man-20091111 Ehsan Fattahian was hanged in connection with his alleged membership of an illegal opposition group. Two other Iranian Kurdish men also feared to be at imminent risk of execution. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/056/2011/en Shiva Kamalipour Azad, one of the two members of the Confederation of Iranian Students (CIS) arrested on 26 April, was released on bail on 25 May 2011. Mohammad Reza (known as Arash) Fakhravar is now known to be held in Evin Prison in Tehran. He is at risk of torture or other ill treatment. Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/ACT35/026/2011/en More than one billion people live in slums. Governments often forcibly evict people living in slums, driving them further into poverty and into more precarious living conditions. Forced evictions are often accompanied by the use of excessive force by the police or other agents. This document contains illustr Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/middle-east-and-north-africa-protest-and-repression-set-continue-2012-2012-01-09 Governments across the region were willing to deploy extreme violence in 2011 in an attempt to resist unprecedented calls for fundamental reform. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE12/013/2011/en Some 35 human rights activists and journalists, including two Amnesty International staff members, were freed on 4 February 2011 after spending almost two days in military custody. Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR25/003/2012/en Cuban authorities have refused blogger Yoani Sánchez permission to travel to Brazil to attend a documentary screening on freedom of expression. Amnesty International believes that this refusal is a punitive measure in response to her outspoken criticism of civil and political rights in Cuba. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE24/048/2011/en Yassin Ziadeh, brother of exiled Syrian human rights activist Radwan Ziadeh, has been held in incommunicado detention since his arrest on 30 August 2011 in Daraya, near the capital Damascus. He is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment and is likely to be a prisoner of conscience. Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR11/007/1990/en Tue, 18 Dec 1990 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International