http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2032/2039/2045/2055/1867 Download Documents from Amnesty International en 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/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/library/info/AFR59/005/2008/en Amnesty International has a number of serious concerns about the Regulation of Interception of Communications (RIC) Bill, published on 25 May 2007 and due to be submitted for debate in Parliament. Amnesty International’s concerns in this memorandum focus primarily on the proposed legislation’s incompatib Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR25/001/2008/en A Cuban musician who is an outspoken critic of the Cuban government has been arrested and faces up to four years in prison. Amnesty International is concerned that Gorki Águila may have been arrested solely for exercising his right to freedom of expression and may not receive a fair trial. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR05/001/2008/en This bulletin contains information about Amnesty International’s main concerns in the Balkans between July and December 2007. A number of individual country reports have been issued on the concerns featured in this bulletin. References to these are made under the relevant country entry. In addition, more d Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA20/018/2008/en The murder of a prominent Hindu nationalist leader has been used by his supporters to justify violent attacks on the Christian minority in the Kandhamal district of the eastern state of Orissa. At least 10 people have been killed so far, and the violence is continuing, putting many others in danger. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR49/012/2008/en Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/126/2008/en On 26 August 2008, Behnam Zare` was hanged in Adelabad prison, in the south-western city of Shiraz. Neither his parents nor his lawyer were notified prior to his execution being implemented, as required under Iranian law. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR23/029/2008/en On 25 August 2008, a team consisting of members of the Inter-Church Justice and Peace Commission, working in the Humanitarian Zone of Andalucía Caño Claro in the Curvaradó river basin, municipality of Carmen del Darien, along with community leader Enrique Petro, received a telephoned death threat stating: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/appeals-for-action/belarus-must-respect-freedom-assembly-association-and-expression Since it was introduced in 2005, Belarusian authorities have used Article 193-1 to arrest, detainand convict youth activists and members of NGOs forexercising their human rights. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International