http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2042/2059/1908 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/NWS21/006/2008/en Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR01/009/2008/en This booklet is designed for those directly involved in the implementation of the ‘European Guidelines on Human Rights defenders’. The purpose of the Guidelines “is to provide practical suggestions for enhancing EU action” in relation to human rights defenders. If fully implemented, the potential for Mon, 30 Jun 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/ASA17/086/2008/en Mongolian human rights activist Jaranbayar Soyolt was released from custody in China on 16 June 2008. He was detained by immigration officials on 6 January at Beijing Capital International Airport and held in detention for two days before being transferred to a detention centre in Inner Mongolia. He was inte Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR61/004/2008/en The report focuses on human rights developments since President Saparmurad Niyazov’s death in December 2006 up until 12 June 2008 and highlights patterns of human rights violations that were established under President Niyazov and continue to this day. The report concludes with a list of recommendations to Mon, 23 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/news-and-updates/news/economic-social-and-cultural-rights-strengthened-20080619 The United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted a new legalinstrument to strengthen the protection of economic, social andcultural rights. Thu, 19 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/ASA17/085/2008/en Since the outbreak of violence in March in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and the Tibetan-populated areas of neighbouring provinces, the area remains off limits to foreign tourists, most journalists, and other independent observers. Based on official public statements over 1000 individuals remain in deten 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