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10 December 2009 by Amnesty International Urgent Action Network Hengameh Shahidi, a female journalist, has been sentenced to six years, three months and one day’s imprisonment for charges related to her peaceful exercise of her rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly. She remains free on bail, pending an appeal against her conviction and sentence, but [...] Residents of a small Mexican town called Rafael Lara Grajales, showed the world the best of Mexican courage when confronted with the fate of strangers at the hands of organized kidnappers. According to the Amnesty International report, the residents became involved when they witnessed a large group of people escaping from a gang. Some of [...] Shimon Peres Dear Mr. President: I am a Canadian citizen living on the dryland prairies of Saskatchewan. In Canada, Saskatchewan is known as the “birthplace of Medicare” as it was in this province that universal access to necessary medical treatment was first legislated and [...] Commentary by Glenn Caleval Below you will find an Urgent Appeal from Amnesty International seeking assistance in the forcible detention of a family. The proper terms to use in describing this disgraceful episode are “kidnapping” and “hostages.” The nub of the story is that Syrian government kidnapped a family, mother and five children, and trafficked them to [...] By Amnesty International Urgent Action Appeal Luis Javier Santos (m), Public Prosecutor for Consumer Protection Public Prosecutor Luis Javier Santos has been shot four times and is in a critical condition in hospital, following an attack connected to his anti-corruption work. He is receiving some police protection in hospital but this may [...] Urgent Action Appeal from and by Amnesty International 14 August 2008 Seventeen-year-old barber’s assistant Kamal was sentenced to death for murder on 12 April. His death sentence was approved by the Supreme Court at the beginning of August, and his file has since been sent to the Head of the Judiciary [...] All the protestors are free; Mohamed Taher had escaped arrest after all.
AI Index: MDE 12/017/2008 UPDATE FOR YOUR INFORMATION
By and from Amnesty International Canada Three Saudi Arabian citizens face execution at any moment. UA 219/08 SAUDI ARABIA ‘Ali Hassan ‘Issa al-Buri, aged about 36 (m) Ali Hassan ‘Issa al-Buri, Qassim Bin Rida Bin Sulayman al [...] His Excellency Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Your Excellency, I write with concern for the fate of Saman Rasoulpour, whom it is reported Iranian authorities took into custody On August 1, 2008. As I am a Canadian, you will understand the deep level of my concern given the torture and murder of Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi. Saman Rasoulpour is [...] URGENT ACTION APPEAL from Amnesty International A peaceful protester is in custody and at risk of torture. 1 August 2008 IRAN Saman Rasoulpour (m), Kurdish human rights activist, aged 23 Kurdish human rights activist Saman Rasoulpour was arrested on 25 July at his home in the city of Mahabad, in West Azerbaijan province, and is in danger of torture. [...] |
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