Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News ReleasesAmnesty International USA is the US Section of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights organization.Haiti: Appeal Case - Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine is still missing- January 28, 2008 Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine is still missinghttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR360032008&lang=e USA: Amnesty International USA Rallies for Troy Davis at Martin Luther King March in Atlanta- January 17, 2008 Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) and supporters of death-row inmate Troy Anthony Davis will join the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. March in Atlanta on Monday to raise awareness about Davis' case. Davis' sister, Martina Davis Correia, will speak at the rally following the march.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080117001&lang=e USA: Listen to Your Senior Military and Intelligence Advisors, Mr. President--Close Guantanamo and End Torture Now--Urges Amnesty International- January 14, 2008 Larry Cox, Amnesty International executive director, issued the following remarks in response to comments by both Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Mike McConnell, Director of National Intelligence, in regards to closing down the U.S.-controlled detention facility in Guantanamo Bay and defining waterboarding as torture.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080114001&lang=e USA: Amnesty International Members and Activists Across the Globe Mark 6th Anniversary of First Arrivals to Guantanamo- January 11, 2008 Led by Amnesty International, hundreds of activists rallied on the National Mall in Washington, DC, to mark the sixth anniversary of the first arrival of detainees at the U.S.-controlled detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080111001&lang=e Haiti: Haitian Human Rights Activist and His Family in Grave Danger, Says Amnesty International- January 10, 2008 The lives of Haitian human rights activist Wilson Mesilien and his family are in grave danger, and the Haitian government must protect them, Amnesty International said today.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080110001&lang=e Colombia: Amnesty International Welcomes Release of Hostages Held by Guerrilla Group in Colombia- January 10, 2008 Amnesty International today welcomed the release by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) of two high-profile hostages who were kidnapped in 2001 and 2002. The organization called on the FARC and the National Liberation Army (ELN) to do the same for all civilian hostages.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080110002&lang=e Guantanamo: Amnesty International stages worldwide protests for sixth anniversary- January 8, 2008 To mark the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantanamo Bay, Amnesty International (AI) is leading worldwide events, rallies and meetings to seek the immediate closure of the detention centre and an end to all illegal detentions.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080108001&lang=e USA: Botched Executions 'Confirm the Inhumanity' of Lethal Injection, Says Amnesty International USA- January 4, 2008 On the eve of the U.S. Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in the case of Baze v. Rees, Larry Cox, executive director for Amnesty International USA (AIUSA), released the following statement.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080104001&lang=e USA: U.S. Court Affirms Amnesty International's Right to Protect Sources- January 2, 2008 Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) has won a landmark victory in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York that affirms the organization's right to protect its confidential sources and investigative research under the federal journalist's privilege.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080102002&lang=e |