Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News ReleasesAmnesty International USA is the US Section of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights organization.Mexico: Torture and sexual violence against women detained in San Salvador Atenco - Two years of injustice and impunity- April 29, 2008 The second anniversary of the events that took place in San Salvador Atenco, Mexico State, is approaching without substantial advances for the victims that suffered sexual violence at the hands of the police on 3 and 4 May 2006http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR410132008&lang=e 'The pointless and needless extinction of life' USA should now look beyond lethal injection issue to wider death penalty questions- April 17, 2008 17 April 2008http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR510312008&lang=e USA: Supreme Court's Lethal Injection Ruling Has Limited Long-Term Impact- April 16, 2008 Larry Cox, executive director for Amnesty International USA,statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Baze v. Rees, which challenged the constitutionality of Kentucky's lethal injection protocolshttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080416001&lang=e Long overdue, not 'premature': Canada must pursue Omar Khadr's repatriation- April 16, 2008 The government of Canada must urgently reconsider its position that for it to seek Omar Khadr's repatriation from Guantnamo would be "premature"http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR200012008&lang=e World: Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples an historic opportunity to advance human rights- April 14, 2008 The upcoming meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) Working Group on the draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is an important opportunity to consolidate and build on recent developments to protect the human rights of some of the hemisphere's most marginalized peopleshttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR010012008&lang=e USA: Global Day For Darfur Mobilization in Washington- April 4, 2008 Activities on National Mall Include Amnesty International Exhibition on Plight of Darfuris Displaced by Violence.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080404002&lang=e |