Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News ReleasesAmnesty International USA is the US Section of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights organization.Morocco Western Sahara: Sahrawi Defender released, while obstacles for human rights groups remain unabated- June 17, 2008 Amnesty International welcomes that after two years spent in prison, Brahim Sabbar, a prominent Sahrawi human rights defender, has recovered his freedom and remains determined to continue his human rights workhttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE290092008&lang=e Pawning the Crown Jewels: Members of the UN Human Rights Council Undermine the Special Procedures- June 17, 2008 Amnesty International condemns attempts by some states, including members of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, to intimidate its independent human rights expertshttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGIOR400152008&lang=e USA: Amnesty International USA Brings Guantanamo Cell Replica to DC- June 16, 2008 Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) will bring its national tour of a life-size Guantanamo prison cell replica to Washington, DC on Wednesday, June 25; activists will gather at noon east of the Washington Monument on the National Mall to experience the cell and push the Bush administration to shut down Guantanamo.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080616001&lang=e Iraq: World governments misleading and failing Iraqi refugees- June 13, 2008 The international community is evading its responsibility towards refugees from Iraq by promoting a false picture of the security situation in Iraq when the country is neither safe nor suitable for return, Amnesty International said today.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPRE200806135099&lang=e USA: Amnesty International welcomes US Supreme Court decision- June 13, 2008 Reacting to today's US Supreme Court ruling recognizing the right of foreign nationals detained in Guantnamo Bay to challenge their detention in US civilian courts, Amnesty International said the decision was an "essential step forward towards the restoration of the rule of law.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPRE200806135100&lang=e USA: Amnesty International Hails U.S. Supreme Court Decision Recognizing Habeas Corpus- June 13, 2008 Amnesty International hailed yesterday's U.S. Supreme Court decision in the pivotal Boumediene v. Bush case recognizing habeas corpus and declaring that the system the Bush administration and Congress have put in place to review classification of the detainees as "unlawful enemy combatants" is inadequate. Amnesty International USA's executive director Larry Cox released the following statement in response to the decision:http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080613001&lang=e USA: Amnesty International Applauds Appointment of Congressional Human Rights Caucus Co-Chair- June 13, 2008 Amnesty International USA strongly supports efforts to further institutionalize the Congressional Human Rights Caucus as a vital part of the U.S. Congress and applauds Speaker Nancy Pelosi's naming of a co-chair to carry out the group's important work. Speaker Pelosi named Congressman Jim McGovern of Massachusetts on Thursday to assume the important role of House co-chair following Congressman Tom Lantos of California, who previously served as a House co-chair of the caucus.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080613002&lang=e Equatorial Guinea: Amnesty International Welcomes Release of 14 Prisoners of Conscience- June 12, 2008 Prisoners Include Pastor Jailed for Speaking Out Against Government Treatment of Minoritieshttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080612002&lang=e Mauritania: Torture of alleged Islamists widespread- June 12, 2008 Amnesty International is concerned about the persistent use of torture in Mauritania to extract confessions -- especially from those accused of links with Islamic groupshttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAFR380042008&lang=e Cambodia: Release jailed opposition editor- June 11, 2008 Journalists and opposition members under attack as elections nearhttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGASA230102008&lang=e |