Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News ReleasesAmnesty International USA is the US Section of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights organization.Iran: Reprieve should be first step in ending juvenile executions- June 11, 2008 The one-month reprieve of two juvenile offenders who were due to be executed today should be the first step towards putting an end to the obscene practice of juvenile executions, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPRE200806115072&lang=e USA: "As NYPD Arms More Officers With TASERs, Amnesty International Urges Restraint Given Serious Safety Concerns"- June 11, 2008 As the New York Police Department issues more TASERs to officers today, Amnesty International urged the department to limit its use of the weapons. The human rights organization maintained that TASERs, if used at all, should only be fired in circumstances when the use of deadly force would be the only alternative.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080611001&lang=e Amnesty International Welcomes Release of 14 Prisoners of Conscience in Equatorial Guinea- June 11, 2008 Amnesty International today welcomes the release of 14 prisoners of conscience in Equatorial Guinea, including a pastor who was an outspoken critic of government treatment of minorities. Since 2002, Amnesty International activists in the United States and worldwide had repeatedly appealed for the prisoners' release in letters sent to government leaders.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080611002&lang=e Equatorial Guinea: Amnesty International calls for release of all prisoners of conscience- June 11, 2008 Amnesty International today called on the Equatorial Guinea government to unconditionally release all people they continue to hold without charge or trial on account of their peaceful political activitieshttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAFR240062008&lang=e Afghanistan: No more empty promises in Paris- June 11, 2008 The International Conference in Support of Afghanistan to be held in Paris on Thursday 12 June will bring together high level representatives from some 80 countries and organizations involved in rebuilding Afghanistan since the fall of the Taleban in 2001http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGASA110072008&lang=e Tunisia: Open inquiry into killing of demonstrator against rising prices- June 9, 2008 Amnesty International calls upon the Tunisian authorities to launch immediately a thorough, independent, and impartial investigation into the killing of youth Hafnaoui Maghdhaoui on 6 June, as well as the injury of around 20 others and to make public the results of such an investigationhttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE300082008&lang=e Sri Lanka: Amnesty International calls for an immediate end to attacks on civilians- June 6, 2008 At least 23 people have been killed and many others injured in two bomb attacks in Sri Lanka. According to press reports, one bomb exploded on a busy commuter bus at Katubedda, near Colombo, on 6 June, killing 21 civilians, injuring at least 60 others. The second attack targeted a bus in the central Kandy district.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080606003&lang=e Syria: 'Arabji and Dekalbab facing unfair trials- June 6, 2008 Kareem Arabji and Muhammad Dekalbab are to appear in court in Syria on 8 and 9 June respectively in trials which could lead to them being sentenced to imprisonment for exercising their right to freedom of expression, Amnesty International said today.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPRE200806065051&lang=e Zimbabwe: Amnesty International Demands that Zimbabwe Lift Ban on Food and Aid Distribution by Humanitarian Organizations- June 6, 2008 Amnesty International today called on the government of Zimbabwe to immediately lift its ban on field operations by humanitarian aid organizations, accusing the government of Robert Mugabe of using food distribution for political ends.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080606002&lang=e Sri Lanka: Amnesty International calls for an immediate end to attacks on civilians- June 6, 2008 immediate end to attacks on civilianshttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGASA370242008&lang=e |