Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News ReleasesAmnesty International USA is the US Section of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights organization.Uganda: Amnesty International condemns attacks against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people- June 6, 2008 Amnesty International is concerned at continuing harassment and attacks on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) human rights defenders in Uganda, and today called on the Government of Uganda to ensure the safety of LGBT human rights defenders in Uganda and to end the harassment of LGBT people by Ugandan police officers.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080606001&lang=e Myanmar: Cyclone survivors at increased risk because of Myanmar government's actions- June 5, 2008 Myanmars government is stepping up efforts to force survivors of Cyclone Nargis out of emergency shelters and is keeping aid from reaching them, according to new research published by Amnesty International today.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPRE200806055000&lang=e USA: Amnesty International Brings Guantanamo Cell Replica to Portland, ME- June 5, 2008 Guantanamo prison cell replica brought to Portland, Maine to help increase public awareness and mount pressure on the Bush administration to close down the detention facility.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080605001&lang=e Brazil: Freedom of Expression and Rule of Law Under Threat in Brazil After Reporters Tortured, Says Amnesty International- June 5, 2008 Press freedom and the protection of human rights is being jeopardized by the brutal actions of criminal gangs made up of off-duty police officers in Rio de Janeiro, said Amnesty International, as reports emerged of the kidnap and torture of a team of reporters by a para-policing group, known locally as milicias.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080605002&lang=e Ukraine: No safe haven for refugees- June 4, 2008 Lema Susarov, an ethnic Chechen, and a citizen of the Russian Federation, has been detained in Kyiv remand prison awaiting extradition to the Russian Federation since July 2007http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR500062008&lang=e USA: Former NBA Player John Amaechi Becomes Amnesty International's Olympic Ambassador for Human Rights- June 3, 2008 On the eve of the 19th anniversary of the crackdown on protesters in Tiananmen Square, Amnesty International announced that John Amaechi, who played more than 300 games in the NBA between 1995 and 2004, will be an Olympic ambassador for the organization. Amaechi will attend the Beijing Olympics in August and will work with Amnesty International to campaign for human rights in China.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080603001&lang=e France: Recording interrogations is not enough - more safeguards needed for rights of detainees- June 3, 2008 Amnesty International welcomes the coming into force in France, on 1 June, of the provisions of the law of 4 March 2007 which make it compulsory to video- and audio-record interrogations by investigating judges and in police custodyhttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR210042008&lang=e China: Thousands of Amnesty supporters demand release of Tiananmen activists- June 3, 2008http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPRE200806034979&lang=e |