Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News ReleasesAmnesty International USA is the US Section of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights organization.United Kingdom: detention of asylum-seekers must be the exception, not the rule- January 30, 2008 Amnesty International is gravely concerned by the potential implications of the decision by the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Saadi v UK, handed down on 29 Januaryhttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR450022008&lang=e Belarus: Belarusian Youth Activist Freed- January 25, 2008 The Belarusian youth activist, Zmitser Dashkevich, has been released early from Sklou prison in Belarus. Zmitser was the subject of a global Amnesty International action last year calling for his release.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080125002&lang=e Turkey: Reveal the full circumstances surrounding Hrant Dink's murder And Abolish Article 301- January 18, 2008 On the eve of the first anniversary of the killing of the Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, Amnesty International calls on the Turkish authorities to condemn all forms of intolerance and to bring all those involved in the killing to justice in accordance with international fair trial standards.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080118001&lang=e Spain: Amnesty International calls for a thorough independent and impartial investigation to determine whether human rights were violated during the- January 8, 2008 Londonhttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR410012008&lang=e Uzbekistan abolishes the death penalty- January 8, 2008 Amnesty International welcomes the abolition of the death penalty in Uzbekistan from 1 January 2008 as a fundamental step in ending this cruel and inhumane practice worldwidehttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR620012008&lang=e Azerbaijan: five journalists released- January 3, 2008 Amnesty International welcomes the release of five journalists in Azerbaijan, following official pardons issued by President Ilham Aliyev on 28 December 2007http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR550012008&lang=e |