Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News ReleasesAmnesty International USA is the US Section of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights organization.Albania: A death foretold- February 15, 2008 Renato Kalemi, aged 35, who was raised in state orphanages, and reportedly suffered from tuberculosis and heart disease, died on 12 February in Vlora after living for years in conditions of miseryhttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR110012008&lang=e Belarus: Public Appeal: Prisoner of Conscience: Alyaksandr Zdzvizhkou- February 8, 2008 Amnesty International is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Alyaksandr Zdzvizhkou, ex-deputy editor of a weekly independent newspaper, whom the organization believes to be a prisoner of conscience, imprisoned solely for the peaceful exercise of his right to freedom of expressionhttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR490022008&lang=e France : Amnesty International's concerns on preventive detention bill- February 8, 2008 Amnesty International is deeply concerned by some previsions of the legislation on preventive detention (loi relatif la rtention de sret et la dclaration d'irresponsabilit pour cause de trouble mental), adopted by parliament on 7 Februaryhttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR210022008&lang=e Belarus: Amnesty International and Belarusian Helsinki Committee condemn reported executions- February 6, 2008 Amnesty International and the Belarusian Helsinki Committee condemn the reported recent executions of Syarhey Marozaw, Ihar Danchanka and Valery Harbaty (Valerii Gorbatii)http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR490012008&lang=e Greece: Alleged violations at sea must be investigated- February 5, 2008 Amnesty International last week called on the Greek authorities to investigate human rights violations that appear to have been perpetrated by members of the Greek coast guard in the Aegean Seahttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR250012008&lang=e Spain: Amnesty International welcomes the announcement of installation of cameras- February 5, 2008 London -- Amnesty International welcomes the announcement by the Civil Guard and National Police that they are to install video surveillance cameras in detention areas where incommunicado detainees are held, in line with the recommendations of the UN Special Rapporteur on torture and the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT)http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR410052008&lang=e Spain: Five police officers under criminal investigation for ill-treatment reinstated in their duties.- February 1, 2008 London -- Amnesty International expresses its concern regarding the slow progress in the criminal investigation of five law enforcement officers (Mossos d'Esquadra), suspected of ill-treatment of detaineeshttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR410042008&lang=e |