Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News ReleasesAmnesty International USA is the US Section of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights organization.Ukraine: Government blatantly ignores rights of asylum-seekers- March 7, 2008http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR500032008&lang=e Belarus: Update to Public Appeal: Prisoner of Conscience: Alyaksandr Kazulin- March 4, 2008 Prisoner of conscience, Alyaksandr Kazulin, was granted temporary leave from the prison colony in Vitebsk, Belarus, in order to attend the funeral of his wife, Iryna Kazulina, which took place on 27 February 2008http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR490042008&lang=e Armenia: Authorities must observe principles of necessity and proportionality in responding to opposition demonstrations- March 4, 2008 Amnesty International is deeply concerned by reports that eight people, including one policeman, were killed during the dispersal of a demonstration in the capital Yerevan on 1 Marchhttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR540022008&lang=e |