Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News ReleasesAmnesty International USA is the US Section of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights organization.Israel Occupied Palestinian Territories: Amnesty International calls for independent investigation into killings by Israeli Forces- April 29, 2008 Amnesty International is again calling on the Israeli government to end reckless attacks by its forces on populated areas and to order an immediate, independent investigation into yesterday's strikes in Gaza which killed six Palestinians, including four children under five and their motherhttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE150202008&lang=e Morocco Western Sahara: Allegations of torture of Sahrawi human rights defender must be investigated- April 25, 2008 Allegations of torture of Sahrawi human rights defender must be investigatedhttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE290082008&lang=e Lenient sentences for perpetrators of "honour killings" a step backwards for protection of women in Jordan- April 23, 2008 Amnesty International has written to the Jordanian authorities expressing its concern over what appear to be disproportionately lenient sentences received in March by two men convicted of killing close female relativeshttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE160012008&lang=e Algeria: Guilty verdict against human rights lawyer undermines Algeria's commitment to human rights- April 14, 2008 Amnesty International deplores the prosecution of Amine Sidhoum, a lawyer and well-known human rights defender, who was convicted yesterday, 13 April 2008, of bringing the Algerian judiciary into disreputehttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE280022008&lang=e Iran: Amnesty International and international labour organisations welcome release of Mahmoud Salehi- April 8, 2008 The ITUC, ITF and Amnesty international today welcomed the release from Sanandaj prison, in Iran's Kordestan Province, of independent labour activist Mahmoud Salehi, after one year of imprisonmenthttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE130612008&lang=e Egypt: Municipal elections on Tuesday 8 April, concerns mount- April 3, 2008 Next Tuesday, 8 April, sees municipal and local elections taking place across Egypthttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE120052008&lang=e |