Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News ReleasesAmnesty International USA is the US Section of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights organization.IsraelOccupied Palestinian Territories: Annapolis talks must lead to immediate, concrete action on human rights- November 24, 2007 If next week's Annapolis talks are to make progress towards a just and durable solution to the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, peace pledges must be accompanied by clear and concrete steps to halt and redress the grave human rights abuses and serious violations of international humanitarian law that continue to destroy lives on both sides.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE150672007&lang=e Iran: Amnesty International urges immediate and unconditional release of Sohrab Razzaghi- November 16, 2007 Amnesty International today said that it had written to the Head of the Judiciary in Iran, Ayatollah Hashemi Shahroudi, urging the immediate and unconditional release of Dr Sohrab Razzaghi, the Director of Iranian Civil Society Organizations Training and Research Center (ICTRC) (Koneshgaran Davtalab) (also known as Volunteer Actors Institute), whom the organization considers to be a prisoner of conscience.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE131352007&lang=e Iran: Amnesty International Condemns the Confirmation of the Death Sentence Against Iranian Kurdish Journalist Adnan Hassanpour- November 14, 2007 Amnesty International USA's Iran country specialist Elise Auerbach released the following statement in response to a recent confirmation of Iranian Kurdish journalist Adnan Hassanpour's death sentence in the midst of a widespread and harsh crackdown on Iranians engaging in dissent or criticism of the government.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20071114001&lang=e Iran: End harassment of women's rights defenders - Human Rights Groups Protest imminent imprisonment of Delaram Ali- November 9, 2007 Amnesty International (AI)Equality Now (EN)Federation Internationale des Droits de l'Homme (FIDH)Front Line (FL)Human Rights First (HRF)Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML)World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)Seven leading international human rights organizations today demanded that the Iranian authorities immediately set aside the prison sentence against a women's rights defender, and drop charges against others facing trial because of their peaceful activities demanding equal rights for.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE131322007&lang=e Egypt: Sweeping measures against torture needed- November 5, 2007 The three-year prison sentences handed down against two police officers by an Egyptian court today must be used by the authorities to open the way towards punishing all acts of torture and other ill-treatment, Amnesty International said today.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE120342007&lang=e Tunisia: human rights briefing for 20th anniversary of President Ben Ali's rule- November 2, 2007 Next week, 7 November 2007 marks the 20 year anniversary of the accession to power of Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE300102007&lang=e |