Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News ReleasesAmnesty International USA is the US Section of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights organization.Lebanon: Amnesty International calls for investigations into Beirut protest killings to be independent and for findings to be made public- January 29, 2008 Amnesty International welcomes Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's announcement that an investigation will be conducted into Sunday's killing of seven people during protests in and around Mar Mkhail, south Beiruthttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE180022008&lang=e Israel: Impunity for unlawful killings of demonstrators by police- January 28, 2008 Amnesty International is deeply concerned by yesterday's decision by Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz that police officers who shot and killed 13 demonstrators at the beginning of October 2000 will not be indictedhttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE150052008&lang=e Tunisia: Amnesty International condemns decision to uphold prison sentence against journalist Slim Boukhdir- January 22, 2008 Amnesty International today condemned the decision of an appeal court in Sfax to uphold the one year prison sentence initially imposed on Slim Boukhdir, a freelance journalist, by a lower court in December 2007 on account of "insulting a public officer during the performance of his duties," and "breaching public morality" and "refusing to show his identity card" and called for his immediate and unconditional releasehttp://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE300012008&lang=e Iran: Amnesty International Activists Seek to Halt Executions in Same-Sex Rape Case in Iran- January 22, 2008 Amnesty International has mobilized its activists worldwide to demand that Iran halt the executions of two men convicted of kidnapping and raping two men in the southern Fars province. The punishments--being "thrown from a height" or "cliff"--could be carried out imminently. Four other men in the same case dating from May 2007 were sentenced to be flogged.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080122002&lang=e IsraelOccupied Palestinian Territories: Israel must allow basic necessities into Gaza- January 21, 2008 Israel's decision to block all fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip constitutes collective punishment and is likely to lead to a public health emergency, Amnesty International said today.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080121001&lang=e Iran: Amnesty International Calls Iran's Practice of Stoning a Cruel and Unacceptable Practice- January 15, 2008 As nine women and two men in Iran wait to be stoned to death, Amnesty International today called on the Iranian authorities to abolish execution by stoning and impose an immediate moratorium on this horrific practice, specifically designed to increase the suffering of the victims.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080115001&lang=e Syria: Amnesty International calls for release of political activist- January 3, 2008 Amnesty International is calling for the release of Fa'eq 'Ali Asa'd, a longstanding critic of the Syrian authorities, who was sentenced to a three year prison term on 31 December 2007http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE240012008&lang=e |