Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News ReleasesAmnesty International USA is the US Section of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights organization.Asia Pacific: Regional Update from AI's Annual Report- May 28, 2008 Selected events covering the period from January to early May 2008http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPOL100142008&lang=e South-East Asia: Open letter to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers' special meeting on 19 May 2008- May 16, 2008 On the occasion of the special meeting in Singapore of ASEAN foreign ministers on 19 May 2008, I appeal to ASEAN member states urgently to take action with regard to the situation in Myanmar.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGASA030022008&lang=e India: Amnesty International condemns multiple bomb attacks in Jaipur- May 14, 2008 Amnesty International condemns the multiple bombings that took place on Tuesday May 13, 2008, in the north-western Indian city of Jaipur, which, according to reports, have claimed at least 25 lives so far and injured scores of others.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGASA200092008&lang=e India: Concern over the arrest of filmmaker and human rights defender T.G. Ajay in Chhattisgarh- May 14, 2008 Amnesty International is concerned over the apparently arbitrary arrest of T.G. Ajay, a film-maker and human rights defender who has been documenting problems faced by adivasi (indigenous) communities in protecting their rights, in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGASA200102008&lang=e South Korea: On-going Crackdown against Migrant's Trade Union- May 8, 2008 Amnesty International expresses serious concern at the arrest of two senior officials of the Seoul-Gyeonggi-Incheon Migrants Trade Union (MTU) on May 2, 2008.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGASA250042008&lang=e Indonesia must stand up against torture and other ill-treatment- May 2, 2008 Between 5 and 7 May 2008, the UN Committee against Torture will meet in Geneva to discuss Indonesia's compliance with provisions set out in the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (or the Convention)http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGASA210052008&lang=e |