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President-elect Obama recommits to closing Guantánamo and ending torture
'Early action' promised on closing the detention centre at Guantánamo Bay and ensuring that the USA does not resort to torture.
Source : Amnesty International | 18-Nov-2008 06:00

USA: Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment votes for abolition
13 November 2008
Source : Amnesty International | 13-Nov-2008 06:00

New bill a major step backwards for human rights in Peru
If approved, the bill would grant amnesty to members of the military and police involved in any violations of human rights.
Source : Amnesty International | 10-Nov-2008 06:00

Amnesty International assesses human rights in Chile
Amnesty International?s Secretary General Irene Khan has issued an assessment of the human rights situation in the country and a set of recommendations addressed to the Chilean government.
Source : Amnesty International | 07-Nov-2008 06:00

Chile: Memorandum to the Chilean Government
Chile enjoys an increasingly prominent profile in the international arena, and successive governments, including your own, have stewarded many important human rights issues at inter-governmental level
Source : Amnesty International | 07-Nov-2008 06:00

President-elect Obama: 100 days to demonstrate commitment to human rights
Amnesty International is calling on US president elect Barack Obama to take concrete steps to demonstrate commitment to human rights.
Source : Amnesty International | 05-Nov-2008 06:00

Colombia: Former head of the army must be investigated for human rights violations
Colombia: Former head of the army must be investigated for human rights violations
Source : Amnesty International | 05-Nov-2008 06:00

Amnesty International visits indigenous communities in Chile
Secretary General Irene Khan talks to the people of the city of Temuco as part of a mission to assess the country's human rights situation.
Source : Amnesty International | 05-Nov-2008 06:00

Amnesty International visits Chile 10 years after Pinochet arrest
Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan is leading a mission to Chile to assess the country?s human rights situation.
Source : Amnesty International | 04-Nov-2008 06:00

Chuckie Taylor convicted of torture
The son of former Liberian president Charles Taylor, could face between 20 years to life imprisonment for the crimes he committed in Liberia, while serving as the head of the Anti Terrorist Unit.
Source : Amnesty International | 31-Oct-2008 06:00

United States of America: Chuckie Taylor, son of former Liberian leader, convicted of torture
United States of America: Chuckie Taylor, son of former Liberian leader, convicted of torture
Source : Amnesty International | 31-Oct-2008 06:00

USA: Another stay of execution for Troy Davis
Troy Davis was granted a provisional stay of execution on Friday, just three days before he was scheduled to be put to death.
Source : Amnesty International | 29-Oct-2008 06:00

More face abuse and death as Colombia's government denies human rights situation
Authorities try to paint a positive picture despite increasing reports of forced internal displacement, attacks against social and human rights activists and killings by security forces.
Source : Amnesty International | 28-Oct-2008 06:00

Contested land in Brazil handed to state
Multinational Syngenta has given its experimental farm in Paraná state to the state government, ending a long standing violent conflict over the site.
Source : Amnesty International | 22-Oct-2008 07:00

Thousands raise voices against poverty
Thousands of people around the world joined together on International Day for the Eradication of Poverty to raise their voices and demand action from governments.
Source : Amnesty International | 21-Oct-2008 07:00

Brazil: Swiss multinational turns over contested land to state authorities
The decision by Syngenta seeds, the Swiss multinational, to hand over its 127 hectare experimental farm to the Paraná state government on 14 October last, marks a welcome end to a violent conflict over the site
Source : Amnesty International | 21-Oct-2008 07:00

Chile: Amnesty International and the Pinochet case
Since the military coup in Chile on 11 September 1973, Amnesty International as an international movement has supported the work of the relatives of victims of human rights violations committed during the military government of Augusto Pinochet
Source : Amnesty International | 16-Oct-2008 07:00

Mexico: No truth, no justice 40 years after Mexico City massacre
Forty years ago, the Mexican army opened fire on students peacefully demonstrating in Tlatelolco, Mexico City, on 2 October 1968.
Source : Amnesty International | 02-Oct-2008 07:00

Stay of execution for Troy Davis
Troy Davis received a stay of execution on Tuesday less than two hours before he was due to be put to death by lethal injection in Georgia.
Source : Amnesty International | 24-Sep-2008 07:00

USA: Amnesty International Praises Stay of Execution for Troy Davis
Amnesty International USA today welcomed the order from the Supreme Court of the United States to stay the execution of Troy Anthony Davis hours before his scheduled execution.
Source : Amnesty International | 23-Sep-2008 07:00

Poland: government must investigate secret CIA jails
With evidence that the CIA operated a secret detention facility in Poland mounting, Amnesty International has welcomed the news that public prosecutors have initiated an investigation into these long-standing allegations.
Source : Amnesty International | 12-Sep-2008 07:00

Argentina: Death penalty abolished
This latest initiative paves the way for other countries to follow suit, and makes Argentina the sixth country to ratify all the human rights instruments of the inter-American system.
Source : Amnesty International | 12-Sep-2008 07:00

USA: Europe in 'State of Denial' Over Role in U.S. Rendition and Secret Detention, Charges Amnesty International
(Washington, DC) Amnesty International today warned that not a single measure has been taken to prevent further European involvement in rendition and secret detention, and called for independent investigations to be initiated urgently.
Source : Amnesty International | 04-Sep-2008 07:00

UN: Counter-terrorism review should make human rights a priority
As the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) conducts the first major review of its Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, an Amnesty International report shows how governments have so far failed to uphold the Strategy's human rights standards.
Source : Amnesty International | 04-Sep-2008 07:00

USA: UN Counter-Terrorism Review should make Human Rights a Priority
As the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) conducts the first major review of its Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, an Amnesty International report shows how governments have so far failed to uphold the Strategy's human rights standards
Source : Amnesty International | 04-Sep-2008 07:00

Amnesty International welcomes life sentences for Argentinean military officers
Organization also calls on the Argentinean authorities to investigate the 2006 disappearance of Jorge Julio López.
Source : Amnesty International | 29-Aug-2008 07:00

Major step forward in Paraguay's investigations into sexual slavery of girls
Julia Ozorio Gamecho is the first woman to tell the Truth and Justice Commission about how she was sexually abused by the military during General Alfredo Stroessner's regime.
Source : Amnesty International | 13-Aug-2008 07:00

Hamdan sentenced by military commission
Convicted of ?providing material support for terrorism?, the Yemeni national was sentenced to five and a half years in prison at the first US military commission trial in Guantánamo Bay.
Source : Amnesty International | 08-Aug-2008 07:00

Mexican national executed in Texas
José Medellín was put to death in violation of the USA?s international legal obligations and despite worldwide appeals for the execution to be stopped.
Source : Amnesty International | 07-Aug-2008 07:00

Hamdan convicted at Guantánamo
Salim Hamdan, a Yemeni national, has been convicted by a panel of sixUS military officers of "providing material support for terrorism", butacquitted of "conspiracy".
Source : Amnesty International | 06-Aug-2008 07:00

Observing Guantánamo's military commission hearings (Part 2)
Matthew Pollard, Amnesty International's legal advisor, describes the Guantánamo hearings and discusses the reasons for his being in Guantánamo.
Source : Amnesty International | 06-Aug-2008 07:00

Observing Guantánamo's military commission hearings
Matt Pollard, Amnesty International?s latest trial observer at the recent military commission hearings at Guantánamo Bay, gives a sense of what it was like there.
Source : Amnesty International | 05-Aug-2008 07:00

Women in Mexico let down by failures in justice system
Thousands of Mexican women who face violence in their homes are being put at risk of further abuse by a justice system that often fails to take their safety seriously.
Source : Amnesty International | 01-Aug-2008 07:00

Women in Mexico let down by failures in justice system
Thousands of Mexican women who survive violence in their homes are being put at risk of further abuse by a justice system that often fails to take their safety seriously.
Source : Amnesty International | 24-Jul-2008 07:00

Venezuela must implement new law on violence against women
Amnesty International urges authorities to show the political will and provide the resources needed to ensure the new law will not just exist on paper.
Source : Amnesty International | 17-Jul-2008 07:00

Omar Khadr must be immediately repatriated to Canada
Reacting to the release of a video publicly showing Canadian citizen Omar Khadr being questioned at the US detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Amnesty International called for Khadr to be repatriated to Canada immediately.
Source : Amnesty International | 15-Jul-2008 07:00

USA: Guantánamo: Day two of military judge questioning 9/11 accused about self-representation
USA: Guantánamo: Day two of military judge questioning 9/11 accused about self-representation
Source : Amnesty International | 11-Jul-2008 07:00

USA: Guantánamo: Day two of military judge questioning 9/11 accused about self-representation
On 10 July 2008, military commission judge US Marine Colonel Ralph Kohlmann held further proceedings to question the men accused of orchestrating the attacks of 11 September 2001 about their decision to represent themselves at their forthcoming death penalty trial in the US Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Amnesty International had an observer at the proceedings.
Source : Amnesty International | 11-Jul-2008 07:00

Military judge warns 9/11 accused of disadvantages of self-representation
Three of the five men accused of orchestrating the attacks of 11 September 2001 and facing a death penalty trial by military commission are appearing in front of a military judge in Guantánamo on Thursday.
Source : Amnesty International | 10-Jul-2008 07:00

Guantánamo military commission hearings resume
Five Guantánamo detainees accused of involvement in the attacks of 11 September 2001 in the USA are due to appear in front of a military judge this week.
Source : Amnesty International | 09-Jul-2008 07:00

Ingrid Betancourt freed
After six years in captivity at the hands of the FARC guerrilla group, the former Colombian presidential candidate was freed following a military operation.
Source : Amnesty International | 04-Jul-2008 07:00

Colombia: Ingrid Betancourt gains her freedom
Amnesty International has welcomed the news that on 2 July former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt at last gained her freedom after more than six years in captivity at the hands of the guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Source : Amnesty International | 03-Jul-2008 07:00

Colombia: Amnesty International condemns recent spate of killings of human rights defenders
Amnesty International today condemned the killing of two local human rights defenders and community activists
Source : Amnesty International | 03-Jul-2008 07:00

Mexico: Torture techniques used in police training raise serious concerns
Amnesty International is concerned at the video footage of police training in León, Guanajuato State involving the use of torture
Source : Amnesty International | 03-Jul-2008 07:00

USA: Amnesty International USA Brings Guantanamo Cell Replica to DC
Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) will bring its national tour of a life-size Guantanamo prison cell replica to Washington, DC on Wednesday, June 25; activists will gather at noon east of the Washington Monument on the National Mall to experience the cell and push the Bush administration to shut down Guantanamo.
Source : Amnesty International | 23-Jun-2008 07:00

Military commission hearings resume in Guantánamo in the case of child "enemy combatants"
Military commission pre-trial hearings at Guantanamo are set to resume todayin the cases of Mohammed Jawad and Omar Khadr; both were juveniles when detained by the US military in Afghanistan in 2002
Source : Amnesty International | 19-Jun-2008 07:00