Bilingual Newsletter
| January 2006 |
Migrants' Human Rights
Every day people make decisions to leave their homes, communities and countries.
Some leave because they are afraid - afraid for their lives, and for the
lives of their children and loved ones. Others leave because their social
or economic situation has compelled them to do so.
Learn more and
take action. »
Sign the Petition against Torture
As part of the Denounce Torture: Stop It Now! initiative, Amnesty
International USA is hoping to have at least 250,000 people living in the
United States sign a special statement against torture. Amnesty International
USA will use this petition letter in our efforts to show the Bush Administration,
Congress, and others that those living in the United States are strongly
opposed to torture and ill-treatment in all circumstances.
Sign
the petion now. »
Interview: Alex Taylor, Latino Rights Advocate and AIUSA Volunteer
Alex
Taylor del Cid, a committed human rights advocate, volunteers with Amnesty
International USA as a specialist for Chile and collaborator for Argentina.
He works full time for the Council of Latino Agencies, a community organization
based in Washington, DC that conducts political investigations in benefit
of the Latino community living in the area.
Read more. »
Latest News
Bosnia
and Herzegovina: Ethnic discrimination in employment
USA:
Bush's leadership needed to ensure a strong U.N. Human Rights Council
Honduras:
Amnesty International adopts new prisoners of conscience
Guantánamo:
Military commissions, Amnesty International observer’s notes
Brazil:
Government and judiciary fail Brazil’s indigenous peoples once more
Take Action
Call on Mexico to Increase Protection for Human Rights Defender
Martin Barrios Hernandez
Amnesty International is concerned for the safety of human rights defender
Martín Barrios Hernández, president of the Human and Labor
Rights Commission of Tehuacán Valley in the State of Puebla, southern
Mexico. He is at risk of reprisals as he continues to help local workers
from the “Calidad de Confecciones” textile plant campaign for
greater rights.
Send
an appeal. »
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