Amnesty International USA is the US Section of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights organization. http://www.amnestyusa.org/rss/en/actions.xml en Amnesty International Amnesty International hourly 4 http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa25309.pdf?rss=actions The state of Ohio has announced new lethal injection procedures and plans to execute Kenneth Biros on December 8. Five other male prisoners in Ohio are scheduled for execution in the coming months. 2009-11-19T10:54:21-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa25009.pdf?rss=actions Four men who were arrested for an attack on a human rights lawyer and villagers of Ejido Jotola were released on bail and have returned to the village, threatening to kill and rape them. They also intimidated the family of a man who privded a witness statement against them. The safety and lives of all the villagers are at risk. 2009-11-19T10:42:46-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa31209.pdf?rss=actions A court in Bahrain upheld the death penalty against Jassim Abdulmanan, a Bangladeshi national. The execution is now awaiting ratification by the king. Abdulmanan could be executed within weeks. 2009-11-19T10:34:05-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa31109.pdf?rss=actions Zhao Lianhai, father of a boy who became ill from contaminated milk powder in China in 2008 is being held as a prisoner of conscience and is at risk of torture and other ill- treatment for his campaigning for justice for other affected families. 2009-11-17T15:59:34-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa31009.pdf?rss=actions Zarema Gaisanova, a 39-year-old Checan woman, was abducted on October 31. It is believed she was taken by the law enforcement. She has not been seen since. 2009-11-17T15:56:14-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa30809.pdf?rss=actions Youth Azerbaijani activists, Emin Abdullayev and Adnan Hajizade have been sentenced to two and a half years and two years respectively in an unfair trial regarding a satircal video made by Hajizade in June, criticizing the government. 2009-11-17T10:33:16-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa30909.pdf?rss=actions Luis Galdamez, a male journalist freelancing for an independent radio station in Honduras, has been receiving death threats as a result of his broadcasting work and his support of the country's ousted president, Manuel Zelaya. 2009-11-17T10:28:03-05:00 http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=jhKPIXPCIoE&b=2590179&template=x.ascx&action=13360&rss=actions Not only do the deaths of women tarnish the image of the Mexican city of Juárez, but also the disappearance of soldier Miguel Orlando Muñoz Guzmán demonstrates the flaw in the state of rights and justice in this region of Mexico. 2009-11-17T10:20:51-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa30709.pdf?rss=actions Ibrahim Zautdinovich Mankiev, a Russian national, has been detained in Egypt since November 10, when he was allegedly beaten, tied in ropes and handcuffed. He could be forcibly deported from Egypt back to Russia, where he may face arbitrary detention and is at risk of torture. 2009-11-13T16:15:20-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa30609.pdf?rss=actions Brazilian teacher, Rolindo Vera, has been missing since October 30 after he and other indigenous people were evicted from their land. His community fears he may have been abducted and taken to Paraguay. The body of another male teacher was found in a nearby river; Rolindo Vera's life is in grave danger. 2009-11-13T16:04:32-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa27109.pdf?rss=actions Habibollah Latifi and Sherko Moarefi, allegedly both members of Kurdish organizations, have been convicted of "enmity against God" and are at imminent risk of execution. Ehsan Fattahian, a member of a Kurdish opposition group, was executed on 11 November without being given an opportunity to appeal against his death sentence. 2009-11-13T14:14:31-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa07109.pdf?rss=actions A 75 year old woman along with two 24 year old males have had their sentences of flogging and imprisonment reimposed. If the Supreme Court upholds their sentences, they will be imprisoned and at imminent risk of flogging. 2009-11-13T11:47:21-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa30409.pdf?rss=actions City authorities in Rome have forcibly evicted a community of about 400 Roma people. The majority of them are homeless and were living in an abandoned factory nearby. 2009-11-13T11:39:36-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa30509.pdf?rss=actions Igor Koktysh is a 29 year old social activist that could be forcibly returned at anytime from Ukraine, where he is at risk of the death penalty for fabricated charges. 2009-11-11T16:31:18-05:00 http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=jhKPIXPCIoE&b=2590179&template=x.ascx&action=13334&rss=actions Equality and non-discrimination of opportunity and treatment in employment is fundamental human right. Add your support for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). 2009-11-11T12:19:24-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa30109.pdf?rss=actions Female human rights defender, Ingrid Vergara has received death threats and her fourteen year old daughter, Cendy has been followed by unknown individuals for Ingrid's work in exposing human rights violations. Both Ingrid's life and her daughter's may be at risk. 2009-11-10T11:10:08-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa30309.pdf?rss=actions The home of Gertrude Hambria, a prominent female trade union activist in Zimbabwe, was attacked by three armed men. While Gertrude was not home, the men threatened her husband. 2009-11-09T14:10:03-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa30209.pdf?rss=actions Twenty- nine year old, Ali Agirdas is at imminent risk of beheading in Saudi Arabia. Agirdas was arrested on 24 February 2007 for smuggling drugs. 2009-11-09T14:04:48-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa29909.pdf?rss=actions John Smith Porras Bernal, a Colombian man whose brother was killed by the army, has since received death threats at his home in Soacha. His life is in danger for helping his mother campaign for justice for her murdered son. 2009-11-09T10:34:44-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa30009.pdf?rss=actions Five Indigenous communities in Itakyry district, eastern Paraguay, are no longer facing imminent eviction from their ancestoral lands. However, the Brazilian farmers who claim they own the land used an aeroplane to spray toxic substances over the community. Now, 200 people seek medical attention from the toxic spray. 2009-11-06T12:54:26-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa16409.pdf?rss=actions Saudi Arabia's Court of Cassation has confirmed that a 22 year old man, Muhammad Basheer al-Ramaly, is sentenced to death by heading, with his body then to be crucified. 2009-11-06T12:26:30-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa23109.pdf?rss=actions Hengameh Shahidi, a female journalist, was released on bail on November 1 after four months deatined without trial in Iran's capital, Tehran. 2009-11-06T12:22:21-05:00 http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=jhKPIXPCIoE&b=2590179&template=x.ascx&action=13311&rss=actions Maternal mortality claims the life of one woman every minute -- more than half a million women every year. This is a human rights scandal. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is a crucial guarantee of the right to maternal health. The United States is one of only eight countries not to have ratified CEDAW. While Secretary Clinton's State Department supports ratification, the Senate needs to act now. Urge the Senate to ratify CEDAW! 2009-11-05T09:29:21-05:00 http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=jhKPIXPCIoE&b=2590179&template=x.ascx&action=13309&rss=actions Artist and community activist, Marlon Magwaza, was harassed and threatened by ZANU-PF youths after he organized a community cultural event that had prior clearance from the police. The event was conducted to promote peace and tolerance. He was shoved by the police before being taken to the police station where he was detained for about seven hours. The arrest took place after ZANU-PF youths alleged a participant at the event had 'insulted' President Mugabe. 2009-11-05T08:14:58-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa29309.pdf?rss=actions A paramilitary group has threatened to kill six individuals and members of five organizations in western Colombia. All are in grave danger. 2009-11-04T13:21:38-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa29609.pdf?rss=actions Yong Vui Kong was arrested in June 2007, when he was 19, by officers from the Central Narcotics Bureau. He was charged with trafficking 42.27 grams of heroin, and then sentenced to death. 2009-11-04T13:15:52-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa29809.pdf?rss=actions A 20 year old man, Nouravie Wilfred, held incommunicado without charge by police in Guyana has been release. However, another man, Deonarine Rafick may face an unfair trial after being tortured in order to force him to sign a confession. 2009-11-04T13:11:07-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa29709.pdf?rss=actions Five men under sentence of death in Yemen could be executed as cearly as Novemeber 11. They have exhausted their appeals and their death sentences have been ratified by the president. 2009-11-04T13:02:35-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa29509.pdf?rss=actions Student activist Mohammed Soudani was sentenced in an unfair trial to four months' imprisonment. He is a prisoner of conscience and was detained incommunicado for almost three weeks just outside the Tunisian capital. 2009-11-04T12:56:50-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/action51252.pdf?rss=actions Staff at a shelter for undocumented migrants in north-eastern Mexico have received repeated threats. The migrants staying at the shelter and the staff working there are in danger. 2009-11-03T12:23:40-05:00