Amnesty International USA is the US Section of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights organization. http://www.amnestyusa.org/rss/en/news/africa.xml en Amnesty International Amnesty International hourly 4 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAFR540152008&lang=e Ahmad Harun and Ali Kushayb are wanted for trial at the ICC to establish their guilt or innocence concerning multiple counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes. This document urges the United Nations Security Council to: condemn Sudan’s refusal to arrest and surrender Ahmad Harun and Ali Kushayb to the ICC; call on Sudan to enforce all ICC arrest warrants immediately; and take other effective measures to ensure that the two men are arrested and surrendered to the ICC. 2008-04-27T00:00:00-05:00 issues=ARMED CONFLICT,CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY,ICC,NON-GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES,UN SECURITY COUNCIL,WAR CRIMES http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAFR540162008&lang=e AI Index: AFR 54/016/2008 (Public) 2008-04-25T00:00:00-05:00 issues=ICC http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAFR540172008&lang=e AI Index: AFR 54/017/2008 (Public) 2008-04-25T00:00:00-05:00 issues=ICC http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAFR460092008&lang=e END STATE-SPONSORED VIOLENCE IN ZIMBABWE 2008-04-18T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAFR240032008&lang=e Amnesty International is concerned at the deteriorating human rights situation in Equatorial Guinea, in advance of the parliamentary and municipal elections scheduled for 4 May 2008 2008-04-16T00:00:00-05:00 issues=CONFESSIONS,DEATH IN CUSTODY,POLITICIANS http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAFR440052008&lang=e NBA, Nigerian NGOs and Amnesty International urge the immediate release of Patrick Okoroafor 2008-04-10T00:00:00-05:00 issues=DEATH PENALTY,HEALTH,TRIALS http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAFR310012008&lang=e Amnesty International yesterday met, in Paris, His Excellency Mr Pierre-Aimé Kipré, Côte d'Ivoire ambassador to France 2008-04-01T00:00:00-05:00 issues=ARMED CONFLICT,SEXUAL ASSAULT http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080317004&lang=e Violence and extreme poverty in rural South Africa place women at grave risk of becoming infected with HIV, according to a new report by Amnesty International. 2008-03-17T00:00:00-05:00 countries=south_africa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAFR540072008&lang=e The UN Security Council is responsible for ensuring that UNAMID -- the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur -- has the resources and room for manoeuver needed to fulfill its mandate 2008-02-08T00:00:00-05:00 countries=sudan http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080123001&lang=e With the arrest of a top opposition figure and police assaults on supporters in advance of anti-government protests, Amnesty International urged Zimbabwean authorities today to exercise restraint to avoid further bloodshed. 2008-01-23T00:00:00-05:00 countries=zimbabwe http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080121002&lang=e Amnesty International today revealed that a major crackdown is currently underway against journalists in Chad as the government continues fighting armed opposition movements, especially in the east of the country. 2008-01-21T00:00:00-05:00 countries=chad http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080121003&lang=e As United Nations forces end their third week of operations in Darfur, Amnesty International today warned that the security situation for displaced people is on a knife's edge with some 1 million children growing up displaced, hopeless and fearful, many in displacement camps awash with weapons--a potentially explosive combination. 2008-01-21T00:00:00-05:00 countries=sudan http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080118002&lang=e Amnesty International today condemned the reckless and excessive use of lethal force by Kenyan police, including firing live ammunition into crowds, as reports emerged that police killed at least 12 people, including a 13-year-old boy, during protests called by the opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). 2008-01-18T00:00:00-05:00 countries=kenya http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080116001&lang=e The Moroccan authorities must immediately release those convicted solely for their presumed sexual orientation, after an appeal court upheld convictions of "homosexuality" against six men on Tuesday, and repeal legal provisions criminalizing homosexuality, Amnesty International said. 2008-01-16T00:00:00-05:00 countries=morocco_and_western_sahara http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080103001&lang=e Amnesty International today strongly condemned the eruption of post-election violence across Kenya and called on political leaders to prevent further bloodshed by avoiding condoning attacks on their rivals' supporters. The organization expressed concern about continuing reports of killings by police and a striking increase in rapes by gangs and individuals. 2008-01-03T00:00:00-05:00 countries=kenya http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080102001&lang=e Amnesty International USA expressed relief today over the release of 30 individuals who were imprisoned in Sudan for their alleged connections to a sabotage plot against the government. The individuals were tortured, denied medical treatment, and held incommunicado since July 2007 when they were imprisoned in Kober prison and at military headquarters in Khartoum. 2008-01-02T00:00:00-05:00 countries=sudan http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20071231001&lang=e Amnesty International is concerned about reports that dozens of people have been killed in different parts of Kenya, many by police bullets, during protests against alleged fraud in the general elections held three days earlier. This followed the official announcement on 30 December of a narrow win by President Mwai Kibaki over presidential opposition candidate Raila Odinga. 2007-12-31T00:00:00-05:00 countries=kenya http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20071224001&lang=e Amnesty International today condemned the convictions of two human rights defenders in Ethiopia on charges of provoking and preparing "outrages against the Constitution", saying that the two men are prisoners of conscience arrested solely for their peaceful human rights work. Both have been held in prison since November 2005. 2007-12-24T00:00:00-05:00 countries=ethiopia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20071220001&lang=e A coalition of leading human rights organizations and socially responsible investment companies have jointly announced the filing of shareholder resolutions with six major banks and financial firms with the goal of engaging Wall Street to push Sudan to end the violence in Darfur and accept full deployment of U.N. peacekeepers. 2007-12-20T00:00:00-05:00 countries=sudan http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20071219001&lang=e Amnesty International is alarmed at the increasing number of extrajudicial executions of civilians by the army in the Agadez region and is asking the Niger authorities to put an immediate stop to them. 2007-12-19T00:00:00-05:00 countries=niger http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAFR320112007&lang=e Amnesty International calls on Kenyan authorities, all election candidates and political parties to take steps to prevent election-related violence with the aim of ensuring effective respect and protection for human rights in the lead up to and during the general elections scheduled for 27 December 2007-12-18T00:00:00-05:00 countries=kenya http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20071217001&lang=e Amnesty International revealed today that secret executions have taken place in Nigeria's prisons within the last two years, despite new assurances by the government that Nigeria has not executed anyone "in recent years." 2007-12-17T00:00:00-05:00 countries=nigeria http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAFR440302007&lang=e Joint Public statement by Nigerian NGOs and Amnesty International 2007-12-17T00:00:00-05:00 issues= EXECUTION, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20071217002&lang=e Amnesty International today released a 16-point agenda for effective protection of civilians in Darfur and warned that the peacekeeping operation in Darfur was doomed to fail -- thereby further endangering civilian lives -- if the Sudanese government and international community do not immediately halt the obstructions and delays that have been plaguing the mission thus far. 2007-12-17T00:00:00-05:00 countries=sudan http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20071214001&lang=e Amnesty International researchers just returning from Zimbabwe said that the government continues to beat and torture human rights defenders and political opponents, despite the ongoing mediation process being facilitated by the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC). 2007-12-14T00:00:00-05:00 countries=zimbabwe http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20071213001&lang=e Warner Bros. Records presented Amnesty International with a check today for $2.5 million, proceeds raised from the sales of Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur. The double album features more than 20 John Lennon songs recorded by today's best-selling artists and is supporting Amnesty International's campaign to end the violence in Darfur. 2007-12-13T00:00:00-05:00 countries=sudan,usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20071205003&lang=e Amnesty International today expressed concern at the Somaliland government's order of expulsion against 24 Somali journalists who had fled to the Somaliland capital of Hargeisa from violence and grave human rights violations against media workers in Mogadishu. 2007-12-05T00:00:00-05:00 countries=somalia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAFR530042007&lang=e Amnesty International's Secretary General, Irene Khan, will be launching the organization's year-long activities to mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) at an event with The Elders in Cape Town, South Africa, on 10th December 2007. 2007-12-03T00:00:00-05:00 countries=south africa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAFR590112007&lang=e Amnesty International today accused the criminal justice system in northern Uganda of ignoring, denying and tacitly condoning violence against women and girls, while it protects suspected perpetrators. 2007-11-30T00:00:00-05:00 countries=uganda http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAFR120112007&lang=e Amnesty International is gravely concerned about recent reports of forced evictions in the neighbourhood of Iraque in the Angolan capital of Luanda, as well as the unlawful detention of two journalists during these forced evictions. 2007-11-30T00:00:00-05:00 countries=angola