Amnesty International USA is the US Section of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights organization. http://www.amnestyusa.org/rss/en/news/americas.xml en Amnesty International Amnesty International hourly 4 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR510332008&lang=e USA: Who are the Guantánamo detainees? Case Sheet 25 2008-05-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR410132008&lang=e The second anniversary of the events that took place in San Salvador Atenco, Mexico State, is approaching without substantial advances for the victims that suffered sexual violence at the hands of the police on 3 and 4 May 2006 2008-04-29T00:00:00-05:00 issues=IMPUNITY,POLICE,SEXUAL ASSAULT,TORTURE OR ILL-TREATMENT http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR510312008&lang=e 17 April 2008 2008-04-17T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080416001&lang=e Larry Cox, executive director for Amnesty International USA,statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Baze v. Rees, which challenged the constitutionality of Kentucky's lethal injection protocols 2008-04-16T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR200012008&lang=e The government of Canada must urgently reconsider its position that for it to seek Omar Khadr's repatriation from Guantánamo would be "premature" 2008-04-16T00:00:00-05:00 issues=POLITICAL VIOLENCE,TORTURE OR ILL-TREATMENT,UNLAWFUL DETENTION http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR010012008&lang=e The upcoming meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) Working Group on the draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is an important opportunity to consolidate and build on recent developments to protect the human rights of some of the hemisphere's most marginalized peoples 2008-04-14T00:00:00-05:00 issues=INDIGENOUS PEOPLES,INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS,OAS http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080404002&lang=e Activities on National Mall Include Amnesty International Exhibition on Plight of Darfuris Displaced by Violence. 2008-04-04T00:00:00-05:00 countries=sudan,usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR510252008&lang=e On 25 March 2008, in a case involving the USA’s obligation to comply with judgments of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the US Supreme Court ruled in favour of the State of Texas and against a Mexican national on death row there. The Supreme Court has effectively passed the buck to the other branches of government to act to ensure that the USA meets its international obligations. Amnesty International urges them to do so. 2008-03-27T00:00:00-05:00 issues=DEATH PENALTY,FOREIGN NATIONALS,ICJ,JUVENILES http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080317005&lang=e On the 5th anniversary of the largest crackdown against political opponents in Cuba, Amnesty International today called on the new Cuban president to immediately release the 58 dissidents still being held in jails across the country, many for contacting journalists and human rights defenders. 2008-03-17T00:00:00-05:00 countries=cuba http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR510192008&lang=e 13 March 2008 2008-03-13T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080308001&lang=e AIUSA Urges U.S. House and Senate to Push for Investigation and Accountability. 2008-03-08T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR230072008&lang=e Amnesty International (AI) welcomes the agreement to renew the integral mandate of the High Commissioner's Office in Colombia for a further three years and expresses its continued appreciation of the work of the Office in Colombia to improve respect for human rights in the country 2008-02-21T00:00:00-05:00 issues=HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS,IMPUNITY,UN http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080213001&lang=e 2008-02-13T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080201003&lang=e Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International USA, released the below statement today in response to the introduction of the TASER X12 LLS Mossberg(r) shotgun. 2008-02-01T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR360032008&lang=e Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine is still missing 2008-01-28T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080117001&lang=e Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) and supporters of death-row inmate Troy Anthony Davis will join the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. March in Atlanta on Monday to raise awareness about Davis' case. Davis' sister, Martina Davis Correia, will speak at the rally following the march. 2008-01-17T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080114001&lang=e Larry Cox, Amnesty International executive director, issued the following remarks in response to comments by both Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Mike McConnell, Director of National Intelligence, in regards to closing down the U.S.-controlled detention facility in Guantanamo Bay and defining waterboarding as torture. 2008-01-14T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080111001&lang=e Led by Amnesty International, hundreds of activists rallied on the National Mall in Washington, DC, to mark the sixth anniversary of the first arrival of detainees at the U.S.-controlled detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 2008-01-11T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080110001&lang=e The lives of Haitian human rights activist Wilson Mesilien and his family are in grave danger, and the Haitian government must protect them, Amnesty International said today. 2008-01-10T00:00:00-05:00 countries=haiti http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080110002&lang=e Amnesty International today welcomed the release by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) of two high-profile hostages who were kidnapped in 2001 and 2002. The organization called on the FARC and the National Liberation Army (ELN) to do the same for all civilian hostages. 2008-01-10T00:00:00-05:00 countries=colombia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080108001&lang=e To mark the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantanamo Bay, Amnesty International (AI) is leading worldwide events, rallies and meetings to seek the immediate closure of the detention centre and an end to all illegal detentions. 2008-01-08T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080104001&lang=e On the eve of the U.S. Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in the case of Baze v. Rees, Larry Cox, executive director for Amnesty International USA (AIUSA), released the following statement. 2008-01-04T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080102002&lang=e Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) has won a landmark victory in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York that affirms the organization's right to protect its confidential sources and investigative research under the federal journalist's privilege. 2008-01-02T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20071220002&lang=e Amnesty International said today it has mobilized its global network of activists on behalf of two human rights defenders in Haiti, one abducted and the other facing physical threats. 2007-12-20T00:00:00-05:00 countries=haiti http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR410742007&lang=e On 22 December 1997, 45 indigenous people, mainly women and children, from the civil society organization, Las Abejas, were murdered in Acteal, Chenalhó muncipality, Chiapas State 2007-12-19T00:00:00-05:00 issues= INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, MASS KILLING, ANNIVERSARIES http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR470012007&lang=e Amnesty International is concerned at reports of police violence against unarmed demonstrators protesting against a luxury coastal housing development in Puerto Rico last Wednesday 2007-12-14T00:00:00-05:00 countries=puerto_rico http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20071213002&lang=e Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International USA (AIUSA), released this statement following the New Jersey Legislature's vote to abolish the death penalty. 2007-12-13T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20071211001&lang=e Amnesty International today welcomed the announcement by Cuba's Minister of Foreign Affairs that the country will soon ratify key human rights treaties, but said the move will be meaningful only if Cuba stops intimidating and arresting political dissidents. 2007-12-11T00:00:00-05:00 countries=cuba http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20071210001&lang=e Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International USA, issued the following statement today after two key votes in New Jersey for abolition of the death penalty. 2007-12-10T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20071210002&lang=e Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International USA, issued the following statement at the conclusion of a meeting in Washington, DC, between human rights leaders and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday, Dec. 10--International Human Rights Day. 2007-12-10T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa