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=ENGPRE010672010&lang=e Amnesty International has urged Cuban President Raúl Castro to immediately and unconditionally release all prisoners of conscience after a political activist died following a hunger strike 2010-02-24T00:00:00-05:00 countries=cuba http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20100223005&lang=e Amnesty International today called on the Nicaraguan authorities to provide cancer treatment to a pregnant woman that is currently being withheld because of a law that bans abortion in all circumstances 2010-02-23T00:00:00-05:00 countries=nicaragua http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20100223001&lang=e Amnesty International today denounced an increase in attacks against indigenous peoples across Colombia during 2009, violence that is leaving many communities struggling for survival. 2010-02-23T00:00:00-05:00 countries=colombia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010021715472&lang=e Henry Skinner is scheduled to become the 450th person to be executed in the state since judicial killing resumed in the USA in 1977. 2010-02-17T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010021615445&lang=e Not seen since they were taken in December, the three are believed to be the latest victims of human rights abuses committed by troops deployed to combat the rise of organized crime. 2010-02-16T00:00:00-05:00 countries=mexico http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010021215401&lang=e Travis Bishop, a US army sergeant who refused to serve in Afghanistan because of his religious beliefs as a Christian, has had his year-long sentenced shortened by three months. 2010-02-12T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010021215405&lang=e Alberta Alcántara and Teresa González Cornelio (pictured) were sentenced to 21 years in prison in January 2009, when they were convicted of kidnapping of six police officers. 2010-02-12T00:00:00-05:00 countries=mexico http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20100205001&lang=e Amnesty International USA today applauded the introduction of legislation to combat the global crisis of violence against women and girls. The International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA) would for the first time make the epidemic of violence against women worldwide a priority of the United States government and integrate prevention strategies across foreign policy and assistance programs. 2010-02-05T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010020515291&lang=e Activist Ana María Pizarro, tells Amnesty International how pregnant women are at risk of losing their lives because of Nicaragua's abortion ban. 2010-02-05T00:00:00-05:00 countries=nicaragua http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010012915215&lang=e Two weeks after the earthquake that devastated Haiti, its people are confronted with a human rights crisis. 2010-01-29T00:00:00-05:00 countries=haiti http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010012815197&lang=e Amnesty International on Thursday issued a series of recommendations to newly elected Honduran President Porfirio Lobo to repair the damage done to human rights since the June 2009 coup d'état, which left hundreds seeking justice. 2010-01-28T00:00:00-05:00 countries=honduras http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010012615131&lang=e Porfirio Lobo, who takes office on Wednesday, has been urged to see that justice is done for the victims of abuses committed by the security forces following last June's coup d'état. 2010-01-26T00:00:00-05:00 countries=honduras http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20100125001&lang=e As the nation anticipates President Obama?s first State of the Union address on Wednesday, January 27, Amnesty International (AI) raised critical unresolved human rights issues, requesting the administration's urgent attention. 2010-01-25T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010012215106&lang=e US authorities and UN agencies in Haiti must urgently resolve the lack of access to emergency aid for those in desperate need following last week's earthquake. 2010-01-22T00:00:00-05:00 countries=haiti http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010012115067&lang=e Amnesty International's new report details how activists have suffered killings, attacks, harassment, threats and imprisonment to prevent them from doing their work. 2010-01-21T00:00:00-05:00 countries=mexico http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010012115082&lang=e Profiles of three human rights activists who face life-threatening harassment and attacks, while the government does very little to protect them. 2010-01-21T00:00:00-05:00 countries=mexico http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010012015042&lang=e President Obama's administration has failed to match its words with concrete action when it comes to accountability and remedy for human rights violations committed in the name of 'countering terrorism'. 2010-01-20T00:00:00-05:00 countries=cuba,usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010011114899&lang=e Leading human rights organizations have urged more European states to accept detainees held at the US detention centre at Guantánamo who cannot be returned to their countries of origin. 2010-01-11T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010010614872&lang=e Ricardo Ucán Ceca served almost 10 years of a 22-year sentence before he was released last month. 2010-01-06T00:00:00-05:00 countries=mexico http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010010614869&lang=e Josefina Reyes, a campaigner against violence and human rights abuses by military officials, was killed near Ciudad Juarez on Sunday. 2010-01-06T00:00:00-05:00 countries=mexico http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010010514866&lang=e Ramiro Rivera and Dora Alicia Recinos Sorto were killed in December. They both opposed mining projects in the central Cabañas area. 2010-01-05T00:00:00-05:00 countries=elsalvador http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009122314843&lang=e Amnesty International has condemned the kidnapping and killing of Luis Francisco Cuéllar Carvajal, Governor of the Colombian department of Caquetá in the south of the country. 2009-12-23T00:00:00-05:00 countries=colombia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20091215001&lang=e Sarnata Reynolds, Advocacy and Policy Director for Refugee and Migrants' Rights at Amnesty International USA (AISUA), issued the following statement in response to the introduction of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity Act of 2009 (CIR ASAP) to the U.S. House of Representatives 2009-12-15T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009121514612&lang=e In a new report, Amnesty International says that killings by police officers, often of young people who have either a criminal record or are suspected of involvement in crime, continue to be reported. 2009-12-15T00:00:00-05:00 countries=guatemala http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20091215002&lang=e Tom Parker, Amnesty International USA policy director for (counter) terrorism and human rights, issued the following statement in response to the Obama administration's decision to relocate some of the detainees in the U.S.- controlled detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to the Thomsom Correctional Center in Illinois 2009-12-15T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009121514630&lang=e Walter Trochez was shot in the chest by a drive-by gunman on Sunday night while walking home through the centre of Tegucigalpa. 2009-12-15T00:00:00-05:00 countries=honduras http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20091214001&lang=e Statement by AIUSA's Executive Director Larry Cox regarding today's speech by Secretary Clinton. 2009-12-14T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009121114596&lang=e People living on the land in Chihuahua State, northern Mexico, have been intimidated and attacked for six years. Last week, a woman was shot and injured at her home. 2009-12-11T00:00:00-05:00 countries=mexico http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20091209002&lang=e Larry Cox, Amnesty International USA executive director, issued the following statement on the eve of President Barack Obama's acceptance of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway. 2009-12-09T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009120814514&lang=e New evidence of serious human rights violations carried out during military operations to combat organized crime and drug cartels in Mexico has been unveiled in an Amnesty International report. 2009-12-08T00:00:00-05:00 countries=mexico