Amnesty International USA is the US Section of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights organization. http://www.amnestyusa.org/rss/en/news/europe.xml en Amnesty International Amnesty International hourly 4 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010020515303&lang=e&rss=europe Ten years after the killing of scores of civilians in a suburb of the Chechen capital Grozny, the relatives of those murdered are still denied justice by the Russian authorities. 2010-02-05T00:00:00-05:00 countries=russian_federation http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010020415282&lang=e&rss=europe Igor Koktysh had been held in a pre-trial detention centre since June 2007, when Belarus requested his extradition. He was considered to be a prisoner of conscience. 2010-02-04T00:00:00-05:00 countries=belarus,ukraine http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010020215240&lang=e&rss=europe Ivan Mikhailau had refused military service because bearing arms contradicts his religious beliefs. 2010-02-02T00:00:00-05:00 countries=belarus http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010012715184&lang=e&rss=europe Umida Akhmedova, whose work shows men, women and children carrying out everyday activities, was charged with slandering and insulting the Uzbekistani people and their traditions. 2010-01-27T00:00:00-05:00 countries=uzbekistan http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010012615096&lang=e&rss=europe Due to a lack of adequate alternative housing, Roma families have been living for years next to waste dumps or sewage treatment plants. 2010-01-26T00:00:00-05:00 countries=romania http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010011915027&lang=e&rss=europe Human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova were killed in Moscow a year ago. Those responsible have not been brought to justice. 2010-01-19T00:00:00-05:00 countries=russian_federation http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010011514993&lang=e&rss=europe Czech education authorities have said they will take measures to end the wrongful placing of Romani children in schools for pupils with "mild mental disabilities", in response to Amnesty International's report on the issue. 2010-01-15T00:00:00-05:00 countries=czech_republic http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010011414976&lang=e&rss=europe Ahmed Chataev, who had reportedly been tortured by Russian forces after he was detained in Chechnya during fighting in 2000, was visiting Ukraine with a valid visa when he was arrested. 2010-01-14T00:00:00-05:00 countries=russian_federation,ukraine http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010011314908&lang=e&rss=europe A new Amnesty International report says that the authorities are continuing to place Romani children in schools for pupils with "mild mental disabilities". 2010-01-13T00:00:00-05:00 countries=czech_republic http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010011114918&lang=e&rss=europe Amnesty International has called on the Turkish authorities to release a conscientious objector who was arrested after he refused military service on religious grounds. 2010-01-11T00:00:00-05:00 countries=turkey http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20091222001&lang=e&rss=europe Lithuanian parliamentary committee concluded that a CIA secret prison operated in Lithuania during the US-led "war on terror". 2009-12-22T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009122214832&lang=e&rss=europe A Lithuanian parliamentary committee has concluded that a CIA secret prison operated in Lithuania during the US-led “war on terror”. 2009-12-22T00:00:00-05:00 countries=lithuania http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009121914767&lang=e&rss=europe The Copenhagen climate summit has ended without the fair, ambitious and legally binding agreement that millions of citizens around the work demanded. 2009-12-19T00:00:00-05:00 countries=denmark http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009121714651&lang=e&rss=europe The government and President Dalia Grybauskaite have been urged to ensure that next week's report into allegations that the CIA operated a 'black site' in Lithuanian is thorough, independent, and impartial. 2009-12-17T00:00:00-05:00 countries=lithuania http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR440072009&lang=e&rss=europe Amnesty International expressed grave concern regarding the closure of the Democratic Society Party (DTP) under laws that fail to uphold international standards 2009-12-14T00:00:00-05:00 countries=turkey http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009121414613&lang=e&rss=europe Amnesty International has expressed concern that the Democratic Society Party has been closed and 37 of its members have been banned from politics for five years. 2009-12-14T00:00:00-05:00 countries=turkey http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009121114600&lang=e&rss=europe A European Court of Human Rights ruling has called for the release of Belarusian opposition activist and musician Igor Koktysh, detained in Ukraine since 2007, pending extradition to Belarus. 2009-12-11T00:00:00-05:00 countries=ukraine http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009120914555&lang=e&rss=europe Blog written by Talib Yakubov, the father-in-law of prisoner of conscience Azam Farmonov. 2009-12-09T00:00:00-05:00 countries=uzbekistan http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20091208001&lang=e&rss=europe Russian authorities must immediately stop persecuting human rights activists and investigate those responsible for their murders instead, said Amnesty International ahead of International Human Rights Day, December 10 2009-12-08T00:00:00-05:00 countries=russian_federation http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009120714467&lang=e&rss=europe Petition delivered to world leaders as they gather at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this week. 2009-12-07T00:00:00-05:00 countries=denmark http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009120414448&lang=e&rss=europe A European Court of Human Rights’ judgement said that Kamel Daoudi’s expulsion would put him at risk of incommunicado detention and torture and would be a human rights violation. 2009-12-04T00:00:00-05:00 countries=algeria,france http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009113014295&lang=e&rss=europe Amnesty International said it deeply regrets the choice of Swiss voters to introduce a ban on the construction of minarets into the constitution. The ban takes immediate effect. 2009-11-30T00:00:00-05:00 countries=switzerland http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009112713998&lang=e&rss=europe Blog by youth activist Alyaksei Bondar. 2009-11-27T00:00:00-05:00 countries=belarus http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009112713999&lang=e&rss=europe Blog by Belarusian youth activist Ales Charnyshou. 2009-11-27T00:00:00-05:00 countries=belarus http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009112714014&lang=e&rss=europe Blog by Belarusian youth activist Mikhail Kryvau. 2009-11-27T00:00:00-05:00 countries=belarus http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009112714017&lang=e&rss=europe Blog written for Amnesty International by Belarusian youth activist Tatyana Tishkevich. 2009-11-27T00:00:00-05:00 countries=belarus http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009112514216&lang=e&rss=europe The proposal, which was initiated by members of two Swiss parties, will ask Swiss voters if they wish to add the sentence "The construction of minarets is forbidden" to the Constitution. 2009-11-25T00:00:00-05:00 countries=swaziland http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009112414185&lang=e&rss=europe A new Amnesty International report urges the authorities to properly prosecute violence against women and not to dismiss it as a 'private family matter'. 2009-11-24T00:00:00-05:00 countries=tajikistan http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009112014164&lang=e&rss=europe Amnesty International has welcomed a decision by Russia's Constitutional Court that brings the country a step closer to abolishing the death penalty. 2009-11-20T00:00:00-05:00 countries=russian_federation http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009111914145&lang=e&rss=europe Amnesty International has welcomed the conviction of three Turkish soldiers for “intentionally wounding” a conscientious objector while he was in military custody. 2009-11-19T00:00:00-05:00 countries=turkey