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=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 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009111314031&lang=e&rss=europe Amnesty International has welcomed the commitment by the Macedonian authorities to ensure that the International Day for Tolerance march in Skopje goes ahead on 16 November without hindrance. 2009-11-13T00:00:00-05:00 countries=macedonia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009111214022&lang=e&rss=europe Youth activists Emin Abdullayev and Adnan Hajizade have been sentenced to 30 and 24 months' imprisonment respectively on charges of 'hooliganism' and 'inflicting minor bodily harm'. 2009-11-12T00:00:00-05:00 countries=azerbaijan http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009111214021&lang=e&rss=europe Amnesty International has condemned the forced eviction of a community of about 400 Roma people in the Italian capital, Rome. 2009-11-12T00:00:00-05:00 countries=italy http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009111113997&lang=e&rss=europe Musician and activist Igor Koktysh has been detained for over two years for the peaceful expression of his beliefs. If forcibly returned to Belarus, he could face the death penalty. 2009-11-11T00:00:00-05:00 countries=belarus,ukraine http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009110913949&lang=e&rss=europe On the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Amnesty International has called for urgent action to tackle abuses against migrants, asylum seekers, detainees and minorities. 2009-11-09T00:00:00-05:00 countries=germany http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009110613944&lang=e&rss=europe Amnesty International has condemned an invitation extended by Turkey to Sudanese President Omar al Bashir to attend a meeting in Turkey. 2009-11-06T00:00:00-05:00 countries=turkey,sudan http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR610072009&lang=e&rss=europe On 29 October 2009, the city court of Dashoguz imposed a five-year prison sentence on Andrei Zatoka, a well-known environmentalist and civil society activist in Turkmenistan, for the intentional infliction of medium injuries 2009-11-05T00:00:00-05:00 countries=turkmenistan http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009102913785&lang=e&rss=europe Andrei Zhuk becomes the second person to have his death sentence upheld in Belarus within the last month. 2009-10-29T00:00:00-05:00 countries=belarus http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009102713738&lang=e&rss=europe Two Iranian refugees who were refused access to the asylum system in Turkey and unlawfully detained for more than a year have been released. 2009-10-27T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran,turkey http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20091026001&lang=e&rss=europe Russian and Kabardino-Balkarian authorities must find and bring to justice those responsible for the murder of Maksharip Aushev, a leading civil society activist from Ingushetia, Amnesty International said today. 2009-10-26T00:00:00-05:00 countries=russian_federation http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009102613699&lang=e&rss=europe The beginning of the Hague trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is an important step towards justice for the tens of thousands of victims of the Bosnian war. 2009-10-26T00:00:00-05:00 countries=bosnia_herzegovina http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009102213653&lang=e&rss=europe The 2009 Sakharov prize for human rights has been awarded to Russian activists Oleg Orlov, Sergei Kovalev and Ludmila Alekseeva. 2009-10-22T00:00:00-05:00 countries=russian_federation,usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009102013629&lang=e&rss=europe The United Nations has echoed Amnesty International?s call to halt the imminent execution of a man accused of murdering of six elderly women in Belarus. 2009-10-20T00:00:00-05:00 countries=belarus http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009100713437&lang=e&rss=europe A Moscow court has found in favour of the president's libel suit against human rights activist Oleg Orlov who accused him of "being responsible" for the murder of human rights worker Natalia Estemirova. 2009-10-07T00:00:00-05:00 countries=russian_federation http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009100713435&lang=e&rss=europe Ahead of the World Day Against the Death Penalty, Amnesty International has urged the President of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenka, to grant clemency to a man who may be facing imminent execution. 2009-10-07T00:00:00-05:00 countries=belarus http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009100513416&lang=e&rss=europe Human rights activists in Russia and the North Caucasus face increasing violence and intimidation three years after the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. 2009-10-05T00:00:00-05:00 countries=russian_federation http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR720052009&lang=e&rss=europe Amnesty International welcomes the focus by many states during the review on education of Roma children(A/HRC/12/17, paragraph 89, recommendations 71-77) 2009-09-25T00:00:00-05:00 countries=slovakia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009092413286&lang=e&rss=europe Two Iranian refugees remain in detention in Turkey despite a European Court of Human Rights ruling on Tuesday should be released, according to Amnesty International. 2009-09-24T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran,iraq,turkey http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009091513099&lang=e&rss=europe In its new report, Amnesty International illustrates how Spain has one of the strictest detention regimes in Europe which is in breach of the country's obligations under international human rights law. 2009-09-15T00:00:00-05:00 countries=spain http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009091413090&lang=e&rss=europe Human rights defenders are under attack in Serbia and the authorities are failing to protect them, Amnesty International said on Monday. 2009-09-14T00:00:00-05:00 countries=serbia_montenegro http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009090813001&lang=e&rss=europe Russia's Supreme Court ordered a new investigation into the 2006 killing of journalist Anna Politkovskaya on Thursday. 2009-09-08T00:00:00-05:00 countries=russian_federation http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009081211773&lang=e&rss=europe Zarema Sadulayeva, head of the Russian charity, Let's Save the Children, is the latest human rights activist to be murdered in Chechnya. 2009-08-12T00:00:00-05:00 countries=russian_federation http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009081011727&lang=e&rss=europe Amnesty International has reiterated its call for an independent public inquiry into allegations of UK complicity in torture. 2009-08-10T00:00:00-05:00 countries=united_kingdom http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009080711697&lang=e&rss=europe One year on from the war between Georgia and the Russian Federation, thousands of civilians remain stranded from their homes with little prospect of imminent return. 2009-08-07T00:00:00-05:00 countries=georgia,russian_federation http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR270012009&lang=e&rss=europe Amnesty International is deeply concerned about the killing of a Romani woman in eastern Hungary in the early hours of 3 August 2009-08-07T00:00:00-05:00 countries=hungary http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009080411652&lang=e&rss=europe A Romani woman was shot dead in the village of Kisléta in Eastern Hungary, early Monday morning. 2009-08-04T00:00:00-05:00 countries=hungary http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009072811580&lang=e&rss=europe Burmese opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has been awarded the 2009 Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience award. 2009-07-28T00:00:00-05:00 countries=myanmar_burma http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009072411550&lang=e&rss=europe Yuri Samodurov and Andrei Yerofeev face up to five years in prison after organizing a Moscow art exhibition. Artists and writers have sent a letter expressing their concern to Russia's President Medvedev. 2009-07-24T00:00:00-05:00 countries=russian_federation http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR250082009&lang=e&rss=europe Amnesty International is again calling on the Greek authorities to ensure that individuals made homeless following forced evictions are provided with suitable alternative accommodation, in line with the country's international obligations 2009-07-22T00:00:00-05:00 countries=greece