Amnesty International USA is the US Section of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights organization. http://www.amnestyusa.org/rss/en/news/middleeast.xml en Amnesty International Amnesty International hourly 4 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20100121001&lang=e&rss=middleeast Israel must end its suffocating blockade of the Gaza Strip, which leaves more than 1.4 million Palestinians cut off from the outside world and struggling with desperate poverty, Amnesty International said one year on from the end of Israel's military offensive in Gaza 2010-01-21T00:00:00-05:00 countries=israel_and_occupied_territories http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010011915024&lang=e&rss=middleeast Hisham Bashraheel and his sons were arrested after taking part in a sit-in protest to mark eight months since the authorities banned them from printing and distributing copies of the al-Ayyam newspaper. 2010-01-19T00:00:00-05:00 countries=yemen http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010011815021&lang=e&rss=middleeast Amnesty International has called on the Iraqi authorities to halt the mounting number of death sentences being handed out in the run-up to delayed national elections in March. 2010-01-18T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iraq http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010011514992&lang=e&rss=middleeast Amnesty International has welcomed the release of Palestinian human rights activist Mohammed Othman - but is concerned that the Israeli authorities have imposed conditions on him. 2010-01-15T00:00:00-05:00 countries=israel_and_occupied_territories http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20091218001&lang=e&rss=middleeast Organization Remains Concerned for Eight Individuals Held as Prisoners of Conscience by Morocco 2009-12-18T00:00:00-05:00 countries=morocco_and_western_sahara http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009121514628&lang=e&rss=middleeast Khamisa Mohammed Sawadi and two younger men, face up to 40 lashes and imprisonment for being in the company of members of the opposite sex who are not close relatives. 2009-12-15T00:00:00-05:00 countries=saudi_arabia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE190072009&lang=e&rss=middleeast Amnesty International is greatly concerned that Max Goeldi and Rachid Hamdani, two Swiss nationals now reportedly accused of commercial and tax offences, may not receive fair trials 2009-12-15T00:00:00-05:00 countries=libya http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009121114597&lang=e&rss=middleeast Residents of Camp Ashraf, north of Baghdad, have been given a deadline of 15 December to leave or they will be removed and relocated elsewhere in Iraq. 2009-12-11T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran,iraq http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20091209004&lang=e&rss=middleeast Organization Urges Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to Allow UN Special Rapporteurs to Conduct Inquiry in Iran. 2009-12-09T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20091208003&lang=e&rss=middleeast Amnesty International condemns today's indiscriminate bomb attacks in Baghdad, which according to news reports killed at least 120 people and injured 400 others, many of them civilians 2009-12-08T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iraq http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20091207003&lang=e&rss=middleeast Amnesty International condemned the excessive use of force by Iranian security forces today that saw scores of protesters beaten and detained during student-led demonstrations 2009-12-07T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20091125001&lang=e&rss=middleeast Amnesty International, together with Physicians for Human Rights and the International campaign for Human Rights in Iran, today issued an open letter to the Speaker of Iran?s Parliament Ali Larijani and the Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi are urging that an investigation into the death of 26-year-old physician Ramin Pourandarjani be independent and transparent. 2009-11-25T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE290122009&lang=e&rss=middleeast Amnesty International deplores the decision of the Moroccan authorities to expel human rights defender Aminatou Haidar from Western Sahara on 14 November, and urges the authorities to immediately allow her to return to her home in Laayoune 2009-11-17T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20091116001&lang=e&rss=middleeast The Iranian authorities must halt the imminent execution of Sherko Moarefi, a Kurdish man convicted of "enmity against God" over his alleged membership in a proscribed Kurdish organization, Amnesty International said today. 2009-11-16T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20091116004&lang=e&rss=middleeast Precarious Hillside Slums Threaten Millions of Lives 2009-11-16T00:00:00-05:00 countries=egypt http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE131202009&lang=e&rss=middleeast Amnesty International is concerned at a call reportedly made by Asghar Jafari, head of Iran's Police Criminal Investigation department, for a greater reliance on Islamic punishments, especially the amputation of the hands of thieves 2009-11-11T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009110613921&lang=e&rss=middleeast The vote adopting key recommendations of the report on the conflict in Gaza and southern Israel earlier this year, is vitally important for ensuring that those who committed war crimes will be held accountable, said Amnesty International. 2009-11-06T00:00:00-05:00 countries=israel_and_occupied_territories http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE290112009&lang=e&rss=middleeast The detention of eight individuals in October, apparently for crossing red lines on the "taboo" issues of the monarchy and the status of Western Sahara, represents a serious attack on freedom of expression by the Moroccan authorities, Amnesty International said today 2009-11-06T00:00:00-05:00 countries=morocco_and_western_sahara http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE131172009&lang=e&rss=middleeast In recent days, at least 10 members of the Campaign for Equality -- a grassroots women's rights initiative - have been summoned to appear before a branch of the Revolutionary Court in connection with their peaceful activities on behalf of women's rights in Iran 2009-11-05T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPRE200911021384&lang=e&rss=middleeast Amnesty International today warned hundreds of people ? including many women and children ? may be left homeless tomorrow morning if plans to demolish their homes to make way for a commercial development go ahead. 2009-11-02T00:00:00-05:00 countries=nigeria http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20091030001&lang=e&rss=middleeast Assaults and Arrests of Three Journalists in Tunisia are Part of Pattern of Threats and Intimidation of Government Critics, Says Amnesty International 2009-10-30T00:00:00-05:00 countries=tunisia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20091029002&lang=e&rss=middleeast Amnesty International calls on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to immediately retract a statement he made on Wednesday calling it a crime to criticize the outcome of June?s presidential election. Khamenei?s statement was broadcast on state television during coverage of a report on his meeting with scientists in Tehran. 2009-10-29T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009102913796&lang=e&rss=middleeast Amnesty International is calling on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to immediately retract his statement on Wednesday that criticising the outcome of June?s presidential election is a crime. 2009-10-29T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009102713706&lang=e&rss=middleeast Amnesty International has accused Israel of denying Palestinians the right to access adequate water by maintaining total control over the shared water resources and pursuing discriminatory policies. 2009-10-27T00:00:00-05:00 countries=israel_and_occupied_territories http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009102713731&lang=e&rss=middleeast Dr Mohammad Maleki has been held incommunicado since his arrest in August. Amnesty International has expressed grave concern for his health as he is suffering from serious illnesses. 2009-10-27T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009102613707&lang=e&rss=middleeast Amnesty International has welcomed the intervention of Saudi Arabia?s head of state, King ?Abdullah bin ?Abdul ?Aziz, to cancel a flogging sentence against a female journalist. 2009-10-26T00:00:00-05:00 countries=saudi_arabia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009102613702&lang=e&rss=middleeast Amnesty International has strongly condemned the killing of at least 155 people, mostly civilians, in twin suicide bomb attacks in Baghdad. 2009-10-26T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iraq http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009102613710&lang=e&rss=middleeast West Bank farmer Mahmoud al-'Alam won't forget the day Israeli army bulldozers cut off his water supply... and destroyed his livelihood. 2009-10-26T00:00:00-05:00 countries=israel_and_occupied_territories http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20091023001&lang=e&rss=middleeast Amnesty International urges the Turkish authorities to allow its citizens of Kurdish origin to return to Turkey without fear of harassment and discrimination. This call comes as refugees begin to leave the Mahmur camp in northern Iraq. 2009-10-23T00:00:00-05:00 countries=turkey http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009102113647&lang=e&rss=middleeast Iranian-American academic Kian Tajbakhsh has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, for his alleged part in the protests following the June presidential election. 2009-10-21T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran