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=ENGMDE150202008&lang=e Amnesty International is again calling on the Israeli government to end reckless attacks by its forces on populated areas and to order an immediate, independent investigation into yesterday's strikes in Gaza which killed six Palestinians, including four children under five and their mother 2008-04-29T00:00:00-05:00 issues=CHILDREN,CIVIL UNREST,INVESTIGATION OF ABUSES,MILITARY http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE290082008&lang=e Allegations of torture of Sahrawi human rights defender must be investigated 2008-04-25T00:00:00-05:00 issues=DEPORTATION,HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS,NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE160012008&lang=e Amnesty International has written to the Jordanian authorities expressing its concern over what appear to be disproportionately lenient sentences received in March by two men convicted of killing close female relatives 2008-04-23T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE280022008&lang=e Amnesty International deplores the prosecution of Amine Sidhoum, a lawyer and well-known human rights defender, who was convicted yesterday, 13 April 2008, of bringing the Algerian judiciary into disrepute 2008-04-14T00:00:00-05:00 issues=FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION,HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE130612008&lang=e The ITUC, ITF and Amnesty international today welcomed the release from Sanandaj prison, in Iran's Kordestan Province, of independent labour activist Mahmoud Salehi, after one year of imprisonment 2008-04-08T00:00:00-05:00 issues=HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS,RELEASE,TRADE UNIONISTS http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE120052008&lang=e Next Tuesday, 8 April, sees municipal and local elections taking place across Egypt 2008-04-03T00:00:00-05:00 issues=ELECTIONS,MASS ARREST,POLITICIANS http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE130522008&lang=e Amnesty International, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) are calling on the Iranian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Mahmoud Salehi, the former leader of the Saqez Bakers' Union, who was imprisoned in 2007 for the pursuit of legitimate trade union activities 2008-03-19T00:00:00-05:00 issues=HUNGER-STRIKE,ILL-HEALTH,PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE,TRADE UNIONISTS http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE290052008&lang=e Amnesty International is concerned by the imprisonment of Fouad Mourtada, a 26 year old IT engineer, after a trial which failed to satisfy international fair trial standards 2008-02-25T00:00:00-05:00 issues=FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION,TRIALS http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE120012008&lang=e Rights Violations Drive Those in Need Underground 2008-02-14T00:00:00-05:00 issues=AIDS-HIV,POLICE,TORTURE OR ILL-TREATMENT,USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE180022008&lang=e Amnesty International welcomes Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's announcement that an investigation will be conducted into Sunday's killing of seven people during protests in and around Mar Mkhail, south Beirut 2008-01-29T00:00:00-05:00 countries=lebanon http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE150052008&lang=e Amnesty International is deeply concerned by yesterday's decision by Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz that police officers who shot and killed 13 demonstrators at the beginning of October 2000 will not be indicted 2008-01-28T00:00:00-05:00 issues= AMNESTIES FOR VIOLATORS, POLICE, USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE300012008&lang=e Amnesty International today condemned the decision of an appeal court in Sfax to uphold the one year prison sentence initially imposed on Slim Boukhdir, a freelance journalist, by a lower court in December 2007 on account of "insulting a public officer during the performance of his duties," and "breaching public morality" and "refusing to show his identity card" and called for his immediate and unconditional release 2008-01-22T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080122002&lang=e Amnesty International has mobilized its activists worldwide to demand that Iran halt the executions of two men convicted of kidnapping and raping two men in the southern Fars province. The punishments--being "thrown from a height" or "cliff"--could be carried out imminently. Four other men in the same case dating from May 2007 were sentenced to be flogged. 2008-01-22T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080121001&lang=e Israel's decision to block all fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip constitutes collective punishment and is likely to lead to a public health emergency, Amnesty International said today. 2008-01-21T00:00:00-05:00 countries=israel_and_occupied_territories,palestinian_authority http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080115001&lang=e As nine women and two men in Iran wait to be stoned to death, Amnesty International today called on the Iranian authorities to abolish execution by stoning and impose an immediate moratorium on this horrific practice, specifically designed to increase the suffering of the victims. 2008-01-15T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE240012008&lang=e Amnesty International is calling for the release of Fa'eq 'Ali Asa'd, a longstanding critic of the Syrian authorities, who was sentenced to a three year prison term on 31 December 2007 2008-01-03T00:00:00-05:00 issues= POLITICAL ACTIVISTS, PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE120362007&lang=e (Cairo, December 29, 2007) -- Five Egyptian and international human rights organizations today called on President Hosni Mubarak to authorize an independent judicial inquiry into the December 30, 2005 police assault on Sudanese protestors -- refugees, asylum seekers and migrants -- in Cairo that resulted in the deaths of 27 persons and injured scores more 2007-12-29T00:00:00-05:00 issues= POLICE, USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE131482007&lang=e Amnesty International is deeply concerned at reports that three child offenders face imminent execution in Iran, in clear contravention of international law 2007-12-14T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE180162007&lang=e Amnesty International has written to the Lebanese authorities calling for an independent review of the case of Yusef Cha'ban, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in October 1994 2007-12-11T00:00:00-05:00 countries=lebanon http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE131412007&lang=e Amnesty International condemns the execution, on 4 December 2007, of Makwan Moloudzadeh, an Iranian Kurdish child offender, following a grossly flawed trial for an offence he allegedly committed at the age of 13. 2007-12-06T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE230412007&lang=e The disciplinary measures against Saudi Arabian lawyer Abdul Rahman al-Lahem must be dropped immediately if they appear have been initiated solely because of his legitimate activities in defending a rape victim who received a sentence of 200 lashes and a prison term, Amnesty International said today. 2007-12-04T00:00:00-05:00 countries=saudi_arabia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE300122007&lang=e Amnesty International is greatly concerned about the one year prison term imposed today on Slim Boukhdir, a freelance journalist, by a court in Sakiet Ezzit (Sfax) on charges of "insulting a public officer during the performance of his duties," "breaching public morality" and "refusing to show his identity card. 2007-12-04T00:00:00-05:00 countries=tunisia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE150672007&lang=e If next week's Annapolis talks are to make progress towards a just and durable solution to the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, peace pledges must be accompanied by clear and concrete steps to halt and redress the grave human rights abuses and serious violations of international humanitarian law that continue to destroy lives on both sides. 2007-11-24T00:00:00-05:00 countries=palestinian_authority http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE131352007&lang=e Amnesty International today said that it had written to the Head of the Judiciary in Iran, Ayatollah Hashemi Shahroudi, urging the immediate and unconditional release of Dr Sohrab Razzaghi, the Director of Iranian Civil Society Organizations Training and Research Center (ICTRC) (Koneshgaran Davtalab) (also known as Volunteer Actors Institute), whom the organization considers to be a prisoner of conscience. 2007-11-16T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20071114001&lang=e Amnesty International USA's Iran country specialist Elise Auerbach released the following statement in response to a recent confirmation of Iranian Kurdish journalist Adnan Hassanpour's death sentence in the midst of a widespread and harsh crackdown on Iranians engaging in dissent or criticism of the government. 2007-11-14T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE131322007&lang=e Amnesty International (AI)Equality Now (EN)Federation Internationale des Droits de l'Homme (FIDH)Front Line (FL)Human Rights First (HRF)Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML)World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)Seven leading international human rights organizations today demanded that the Iranian authorities immediately set aside the prison sentence against a women's rights defender, and drop charges against others facing trial because of their peaceful activities demanding equal rights for women in Iran. 2007-11-09T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE120342007&lang=e The three-year prison sentences handed down against two police officers by an Egyptian court today must be used by the authorities to open the way towards punishing all acts of torture and other ill-treatment, Amnesty International said today. 2007-11-05T00:00:00-05:00 countries=egypt http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE300102007&lang=e Next week, 7 November 2007 marks the 20 year anniversary of the accession to power of Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. 2007-11-02T00:00:00-05:00 countries=tunisia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE280182007&lang=e Amnesty International urges the Algerian authorities to promptly and fully implement the Un Human Rights Committee's recommendations adopted today (available at: . 2007-11-02T00:00:00-05:00 countries=algeria http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE131262007&lang=e Iranian Kurdish journalist and human rights defender Mohammad Sadiq Kabudvand, head of the Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan (HROK) (. 2007-11-01T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran