Amnesty International USA is the US Section of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights organization. http://www.amnestyusa.org/rss/en/news/uspolicy.xml en Amnesty International Amnesty International hourly 4 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20091118002&lang=e&rss=uspolicy Larry Cox, Amnesty International USA executive director, issued the following statement in response to President Barack Obama's remarks that the U.S.-controlled detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, will not be closed by his January 22, 2010, deadline. 2009-11-18T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20091113001&lang=e&rss=uspolicy Tom Parker, Amnesty International USA policy director for (counter) terrorism and human rights, issued the following statement in response to the Obama administration?s announcement that several 9/11 detainees will be transferred to federal courts: 2009-11-13T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009110513894&lang=e&rss=uspolicy US and Italian intelligence agents are convicted for their involvement in the abduction of Usama Mostafa Hassan Nasr (better known as Abu Omar). 2009-11-05T00:00:00-05:00 countries=egypt,italy,usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20091104001&lang=e&rss=uspolicy Bill Would Provide Critical Options to Death Row Inmates with New Evidence of Innocence. 2009-11-04T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20091104002&lang=e&rss=uspolicy Tom Parker, Amnesty International USA?s policy director for (counter)-terrorism and human rights, issued the following statement in response to the Italian court?s decision to convict 23 Americans in the CIA kidnapping case of Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr, known as Abu Omar 2009-11-04T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20091029003&lang=e&rss=uspolicy Amnesty International renewed its call today for President Obama to lift economic sanctions against Cuba, following a vote by the United Nations General Assembly condemning the decades-old embargo. The human rights organization, in a recent report, found the embargo was putting the lives of millions of Cubans at risk by blocking access to vital medicines and medical technologies. 2009-10-29T00:00:00-05:00 countries=cuba,usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20091028002&lang=e&rss=uspolicy President Obama signed the FY10 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) today, which contains revisions to the rules for military commissions used to try detainees at the U.S.-controlled detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. Amnesty International rejects as insufficient the changes made and notes that President Obama?s decision to stand by the commissions flies in the face of his promise that U.S. policy would uphold the nation?s laws and values. 2009-10-28T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20091021001&lang=e&rss=uspolicy However, human rights organization rebukes Congress and administration for blocking the release of ?torture photos;? asks Congress to resist any further amendments barring detainees for trials in the United States 2009-10-21T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20090826001&lang=e&rss=uspolicy Amnesty International sent this open letter to US Special Envoy to Sudan, Scott Gration, sharing several of our ongoing concerns regarding Sudan and some of our recommendations for improving the human rights situation in the country. 2009-08-26T00:00:00-05:00 countries=sudan,usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20090826003&lang=e&rss=uspolicy Larry Cox, Amnesty International USA's executive director, issued the following statement on the sad passing of U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy. 2009-08-26T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20090826004&lang=e&rss=uspolicy The U. N. Security Council should establish an International Criminal tribunal with jurisdiction over all grave human rights violations surrounding Timor-Leste's 1999 independence referendum and in the previous 24 years of Indonesian occupation, said Amnesty International in a report published today to mark the 10th anniversary of independence. 2009-08-26T00:00:00-05:00 countries=timor_leste http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20090824001&lang=e&rss=uspolicy Human Rights Organization Calls on Obama for More Concrete Steps to Ensure Torture Ceases 2009-08-24T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPRE200908211188&lang=e&rss=uspolicy Amnesty International today regretted the US Parole Commission's decision not to grant Leonard Peltier parole despite concerns about the fairness of his 1977 conviction for murder. 2009-08-21T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20090820001&lang=e&rss=uspolicy The Tunisian authorities continue to commit human rights violations in the name of security and counter-terrorism, yet other states continue to forcibly return Tunisian nationals at risk of torture and other abuses or to threaten such returns, Amnesty International said in a new report today. 2009-08-20T00:00:00-05:00 countries=tunisia,usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20090820002&lang=e&rss=uspolicy Former South Korea President Kim Dae-jung died on Tuesday, aged 85. A winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts at reconciliation with North Korea, he leaves a legacy of commitment to human rights and democracy. 2009-08-20T00:00:00-05:00 countries=south_korea,usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20090819001&lang=e&rss=uspolicy Amnesty International published a series of exclusive photos and testimonies today, revealing serious ill-treatment by Honduras police and military of peaceful protesters in the capital, Tegucigalpa. The organization warned that beatings and mass arrests are being used as a way of punishing people for voicing their opposition to the military-backed coup d'etat in June. 2009-08-19T00:00:00-05:00 countries=honduras,usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20090819002&lang=e&rss=uspolicy On the eve of the presidential elections in Afghanistan, Amnesty International has called on the Afghan government to reverse its ban on national and international media from reporting on cases of violence and insecurity occurring during Thursday?s election. 2009-08-19T00:00:00-05:00 countries=afghanistan,usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009081811849&lang=e&rss=uspolicy A US Supreme Court order mandating a new evidentiary hearing for death-row inmate Troy Anthony Davis, has been welcomed by Amnesty International. 2009-08-18T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20090812001&lang=e&rss=uspolicy Days before the Afghan presidential elections, journalists from 13 provinces in Afghanistan have told Amnesty International that they have recently been threatened by Afghan government officials because of their critical reporting. 2009-08-12T00:00:00-05:00 countries=afghanistan,usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20090811001&lang=e&rss=uspolicy Today's guilty verdict against Daw Aung San Suu Kyi by a court in Myanmar has been described by Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan as "shameful". "Her arrest, trial and now this guilty verdict are nothing more than legal and political theatre," added Irene Khan. 2009-08-11T00:00:00-05:00 countries=myanmar_burma,usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20090811002&lang=e&rss=uspolicy The latest murder of a human rights activist in Chechnya demonstrates the complete disregard for rule of law that prevails in Chechnya today, Amnesty International said. 2009-08-11T00:00:00-05:00 countries=russian_federation,usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20090804001&lang=e&rss=uspolicy As the Afghan people prepare to go to the polls in elections on August 20, Amnesty International today published a Ten-Point Agenda for Human Rights in Afghanistan, targeting the 38 presidential candidates, in a bid to improve the country's desperate human rights situation. 2009-08-04T00:00:00-05:00 countries=afghanistan,usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20090804002&lang=e&rss=uspolicy Amnesty International today expressed grave concern over the violent attack Monday against the opposition Globovisión television station in Venezuela and called on President Chavez to guarantee freedom of the press. The human rights organization called for an official investigation into the attacks and urged that those responsible be brought to justice. 2009-08-04T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa,venezuela http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20090804003&lang=e&rss=uspolicy Iran is caught in a spiraling cycle of repression, Irene Khan, Amnesty International's Secretary General warned on the eve of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's official inauguration for a second term as Iran's President, as she called for an immediate end to detentions, torture and unfair trials in response to peaceful protests. 2009-08-04T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran,usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20090730001&lang=e&rss=uspolicy Amnesty International sends this open letter to Hillary Clinton as she prepares for her first visit to several African countries in the role of U.S. Secretary of State. We urge her to use this opportunity to address human rights violations in each of these countries. 2009-07-30T00:00:00-05:00 countries=angola,dr_congo,kenya,liberia,mali,nigeria,somalia,south_africa,usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20090714001&lang=e&rss=uspolicy Amnesty International urged the Iranian government to halt the public executions, scheduled for Tuesday, July 14, of fourteen alleged members of the PRMI (People's Resistance Movement of Iran), a Baluchi armed opposition group also known as Jondallah. 2009-07-14T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran,usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20090714002&lang=e&rss=uspolicy Amnesty International said today that three men who were held in military detention, suspected of plotting to overthrow the government of Democratic Republic of Congo, were secretly removed from custody in June and "disappeared." The human rights organization, fearing for the mens' lives, demanded that the government disclose their whereabouts or release them. 2009-07-14T00:00:00-05:00 countries=dr_congo,usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20090709001&lang=e&rss=uspolicy Amnesty International condemned the excessive use of force by Iranian security forces today, following baton charges and use of teargas against demonstrators in Tehran commemorating today's tenth anniversary of 18 Tir, the brutal suppression of student-lead protests in 1999. 2009-07-09T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran,usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20090707001&lang=e&rss=uspolicy Amnesty International denounced an escalation in human rights abuses in Honduras and urged the security forces to respect the rule of law and human rights when the President returns to Honduras at the weekend. 2009-07-07T00:00:00-05:00 countries=honduras,usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20090706001&lang=e&rss=uspolicy Amnesty International today called on the authorities in Urumqi to immediately launch an independent and impartial investigation into reports that 140 people were killed when a protest turned violent late on Sunday. 2009-07-06T00:00:00-05:00 countries=china,usa