Amnesty International USA is the US Section of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights organization. http://www.amnestyusa.org/rss/en/news/recent91.xml en http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080317003&lang=e Amnesty International is deeply concerned by widespread egregious human rights violations being perpetrated against civilians throughout the Horn of Africa. Ending current violations and preventing future violations in Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea is perhaps one of the greatest challenges of our time, requiring immediate action and long-term planning, attention to domestic conditions within the context of a regional perspective. http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR510132008&lang=e United States of America: A case to answer. From Abu Ghraib to secret CIA custody: The case of Khaled al-Maqtari http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080313001&lang=e On 12 March 2008, Mohammed Jawad, an Afghan national who was 16 or 17 years old at the time of his detention in Kabul in December 2002, appeared before a military judge in pre-trial military commission proceedings in the US Naval Base at Guantanamo in Cuba. http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR510162008&lang=e 10 March 2008 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR510092008&lang=e USA: To be taken on trust? Extraditions and US assurances in the 'war on terror' http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR510152008&lang=e 10 March 2008 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR460082008&lang=e On the eve of the Russian presidential elections on 2 March 2008, Amnesty International is publishing its concerns relating to the exercise of the rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly in the Russian Federation. The organization concludes that all three fundamental rights have been curtailed in recent years. Human rights defenders, independent civil society organizations, political opponents, and ordinary citizens have all been victims of this roll-back on civil and political rights. http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGASA330062008&lang=e political parties to commit themselves to uphold a 12-point plan on human rights http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR510122008&lang=e UNITED STATES OF AMERICA http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGASA230022008&lang=e This report shows how, contrary to Cambodia’s obligations under international human rights law, those affected by evictions have had no opportunity for genuine participation and consultation beforehand. Information on planned evictions and on resettlement packages has been incomplete and inaccurate. The lack of legal protection from forced eviction, and lack of regulation of existing standards has left an accountability gap which increases the vulnerability of marginalized people, particularly those living in poverty, to human rights abuses including forced evictions. http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGASA370012008&lang=e Since the resumption of armed conflict in Sri Lanka in 2006, threats to the media and media freedom have become very serious. Amnesty International is concerned that measures to curb the media breach Sri Lanka’s obligations, particularly under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The first part of this report sets out international standards and the domestic legal framework in respect of freedom of expression. The second part summarizes increasing attacks on freedom of expression outside of the immediate context of the conflict. http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR630012008&lang=e "Better keep quiet": ill-treatment by the police and in prisons http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR510112008&lang=e 6 February 2008 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGIOR630012008&lang=e http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR700012008&lang=e This report describes the failure of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) International Judges and Prosecutors Programme (Programme) to end impunity for war crimes and crimes against humanity, to comply with international law and standards concerning the right to fair trial and to leave a legacy of experienced and well trained prosecutors, judges and defence lawyers able to try such crimes. The Programme was created in 2000, after the collapse of the judicial system in Kosovo. http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR540012008&lang=e http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080115002&lang=e Eleven people in Iran -- nine of them women -- are waiting to be stoned to death on charges of adultery. Many have been sentenced after grossly unfair trials. Amnesty International has called on the country's authorities to immediately abolish this grotesque punishment, which is specifically designed to increase the suffering of its victims. http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR440012008&lang=e After elections last year, the government restated its commitment to further legislative reform and advancing guarantees of human rights and freedoms. However, in 2007 human rights suffered a regression. Violations of human rights increased and measures to combat them remained insufficient. Amnesty International believes that the current government must take action on the issues described in this document, in accordance with the recommendations made, in order to achieve lasting, substantive improvements. http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR511972007&lang=e USA: Breaking a lethal habit: A look back at the death penalty in 2007 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR512002007&lang=e 21 December 2007 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR460522007&lang=e New trial of Mikhail Khodorkovskii and Platon Lebedev must meet international fair trial standards http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR650042007&lang=e "Little by little we women have learned our rights": The Macedonian government's failure to uphold the rights of Romani women and girls http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR511892007&lang=e 5 December 2007 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR511902007&lang=e http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNWS210112007&lang=e http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGASA010102007&lang=e http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR511982007&lang=e Amnesty International's concerns regarding the FBI shooting of Filiberto Ojeda Ríos in September 2005 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAFR590052007&lang=e The Uganda government is failing in its international and domestic legal obligations relating to the protection of women and girls, and their right to access justice in northern Uganda. Amnesty International is strongly concerned that despite the cessation of hostilities in the conflict in northern Uganda, the incidence of violence against women and girls remains high. The organisation is further concerned that because of many insurmountable challenges and practices in the legal system, there is a culture of entrenched impunity for violence against women. http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGACT840242007&lang=e Contents of external sites are not the responsibility of Amnesty International. http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE300112007&lang=e In this submission Amnesty International provides information under sections B, C and D: Under section B, Amnesty International raises concern over the use of military courts to try civilians, the independence of the judiciary, and restrictions imposed on human rights organisations.