Amnesty International USA is the US Section of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights organization. http://www.amnestyusa.org/rss/en/news/recent.xml en Amnesty International Amnesty International hourly 4 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200812018451&lang=e&rss=recentnews To mark World AIDS Day on Monday, 1 December 2008, Amnesty International has welcomed signs of the South African government's change of direction in response to the country?s HIV epidemic. 2008-12-01T00:00:00-05:00 countries=south_africa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20081201001&lang=e&rss=recentnews Facing a humanitarian emergency, severe hardships and political turmoil, Haiti is also gripped by shocking levels of sexual violence against girls, according to a new report by Amnesty International, which shows more than half of all rape victims in Haiti are girls under age 18 and the culprits are frequently armed criminal gangs. 2008-12-01T00:00:00-05:00 countries=haiti http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20081201002&lang=e&rss=recentnews Irene Khan, Amnesty International writes about the links between violence against women and poverty to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. 2008-12-01T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGACT500202008&lang=e&rss=recentnews On 20 November 2008 the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly adopted by a large majority a second draft resolution (A/C.3/63/L.19/Rev.1) on moratorium on executions. The increased support for this resolution is yet further evidence of the worldwide trend towards the abolition of the death penalty. 2008-12-01T00:00:00-05:00 issues=DEATH PENALTY http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGIOR410442008&lang=e&rss=recentnews This document contains suggested recommendations to be made during the interactive dialogue in the UPR Working Group with Liechtenstein. 2008-12-01T00:00:00-05:00 issues=UN http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR410212008&lang=e&rss=recentnews London - Amnesty International expresses its deep concern at reports that two police officers from the Catalan autonomous police force (Mossos d'esquadra) were promoted while under criminal investigation for torture and assault 2008-12-01T00:00:00-05:00 countries=spain http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200812018462&lang=e&rss=recentnews Journalists in Croatia are being violently targeted for trying to expose the truth about war crimes and corruption, while the country's leaders fail to protect them. 2008-12-01T00:00:00-05:00 countries=croatia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200812018463&lang=e&rss=recentnews The death toll following 60 hours of siege in Mumbai has officially been put at 195 in various attacks. 2008-12-01T00:00:00-05:00 countries=india http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200811298440&lang=e&rss=recentnews On the International Day of Women Human Rights Defenders, Amnesty International reiterates its call for the protection and promotion of their rights and work. 2008-11-29T00:00:00-05:00 issues=STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN,WOMEN http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200811288447&lang=e&rss=recentnews The execution of a Chinese scientist on Friday is the latest in a series of executions that are going against the global trend towards a moratorium on the death penalty. 2008-11-28T00:00:00-05:00 countries=china,iran,jamaica http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200811288427&lang=e&rss=recentnews Unprecedented in their level of coordination, the attacks in Mumbai, India, targeted public places and tourist destinations, leaving a further 300 people injured. 2008-11-28T00:00:00-05:00 countries=india http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200811288446&lang=e&rss=recentnews Under the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), which will take effect on 31 December, around 16,000 prisoners held by the US will be transferred to Iraqi custody. 2008-11-28T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iraq http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPRE200811288448&lang=e&rss=recentnews The Croatian authorities’ failure to address threats against journalists has led to a climate of intimidation, where the journalists work at a great risk to their lives, Amnesty International said today. 2008-11-28T00:00:00-05:00 countries=croatia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR360072008&lang=e&rss=recentnews The Haitian Women's Solidarity Movement (Solidarity Fanm Ayisyen - SOFA) currently collects information about women, girls and sexual violence 2008-11-27T00:00:00-05:00 countries=haiti http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGASA200302008&lang=e&rss=recentnews The multiple attacks in Mumbai, targeting people in public places and tourist destinations such as a hospital, railway station, restaurant and hotels, blatantly violates the most fundamental principles of international law, said Amnesty International today 2008-11-27T00:00:00-05:00 countries=india http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAFR520192008&lang=e&rss=recentnews Amnesty International today welcomed the call by parties to the Djibouti negotiations on Somalia for an International Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and other human rights abuses committed in Somalia, and the eventual establishment of a special court to investigate and prosecute those responsible 2008-11-27T00:00:00-05:00 countries=somalia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200811278426&lang=e&rss=recentnews Activists are demonstrating around the world to call for urgent and effective protection of civilians in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. 2008-11-27T00:00:00-05:00 countries=united_kingdom http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200811278411&lang=e&rss=recentnews Sexual violence against girls in Haiti is widespread and pervasive, and although already at shocking levels, is said to be on the increase. 2008-11-27T00:00:00-05:00 countries=haiti http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200811278427&lang=e&rss=recentnews Unprecedented in their level of coordination, the attacks in Mumbai, India, targeted public places and tourist destinations, leaving a further 300 people injured. 2008-11-27T00:00:00-05:00 countries=india http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPRE200811278425&lang=e&rss=recentnews Thousands of Iraqis detained by US forces will be at risk of torture or even execution if they are handed over to the Iraqi authorities, Amnesty International today warned. 2008-11-27T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iraq http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGMDE180062008&lang=e&rss=recentnews On the eve of the expected decision in the case against lawyer and human rights defender Muhamad Mugraby in which he is accused of slandering a public official, Amnesty International is calling on the Lebanese authorities to drop the charge 2008-11-26T00:00:00-05:00 countries=lebanon http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200811268415&lang=e&rss=recentnews The Court of Appeals in Algiers upheld the conviction of a prominent human rights lawyer, Amine Sidhoum, on Tuesday. 2008-11-26T00:00:00-05:00 countries=algeria http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPRE200811268404&lang=e&rss=recentnews Jamaica’s crime epidemic must be solved with reforms to the police and the justice system, not with more death, said Amnesty International after the Jamaican House of Representatives voted a motion to retain the death penalty. 2008-11-26T00:00:00-05:00 countries=jamaica http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200811268417&lang=e&rss=recentnews An innovative two-day meeting in London ? organised by Amnesty International ? has brought together Roma and human rights activists from across Europe. 2008-11-26T00:00:00-05:00 countries=czech_republic,oman,romania,slovakia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200811258389&lang=e&rss=recentnews A draft law in Colombia aiming to grant reparation to victims of the country's 40-year conflict has been called "discriminatory" by Amnesty International. 2008-11-25T00:00:00-05:00 countries=colombia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20081125001&lang=e&rss=recentnews Amnesty International today called on the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress to pardon 59 year-old medical scientist Wo Weihan, echoing his daughter's concerns about the fairness of his trial and conviction. 2008-11-25T00:00:00-05:00 countries=china http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR110042008&lang=e&rss=recentnews In the light of recent allegations of police ill-treatment, Amnesty International calls on the Albanian Minister of the Interior and the Director of the Albanian State Police to issue immediate instructions to the Judicial Police and other police officers reminding them that the torture or ill-treatment of a person, whether during or after arrest, or when the person is simply being questioned as a possible witness to a crime, is a serious criminal offence, both under Albanian and under international human rights law, and will be punished accordingly 2008-11-25T00:00:00-05:00 countries=albania http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPRE200811258401&lang=e&rss=recentnews Amnesty International today called on the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress to pardon 59 year old medical scientist Wo Weihan, echoing his daughter’s concerns about the fairness of his trial and conviction. 2008-11-25T00:00:00-05:00 countries=china http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPRE200811258402&lang=e&rss=recentnews (Haiti) The government of Haiti is failing to protect the country’s girls against rape and sexual violence, Amnesty International said today, as it launched a report calling for authorities to recognise the severity of the problem and to fulfil its duty to protect young women. 2008-11-25T00:00:00-05:00 countries=haiti http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAFR440262008&lang=e&rss=recentnews It has come to Amnesty International's attention that Mr Anyim Sunday, who calls himself "Chairman of Amnesty International Nigeria's Group 33", will deliver a lecture on good governance in Abuja 2008-11-24T00:00:00-05:00 countries=nigeria