Sept. 29 ENGLAND: UK apologizes for treatment of codebreaker In London, Prime Minister Gordon Brown offered a posthumous apology yesterday for the "inhumane''...
URGENT ACTION APPEAL - From Amnesty International USA 2 October 2009 UA 263/09 - Excessive force / fear for safety HONDURAS Employees of Radio Globo, Canal 36,...
Federal Appeals Court Condemns Shackling Of Pregnant Prisoners In Labor ACLU Client Shackled During Labor In Arkansas FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW YORK - Ruling...
Oct. 5 Border deaths called 'humanitarian crisis' The 15-year death toll of unauthorized immigrants trying to enter the United States has topped 5,600 and...
URGENT ACTION APPEAL - From Amnesty International USA 5 October 2009 UA 265/09 - Fear for safety MEXICO Gustavo de la Rosa Hickerson (m) Human rights lawyer...
Oct. 5 ARGENTINA: 2 pilots arrested in Argentinas 26-year-old dirty war An extradition hearing is expected in Spain this week for one of two pilots arrested...
Oct. 6, 2009 RWANDA: Rwanda queen-killing suspect held One of the most wanted suspects in Rwanda's 1994 genocide has been arrested in Uganda. Idelphonse...
Oct. 8 MISSISSIPPI: Mississippi mandates civil rights classes in schools----All students will study the nation's racial troubles and progress in US history...
URGENT ACTION APPEAL - From Amnesty International USA 9 October 2009 UA 277/09 Fear for safety MEXICO Migrants in Saltillo Staff of Belen Migrants' Shelter ...
URGENT ACTION APPEAL - From Amnesty International USA Note: Please write on behalf of these persons even though you may not have received the original UA when...
URGENT ACTION APPEAL - From Amnesty International USA Note: Please write on behalf of these persons even though you may not have received the original UA when...
URGENT ACTION APPEAL - From Amnesty International USA 27 October 2009 UA 287/09 - Torture/ill-treatment MEXICO Roselio de la Cruz Gonzalez (m) Jose Manuel de...
URGENT ACTION APPEAL - From Amnesty International USA 27 October 2009 UA 288/09 - Fear for safety SRI LANKA Frederica Jansz (f), journalist Munza Mushataq (f),...
Oct. 28 USA: 52 children rescued in nationwide sex-trafficking raids----Federal officials arrest almost 700 people, including 60 suspected pimps, in a...
Nov. 2 Controversial Patriot Act Provisions Appears Set For Reauthorization The USA Patriot Act, rushed into law by a panicky U.S. Congress in the aftermath of...
Nov. 4 Obama Announces End to US HIV Travel Ban President Barack Obama announced the end of US travel and immigration restrictions on people living with HIV. ...
SAUDI WOMEN LAUNCH RIGHTS CAMPAIGN The "Black Ribbon Campaign" marks the anniversary of first Saudi women to drive their cars in public. A group of Saudi women...
Nov. 6 RUSSIA: Chechen human rights activist abducted in Moscow A Russian rights group said Chechen authorities on Thursday abducted a human rights advocate in...
URGENT ACTION APPEAL - From Amnesty International USA Note: Please write on behalf of these persons even though you may not have received the original UA when...
URGENT ACTION APPEAL - From Amnesty International USA 9 November 2009 UA 301/09 - Fear for safety COLOMBIA Ingrid Vergara (f), human rights defender ...
Nov. 11 UTAH: Salt Lake City passes gay rights laws with Mormon backing The Mormon church for the first time has announced its support of gay rights...
Nov. 11 UTAH: Salt Lake City passes gay rights laws with Mormon backing The Mormon church for the first time has announced its support of gay rights...
Nov. 12 CHINA: November 11, 2009 Detained petitioners stand behind locked gates of a black jail in Beijing. The existence of black jails in the heart of...
URGENT ACTION APPEAL - From Amnesty International USA Note: Please write on behalf of these persons even though you may not have received the original UA when...
URGENT ACTION APPEAL - From Amnesty International USA 13 November 2009 UA 306/09 - Fear for safety BRAZIL Rolindo Vera (m), teacher Male teacher Rolindo...