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 06 May 2009 UA 121/09 - Fear for safety/Death threats GUATEMALA Staff members of the Association for the...
URGENT ACTION APPEAL - From Amnesty International USA 06 May 2009 UA 118/09 - Deportation/Fear of torture and other ill-treatment Bosnia and Herzegovina Awad...
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...
May 7 GERMANY: PAINFUL MEMORIES OF AN EAST GERMAN GULAG 'I Thought I Was in a Nazi Movie' Mario Rllig is still struggling to get over his time in a Stasi...
PRESS STATEMENT US HUMAN RIGHTS NETWORK CONDEMNS FEMA'S MOVE TO EVICT KATRINA SURVIVORS FROM TEMPORARY HOUSING Federal Government Set to Repossess Trailers...
May 10 USA: Manhattan auction to sell torture devices For sale soon: a variety of torture devices from the 16th century, including "shame masks" to enforce...
Amnesty International Press Statement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, May 11, 2009 Amnesty International Welcomes News of Iranian-American Journalist's Release...
PRESS STATEMENT US GAINS SEAT ON UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL May 12, 2009 - The US Human Rights Network (USHRN) issued the following statement on the...
May 12 RUSSIA: In Moscow, an Attempt to Wed Pushes Gay Rights They knew they had no chance. But there they were anyway at a marriage registration office in...
Senate and Administration Should Provide Leadership to End Violence and Bring Accountability May 13, 2009 (Washington, DC) - The United States Senate should...
May 15 USA: BORDC Statement on Revival of Military Commissions On Friday, May 15, 2009, President Barack Obama announced that his administration would restart...
May 16 USA: Torture devices seeking righteous buyer It slices! It dices! It pierces and pokes! It pulls stubborn flesh from bone with the flick of a wrist! And...
Women win parliamentary seats for first time in Kuwait Kuwait elected its first female lawmakers in the conservative Gulf state where men have dominated...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Disability Human Rights Organizations Support H. Res. 416 Two national disability rights organizations, the Center for the Human Rights...
URGENT ACTION APPEAL - From Amnesty International USA 19 May 2009 UA 130/09 Fear of torture or ill-treatment TUNISIA Ramzi Ben Jilani Romdhani (m), aged 32 In...
May 19 USA: SEARCHING FOR A STRATEGY----Obama Trips Over Bush Torture Legacy US President Barack Obama had thought he could clean up the Bush administration's...
URGENT ACTION APPEAL - From Amnesty International USA 20 May 2009 UA 131/09 - Unlawful killings/displacement/access to medical care NIGERIA Since 13 May 2009,...
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...
May 24 TURKEY/ARMENIA - (book review) A Witness to Genocide----A survivor of the Armenian massacre turns trauma to testament Toward the end of World War II,...
May 23 IRAN: Torture and inhuman condition in Esfahan prisons----Two prisoners killed under torture, two others commit suicide in hard labor camp A prisoner,...
Poll: US divided over torture, closing Guantanamo Just over half of Americans say torture is at least sometimes justified to thwart terrorist attacks and the...
Court rejects challenge to 'don't ask, don't tell' Monday, June 8, 2009 WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a challenge to the Pentagon...
URGENT ACTION APPEAL - From Amnesty International USA 08 June 2009 UA 142/09 - Incommunicado detention/Fear of torture or ill-treatment UNITED ARAB EMIRATES...
URGENT ACTION APPEAL - From Amnesty International USA 8 June 2009 UA 141/09 Fear of torture or other ill-treatment/ enforced disappearance SYRIA Nizar Ristnawi...
URGENT ACTION APPEAL - From Amnesty International USA 9 June 2009 UA 143/09 Fear for safety PERU At least 79 Indigenous demonstrators in police and military...
URGENT ACTION APPEAL - From Amnesty International USA 10 June 2009 UA 146/09 - Prisoners of conscience IRAN Hossein Akbari ] All members of the Metal Workers...