Fresh news always updated, An 'Art' Feed powered by BlogSieve.com http://www.blogsieve.com/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:36:37+0100 FeedCreator 1.6 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080806001&lang=e Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International USA, issued the following statement in response to today?s verdict in the first military commissions trial at Guantanamo Bay in the case of Salim Ahmed Hamdan: Mexican national executed in Texas Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:00:00+0100 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPRE200808085706&lang=e Amnesty International welcomes the decision by the Argentine Parliament to scrap the 1951 Military Code of Justice, thus abolishing the death penalty in all cases and closing military courts of justice. Georgia and Russia must protect civilians in South Ossetia Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:00:00+0100 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPRE200807315663&lang=e The Afghan government must prevent the country?s intelligence agency, the National Security Directorate, from suppressing media freedom, said Amnesty International today. Chinese authorities lift blocks on some websites Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:00:00+0100 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080818001&lang=e Amnesty International today accused the Sudanese government of holding hundreds of people -- including women and a nine-month-old -- without charge or access to lawyers as they prepare to try another 109 individuals in sham courts over the armed attacks by the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) on May 10 in the outskirts of Khartoum. Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News Releases Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:00:00+0100 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPRE200808145757&lang=e Thousands of families who fled the recent fighting between Sri Lankan forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) must be allowed to move to safer areas and to receive necessary humanitarian assistance, Amnesty International said today. Papua New Guinea: Joint statement of Amnesty International, East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN), Human Rights Watch, and West Papua Advocacy Team Concerning Congressional letter to President Yudhoyono Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:00:00+0100 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPRE200808115721&lang=e Amnesty International calls on all sides in the conflict in South Ossetia to fully respect international humanitarian law and as such, to ensure that civilians are protected from hostilities. India: Repeal shoot on sight orders Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:00:00+0100 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPRE200808015671&lang=e Twenty years after the start of pro-democracy demonstrations in Myanmar that were violently repressed, the United Nations (UN) should take stronger measures to obtain the release of U Win Tin and other prisoners of conscience detained since that day, Amnesty International said today. USA: Governor Rick Perry Must Halt Medellin Execution Immediately, Says Amnesty International Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:00:00+0100 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080804001&lang=e Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) today urged Texas Governor Rick Perry to stay the execution of José Medellin to comply with a recent ruling from the International Court of Justice, or World Court. Medellin, a Mexican national who was never informed of his right to request consular assistance, is scheduled to be put to death tomorrow. Observing Guantánamo's military commission hearings Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:00:00+0100 http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EGUA-7HNS5P?OpenDocument&RSS20=18-P Date: 20 Aug 2008<br />Source: UN News Service Niger/Mali: Vague hope of peace as Tuareg announce end of rebellion Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:34:41+0100 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080815001&lang=e On July 29, 2008, forty members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to Indonesia?s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono requesting that he release two political prisoners: Filep Karma and Yusak Pakage. Karma and Pakage are serving 10 and 15-year prison terms for raising a flag during a peaceful protest in Abepura, Papua, Indonesia. Amnesty International has declared them prisoners of conscience and leads an international coalition seeking their release. Sudan: Hundreds unaccounted for and 109 to face sham courts over May attacks Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:00:00+0100 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPRE200808135751&lang=e The government of the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir should rescind the order issued today to authorize security forces to ?shoot on sight? in response to communal clashes in the town of Kishtwar, Doda district, Amnesty International said. Georgia: Civilians vulnerable after hostilities in Georgia Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:00:00+0100 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200808105719&lang=e Amnesty International has called on all sides to the conflict in South Ossetia to fully respect international humanitarian law in order that civilians are protected from hostilities. Syria: Amnesty International welcomes release of prisoner of conscience Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:00:00+0100 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200808075693&lang=e José Medellín was put to death in violation of the USA?s international legal obligations and despite worldwide appeals for the execution to be stopped. Anwar Ibrahim continues campaign despite questionable charges Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:00:00+0100 http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/KLMT-7HP7US?OpenDocument&RSS20=18-P Date: 20 Aug 2008<br />Source: UN Security Council Ethiopia: Drought victims increase as situation worsens Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:58:50+0100 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200808055683&lang=e Matt Pollard, Amnesty International?s latest trial observer at the recent military commission hearings at Guantánamo Bay, gives a sense of what it was like there. Hamdan: Unfair trial compounds injustice of unlawful detention Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:00:00+0100 http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/FBUO-7HPCXG?OpenDocument&RSS20=18-P Date: 20 Aug 2008<br />Source: ICRC ReliefWeb: Headlines Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:19:07+0100 http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/YSAR-7HNT8G?OpenDocument&RSS20=18-P Date: 19 Aug 2008<br />Source: Society for Threatened Peoples Afghanistan: Abducted local staff of ACTED found murdered Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:30:19+0100 http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/FBUO-7HPBV8?OpenDocument&RSS20=18-P Date: 20 Aug 2008<br />Source: IFRC South Ossetia: First assessment of humanitarian needs - ICRC Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:24:18+0100 http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/MUMA-7HP7SN?OpenDocument&RSS20=18-P Date: 20 Aug 2008<br />Source: Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development Timor-Leste: Sustained international presence needed due to fragile security Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:55:26+0100