USA

Ohio moves to resume executions under new protocol - 20 November 2009

Amnesty International is appealing to the authorities in the state of Ohio not to resume executions, following their adoption of a new lethal injection protocol.

Chinese activists under threat after Obama visit - 20 November 2009

Chinese authorities must stop the harassment and arbitrary detention of dozens of human rights lawyers and activists who were targeted during US President Obama’s visit.

Future of Guantánamo detainees must be resolved - 18 November 2009

President Barack Obama has acknowledged that his administration will not meet his deadline for the closure of the military facility in Cuba.

Future of Guantánamo detainees must be resolved - 18 November 2009

The US government must redouble efforts to resolve the future of detainees still held at the military facility in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, Amnesty International said after President Barack Obama acknowledged his administration would not meet his deadline for its closure.

US must reform Afghanistan detention policy as new facility opens - 16 November 2009

The Obama administration should revise its detention policies in Afghanistan to make them consistent with international law, Amnesty International, Human Rights First, and Human Rights Watch have said

Obama must press China to uphold human rights - 13 November 2009

President Obama must use his first official visit to China to urge the authorities to reverse the sharp rise in human rights violations in the country, Amnesty International said on Friday.

Convictions in Abu Omar rendition case a step toward accountability - 5 November 2009

US and Italian intelligence agents are convicted for their involvement in the abduction of Usama Mostafa Hassan Nasr (better known as Abu Omar).

Obama should follow UN lead on Cuba embargo - 29 October 2009

In a record vote of the UN General Assembly, 187 countries said the US should end its embargo against Cuba

Sister Helen Prejean: Educating against the death penalty - 16 October 2009

Sister Helen Prejean gives Amnesty International her personal account on how educating people on the issue of the death penalty can make a difference.

US joins Arms Trade Treaty talks, but at high price - 14 October 2009

Today's announcement by the US government at the United Nations of its support for beginning negotiations on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) was welcomed by Oxfam International and Amnesty International. But the two international organisations also warned that Washington’s support comes at a very high price.