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USA: Execution set amid DNA and racism disputes: Willie Manning
3 May 2013

Willie Manning is due to be executed in Mississippi on 7 May for two murders committed in 1992. He is seeking clemency or at least a stay of execution in order ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/023/2013

USA: "I have no reason to believe that i will ever leave this ...
3 May 2013

The US authorities are yet to acknowledge that the Guantánamo detention regime is contrary to international human rights law. And while the administration continues ...

Report       AMR 51/022/2013

USA: Further information: Iraq war objector will serve jail term ...
3 May 2013

Pregnant USA prisoner of conscience, Kimberly Rivera, will serve 10 months in prison following sentencing at her court martial. She deserted the US army while deployed ...

Document       AMR 51/024/2013

USA: New background briefing on the Guantánamo hunger strike
3 May 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY . AI index: AMR 51/025/2013 3 May 2013 . New background briefing on the Guantánamo ...

PressItem       AMR 51/025/2013

Honduras: Human rights defender journalist threatened
2 May 2013

Honduran journalist Héctor Longino Becerra, a human rights defender, has been phoned by a man who threatened to murder him and his family.

Urgent Action       AMR 37/002/2013

El Salvador: Protection measures ordered for Beatriz
1 May 2013

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has urged the Salvadoran government to safeguard the life of Beatriz, but they still have not acted.

Urgent Action       AMR 29/003/2013

USA: Shelving the truth: George W. Bush Presidential Library and ...
30 April 2013

On 1 May 2013 in Dallas, Texas, the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum will open to the public. While there will be some references to counter-terrorism ...

Document       AMR 51/021/2013

Mexico: letter to President Obama (24 April 2013)
30 April 2013

Open Letter       AMR 41/020/2013

Mexico: Letter to the Presidents of Mexico and USA
30 April 2013

Amnesty International urges the two Presidents to put human rights at the top of their agenda for their forthcoming summit meeting. This meeting offers an historic ...

Open Letter       AMR 41/020/2013

Mexico: Article 19 staff threatened in Mexico City
25 April 2013

An anonymous threatening letter was received by Article 19, a human rights organization which works on the right to freedom of expression at their country headquarters ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/021/2013