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Human Rights in United States of America

The Wire, August/September 2009. Vol. 39, issue 004
1 August 2009

1) A wound that never heals: International Day of the Disappeared 2) Algeria: Long wait for justice 3) Livewire: Seeking justice at the UN Human Rights Council; ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/004/2009

Le Fil. Août/Septembre 2009
1 August 2009

Le Fil. Août/Septembre 2009

Newsletter       NWS 21/004/2009

US Judge orders release of young Guantánamo detainee | Amnesty ...
31 July 2009

A US judge has ordered the release of a young Afghan detained in Guantánamo Bay after six and a half years in US custody.

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USA: Judge orders Mohammed Jawad’s release from Guantánamo ...
31 July 2009

On 30 July 2009, US District Court Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle ordered the release, “beginning on August 21, 2009”, of Afghan national Mohammed Jawad from the US ...

Document       AMR 51/088/2009

USA: Moving the goalposts, prolonging the detention: Mohammed ...
27 July 2009

In a legal brief filed in federal court on 24 July 2009, the US administration said that it will no longer treat Mohammed Jawad – an Afghan national who has been ...

Document       AMR 51/087/2009

USA: Man facing execution in Ohio for 1995 murder
24 July 2009

Jason Getsy, aged 33, is scheduled to be executed in Ohio on 18 August. He was sentenced to death in 1996 for a murder committed in 1995 when he was 19 years old ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/086/2009

US detainees remain at risk as they are transferred to Iraqi ...
22 July 2009

Hundreds of detainees held by the US military in Iraq are being put atrisk of execution, torture or other ill treatment as they aretransferred to Iraqi custody ...

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Wife of Guantánamo detainee released in Syria | Amnesty ...
22 July 2009

Usra al-Hussein’s imprisonment for almost a year, may have been related to her efforts tocommunicate with an international organization regarding the detentionconditions ...

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USA: Sounding a note of urgency: Judge loses patience over ...
21 July 2009

On 5 August 2009, almost 14 months after the US Supreme Court ruled that the Guantánamo detainees are entitled to a “prompt” habeas corpus hearing to challenge ...

Document       AMR 51/084/2009

USA: Not too late to abandon military commissions
16 July 2009

Military commission proceedings are taking place this week at Guantánamo Bay, including on more government motions to suspend proceedings while the administration ...

Document       AMR 51/082/2009