http://amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/1893 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/future-guantanamo-detainees-must-resolved-20091118 President Barack Obama has acknowledged that his administration will not meet his deadline for the closure of the military facility in Cuba. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR51/092/2010/en Brandon Rhode was executed in Georgia, USA, shortly after 10pm on 27 September. Six days earlier he had almost died after slashing his arms and neck with a razor. The execution was delayed a number of times during the six days, but in the end the courts refused to stop it. Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/IOR41/023/2010/en In this document Amnesty International makes recommendations to the governments of various States about the ratification of international human rights standards; torture and other ill-treatment; arbitrary arrests, the death penalty, counter-terrorism; the International Criminal Court; and refugees, for examp Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR51/005/2009/en Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR51/089/2008/en Mexican national José Medellín was executed in Texas on the evening of 5 August 2008 in violation of the USA’s international legal obligations and despite worldwide appeals for the execution to be stopped, including from the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. On 4 August, the Texas Board of Pardons and Pa Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR51/053/2010/en The USA must review the full range of its conduct in the counter-terrorism context to ensure that its human rights obligations are being met. The USA should adhere to the “rules of the road” on human rights, not continue to undermine them via the distorting lens of its global “war” paradigm, under wh Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR51/168/2007/en Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/IOR41/034/2008/en The statements in this document were made during the eighth main session of the Human Rights Council that took place from 2 to 18 June 2008. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR04/001/2009/en By refusing to seek the repatriation of its national, Omar Khadr, from US custody in Guantánamo Bay, the Canadian government is betraying human rights principles and perpetuating injustice, while also failing to offer a remedy for its own participation in the violation of his human rights. Amnesty Internati Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR51/120/2009/en Since the attacks of 11 September 2001, which Amnesty International condemned as a crime against humanity, the organization has been calling on the US government to ensure that the USA’s counter-terrorism laws, policies and practices, including bringing to justice in fair trials those accused of involvemen Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International