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Appeals for Action

Amnesty International has helped save thousands of lives by stopping torture, preventing executions and protecting human rights defenders.

Rubble and destroyed buildings in Gaza City

Israel must co-operate fully with independent Gaza fact-finding mission

2 July 2009

The Israeli authorities must co-operate fully with the international mission, established by the UN Human Rights Council and led by Justice Richard Goldstone.

URGENT ACTION: Oil companies and the Nigerian government must clean up the oil industry in the Niger Delta

30 June 2009

Hundreds of thousands of people are affected by oil pollution in the Niger Delta. Particularly the poorest and those who rely on traditional livelihoods such as fishing and agriculture.

URGENT ACTION: Accountability for US counter-terrorism human rights violations

26 June 2009

In the name of countering terrorism, the USA has violated the rights ofindividuals in Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantánamo and elsewhere. The humanrights violations committed by and on behalf of the USA since 11September 2001 are many and varied. This has been confirmed bydocuments, photographs, declassified legal opinion and official statements.

URGENT ACTION: Saudi Arabia: Dire human rights record exacerbated by counter-terrorism measures

26 June 2009

The Saudi Arabian authorities have launched a sustained assault on human rights in the name of security and fighting terrorism. Thousands of people have been arrested and detained in virtual secrecy; others have been killed in uncertain circumstances in what the authorities say were clashes with the security forces. Hundreds face secret and summary trials and possible execution.

URGENT ACTION: End incommunicado detention in Spain

26 June 2009

Spanish law allows terrorism suspects to be held incommunicado for upto 13 days. Incommunicado detainees have no effective access to alawyer or to a doctor of their choice. Their family is not informedthat they have been detained.

Italy: Discriminatory draft law affecting migrants and Roma community

26 June 2009

Amnesty International is concerned about proposals included in a draft law -the so-called “security package”- approved on 14 May 2009 by the Chamber of Deputies, and now under conside

URGENT ACTION: Polish investigation into CIA crimes: questions over secrecy remain

26 June 2009

Amnesty International called for the investigation into the long standing allegations initiated by the Polish National Prosecutor’s Office in 2008 to be transparent and thorough, in contrast to the previous investigation by the secret services committee of the Polish parliament conducted in 2005 and 2006.
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