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USA: DNA testing sought as Texas execution nears: Henry Skinner
4 February 2010

Henry Skinner, a 47-year-old man, is due to be executed in Texas on 24 February. He was convicted of the 1993 murder of his girlfriend and her two sons in the house ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/013/2010

Canada: Supreme Court of Canada rules that Canadian authorities ...
29 January 2010

Amnesty International is renewing its appeal to the government of Canada to actively and vigorously seek the repatriation of Omar Khadr, the Canadian national in ...

Document       AMR 20/001/2010

USA: Florida execution looms for crime at 19: Martin Grossman
29 January 2010

Martin Grossman, a 45-year-old white man, is due to be executed in the US state of Florida at 6pm on 16 February for a crime committed when he was 19 years old. ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/009/2010

USA: Impunity for crimes in CIA secret detention program continues
29 January 2010

In a new study on secret detention conducted by experts of the UN Human Rights Council, the USA’s resort to such detentions during what the Bush administration ...

Document       AMR 51/008/2010

US continues to look the other way on 'war on terror' abuses ...
20 January 2010

President Obama's administration has failed to match its words with concrete action when itcomes to accountability and remedy for human rights violations committed ...

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USA: Missing from the US ‘human rights agenda’: Accountability ...
20 January 2010

One year into the new presidential administration, almost 200 individuals remain detained without fair trial at the Guantánamo prison camp, and accountability and ...

Document       AMR 51/005/2010

USA: Still failing human rights in the name of global ‘war’
20 January 2010

As detentions in the US Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay enter their ninth year, and the 22 January 2010 deadline for the detention facility’s closure approaches only ...

Document       AMR 51/006/2010

USA: Amnesty International to observe the trial of Dr Aafia ...
19 January 2010

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI index: AMR 51/004/2010. 19 January 2009. USA: Amnesty International to observe the trial of Dr Aafia Siddiqui. ...

PressItem       AMR 51/004/2010

USA: Guantánamo detention centre – human rights timeline 2009
14 January 2010

Two days after taking office on 20 January 2009, US President Barack Obama announced he would close down the US detention centre in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba within ...

Document       AMR 51/003/2010

USA: Guantánamo detention centre: Eight years of injustice Q&A
11 January 2010

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. MEDIA BRIEFING. 11 January 2009. AI Index: AMR 51/012/2010. Guantánamo detention centre: Eight years of injustice. Questions and Answers. ...

QuestionsAndAnswers       AMR 51/012/2010