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Lithuania: Investigation of allegations of CIA secret prison must ...
28 August 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: EUR 53/007/2009. 28 August 2009. Lithuania: Investigation of allegations of CIA secret ...

Document       EUR 53/007/2009

CIA detention programme: Criminal investigations long overdue ...
27 August 2009

US Attorney General Eric Holder hasordered a "preliminary review" into the secret detention programme operated by the CIA afterthe attacks of 11 September 2001. ...

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USA: Attorney General orders ‘preliminary review’ into CIA ...
26 August 2009

amnesty international. USA: Attorney General orders ‘preliminary review’ into CIA detention cases – full investigation long overdue. 25 August 2009. ...

Document       AMR 51/094/2009

USA: Soldier imprisoned as conscientious objector: Travis Bishop
24 August 2009

Travis Bishop, a sergeant in the United States army, is serving a one-year prison sentence for refusing to serve with the army in Afghanistan because of his religious ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/093/2009

USA: Open letter to parole board
21 August 2009

In this open letter Amnesty International acknowledges that Leonard Peltier has been convicted of a serious crime, and that two FBI agents were shot at point blank ...

Document       AMR 51/090/2009

USA: Denial of parole to Leonard Peltier after more than 32 years ...
21 August 2009

Amnesty International today regretted the US Parole Commission’s decision not to grant Leonard Peltier parole despite concerns about the fairness of his 1977 conviction ...

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USA (Ohio): Further information: Execution in Ohio, Jason Getsy
19 August 2009

Jason Getsy had been sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of Ann Serafino. Ohio Governor Ted Strickland had rejected the state parole board’s recommendation for ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/092/2009

US Supreme Court Order gives hope to Troy Davis | Amnesty ...
18 August 2009

In a 6-2 ruling, the nation's highest court decided that Davis shouldhave another chance to prove his innocence before the state of Georgiaputs him to death.

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USA: Supreme Court orders evidentiary hearing into Troy Davis's ...
17 August 2009

On 17 August 2009, the US Supreme Court ordered an evidentiary hearing in the case of Troy Davis who has been on death row in Georgia for 18 years for the murder ...

Document       AMR 51/091/2009

Americas: Solutions to the historic violation of Indigenous rights ...
7 August 2009

Indigenous peoples of THE americaS. From the northern most reaches of the Arctic to the southern tip of Tierra del Fuego, Indigenous ...

Report       AMR 01/004/2009