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USA: Further information on health concern/ legal concern: Ahmed ...
15 June 2009

Ahmed Zuhair was released from Guantánamo and flown to Saudi Arabia on 12 June 2009. He had been held without charge or trial in Guantánamo since June 2002, and ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/075/2009

USA: Human rights must transcend party politics: Amnesty ...
15 June 2009

On 11 June 2009 four Uighur detainees held without charge or trial in Guantánamo Bay since 2002 were transferred to Bermuda. Amnesty International welcomes Bermuda ...

Document       AMR 51/076/2009

USA: Further information on Legal concern/Ill-treatment, Mohammed ...
12 June 2009

Mohammed el Gharani was transferred from Guantánamo Bay to Chad on 11 June, almost five months after a US federal judge ordered that he be released. Detained when ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/074/2009

USA: Open Letter to the US Department of Justice Attorney General
10 June 2009

In this open letter Amnesty International expresses its concern about the recent death of Dr George Tiller and asks that appropriate measures are taken to protect ...

Document       AMR 51/079/2009

USA/Yemen: Further Information on Health concern / detention ...
10 June 2009

Fears for Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif's safety and well being have been heightened following the alleged suicide of 31-year-old Yemeni national Mohammed Ahmed Abdullah ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/073/2009

President Obama visits Egypt | Amnesty International
4 June 2009

US President Barack Obama met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak inCairo on Thursday as he continued his trip to the Middle East.

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Demand Dignity: Case studies on maternal mortality: campaign ...
28 May 2009

More than half a million women die needlessly each year from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth – one every minute. Many others suffer disabling ...

Document       ACT 35/007/2009

USA: President Obama defends Guantánamo closure, but endorses ‘ ...
22 May 2009

In a recent major speech on national security, President Barack Obama restated his commitment to closing the Guantánamo detention facility and to ending the use ...

Report       AMR 51/072/2009

USA: Concern for mental health of Guantánamo detainee held since ...
21 May 2009

Amnesty International is seriously concerned for the health and well-being of Guantánamo detainee Muhammed Khan Tumani. His lawyers have observed a marked ...

Report       AMR 51/070/2009

Troy Davis faces fourth execution date in two years | Amnesty ...
20 May 2009

US death row prisoner Troy Davis once again faces the prospect of an execution date.

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