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Climate of fear in Syria’s hospitals as patients and medics targeted
The Syrian authorities have been blocking and manipulating access to health care for people wounded during the unrest that has swept across the country since mid-March 2011, putting many lives at risk. They have routinely deemed those wounded by firearms as opponents of the government and treated them as detainees and held them incommunicado. The patterns of abuse recorded in this report show how the authorities are preventing health care professionals from treating those wounded freely and without fear. Such actions flagrantly violate Syria's obligations under international human rights law.
October 24, 2011
Press Release
Dow Olympic Contract ‘Shocking’ in Light of Bhopal Disaster Failures, Says Amnesty International
Chemical giant Dow's high profile contract with London's 2012 Olympic Games is a slap in the face for the survivors of India's Bhopal poison gas disaster who, 27 years on, still wait for justice, Amnesty International said today.
October 24, 2011
Press Release
Wounded Patients in Syria’s Hospitals are Tortured, Along with Medical Staff Suspected of Treating Injured Protesters
Human Rights Organization Documents Cases of Injured Protesters Being Beaten by Security Agents in Hospitals Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] (New York) -- The Syrian government has turned hospitals into instruments of repression in its efforts to crush opposition, Amnesty International said today in a new report that documents the torture of injured patients and of medical professionals suspected of treating wounded protesters. Afraid of the consequences of going to a government hospital, many people have chosen to seek treatment either at private hospitals or at poorly equipped makeshift field hospitals. Doctors at the National Hospital in Homs told Amnesty…
October 24, 2011
Update
Exciting Progress for Health Care Equality!
Two new bills would help combat racial disparities in health care in the US.
October 21, 2011
Update
Choosing To Be Executed, Or Choosing To End Executions?
Gary Haugen is "volunteering" to be executed in Oregon. Oregon's Governor should prevent the execution and lead his state away from capital punishment.
October 21, 2011
Press Release
Amnesty International Urges Libya to Investigate Whether al-Gaddafi Death was a War Crime
Amnesty International today urged the new Libyan authorities to ensure a full, independent and impartial investigation into how Colonel Mu’ammar al-Gaddafi died, saying if he was deliberately killed in captivity it would constitute a war crime.
October 21, 2011
Update
Malawi's Democracy Continues to Unravel
Crackdown on peaceful protesters, attacks on activists, the expulsion of the British ambassador -- Malawi's democracy is unraveling.
October 20, 2011
Update
New Film on Persecution of Baha'is to be Released Just as Iran Slaps Harsh Sentences on Baha'i Educators
Seven educators with the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education were sentenced to a total of thirty years in prison.
October 20, 2011
Update
Stop the Ayotte Amendment and Support Fair Trials
Senator Kelly Ayotte has introduced a dangerous new amendment to the Senate floor that would bar all foreign terrorism suspects from federal trials.
October 20, 2011
Press Release
Libyans Must Make a Complete Break From Culture of Repression and Abuse, with End of Gaddafi Regime, Says Amnesty International
Libya must make a complete break from its past culture of abuse and repression, and demand a full accounting of decades of human rights abuses, with the reported death and end of the regime of Colonel Mu'ammar al-Gaddafi, Amnesty International said today.
October 20, 2011
Press Release
Persecution of Baha’is in Iran is Focus of Documentary Film With Screenings in New York, Los Angeles and Boston by Amnesty International USA
On Friday, October 28, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) will co-host the U.S. premiere of the documentary film "Education Under Fire,” which examines the persecution of Iran’s Baha’is and their systematic exclusion from higher education. The screening at Columbia University will be followed by a discussion with the filmmaker, leading academic experts and a representative of the Baha’i community. Amnesty International will host additional screenings November 5 in Los Angeles and November 11 in Boston, including discussions with actors Rainn Wilson and Nazanin Boniadi at the Los Angeles screening.
October 20, 2011
Press Release
Civilians in Central African Republic Bear Brunt of Decades of Violence and Abuse
Local and foreign armed groups in the Central African Republic are still killing, abducting, torturing and raping civilians, as well as burning houses and looting property, Amnesty International said in a report released today.
October 20, 2011