AIUSA Actions
Latest actions from Amnesty International USA
(UAA51/10) Concerned for Imprisoned Iranian Soccer Journalist
Soccer journalist, Abdollah Sadoughi was arrested after publishing a poster supporting the city's Traktor Sazi soccer team. He is being held without charge at Tabriz prison. (03/10/2010)
(UA 49/10) Concern for the Safety of Lawyer in Colombia
Bayron Ricardo Góngora is a human rights lawyer in Colombia and works for the human rights organization Corporación Jurídica Libertad (Liberty Legal Corporation), and he works with the families of those who have been killed by security forces. He is in grave danger, as an inmate who was recently released from prison gave information about a plot to kill him. (03/09/2010)
(UA 231/09) Call for the Immediate and Unconditional Release of Hengameh Shahidi, Prisoner of Conscience
Hengameh Shahidi, a female journalist, was rearrested on 25 February to begin serving a six-year prison sentence. An appeal court upheld her conviction for charges related to her political and journalistic activities. She is held in Evin Prison, Tehran, and Amnesty International considers her to be a prisoner of conscience. (03/05/2010)
(UA 16/10) Demand Immediate and Effective Protection for Human Rights Defender and His Family
Margarita Martinez, the wife of community activist Adolfo Guzman Ordaz, was abducted, beaten and threatened on 25 February. She and Adolfo Guzman had previously received death threats after filing a complaint against police. (03/05/2010)
(UA 48/10) Demand Protection for Human Rights Defender and Her Family in Mexico
Lawyer Ernesto Rabago Martinez was shot and killed in his office in Chihuahua City, northen Mexico. He and his female partner, Estela Angeles Mondragon, had previously been threatened and attacked because of their legal work for an indigenous community involved in a land dispute. Estela Angeles Mondragon and her daughter are in grave danger. (03/05/2010)
(UA 47/10) Urge Peru Not to Extradite Huang Haiyong to China
A Chinese man, Huang Haiyong is facing extradition from Peru to face charges in China that can carry the death penalty. (03/05/2010)
(UA 46/10) Demand Protection for Torture Victim's Family and Lawyer in Mexico
Blanca Mesina, the daughter of a Mexican torture victim in Tijuana, has received a death threat. The victim's lawyer, Silvia Vazquez Camacho, has also received a death threat and her family's van has been petrol bombed. (03/05/2010)
(UA 44/10) Demand the Whereabouts of Four Equatorial Guinean Refugees
4 Equatorial Guinean refugees are believed to bave been abducted from Benin by security forces from Equatorial Guinea, and returned to their native country. The authorities have not confirmed the whereabouts of the four men or even whether they are holding them, leading to fears that they are at risk of enforced disappearance. They are at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. (03/01/2010)
(UA 281/09) Call for Immediate and Unconditional Release of Haytham al-Maleh, Prisoner of Conscience
Prisoner of conscience Haytham al-Maleh is very ill, and he has not taken any of the medication he needs since 11 February. Haytham al-Maleh is a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for the peaceful exercise of his right to freedom of expression. (03/01/2010)
(UA 45/10) Action Needed for Detainee Beaten and Denied Medical Care in Egypt
Mohammed Farid Farag Farrag, a 38-year-old linguist, has been held in administrative detention in various prisons since his arrest in November 2007. He has been badly beaten in detention. He already had kidney and heart problems and has not been given adequate medical care for the head injuries he sustained when he was beaten. (02/25/2010)
(UA 43/10) Action Needed for Russian Civil Society Activist
Yulia Privedennaia, a civil society activist and leading member of a group whose stated aim is to promote a happier society, has been sent to a psychiatric hospital by a Moscow court. Independent psychiatrists say that there was no basis for hospitalizing her. Amnesty believes that her forced hospitalization amounts to arbitrary detention. (02/25/2010)
(UA 41/10) Call for Protection for Members of FRENA in Guatemala
The members of a network of activists in Guatemala are in grave danger. Three members of the network have been killed since October 2009. Most recently, FRENA member Octavio Roblero was killed on 17 February. (02/23/2010)
(UA 42/10) Usra al-Hassani, Syrian Woman Held Incommunicado and at Risk of Torture
Usra al-Hassani, a 35-year-old woman, has been held incommunicado for nearly two months. She is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. (02/23/2010)
(UA 39/10) Raghdah Sa'id Hassan, Syrian Woman Held Incommunicado and at Risk of Torture
Raghdah Sa'id Hassan, a 38-year-old female Syrian writer, has been held incommunicado since she was arrested on 10 February. She may be a prisoner of conscience. She is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment (02/23/2010)
(UA 347/09) Action Needed for Iranian Human Rights Activists
Members of Iranian human rights organization who have been in detention since 2009 are facing pressure during interrogation to accept allegations against them. They are at risk of torture and ill-treatment. (02/22/2010)
(UA 40/10) Demand Whereabouts of Human Rights Defender in Sri Lanka
Human rights defender Pattani Razeek has been missing since he was apparently abducted on February 11th in the North CEntral Province of Sri Lanka. He may be the victim of an enforced disappearance, and could be at risk of torture or other ill-treatment, It is not clear what the authorities are doing to investigate this case. (02/18/2010)
(UA 38/10) Six Human Rights Defenders Fear for Safety in Cuba
At least six members of a coalition of Cuban civil society organizations have been detained to prevent them from taking part in events to mark the anniversary of the coalition's foundation. On the sixth anniversary of the Eastern Democratic Alliance, Rolando Rodríguez Lobaina, José Cano Fuentes, Christian Toranzo, Mildred Infante, Miguel Ángel Vega Batista and Roland Ruz Rojas were all detained in their homes by State Security. (02/18/2010)
(UA 35/10) Action Needed for 200 Families in Egypt
200 families in Manshiyet Nasser, an informal settlement east of Cairo, Egypt, are in imminent danger of serious injury or death because of high risk of rock fall. Geology experts hired by the Cairo Governorate have identified this zone as being in imminent danger. The authorities have so far failed to relocate them. (02/17/2010)
(UA 37/10) Demand Urgent Medical Treatment for Christophe Mbay Mutomb
Christophe Mbay Mutomb, who has been detained by DRC Intelligence since 22 January, is now malnourished and gravely ill. He suffers chronic back pain and has not eaten properly since his arrest. He has been described as dangerously thin. He has been denied access to his family and lawyer, and to medical treatment, since he was arrested. (02/17/2010)
(UA 91/09) Demand a Fair Trial for Chinese Environmental Activist
Chinese environmental activist and writer Tan Zuoren was sentenced to five years' imprisonment on February 9th for "inciting subversion of state power." He is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. (02/16/2010)
(UA 34/10) Prevent Execution of Chinese Man
A Chinese man, Wang Yang, could be executed within a week if China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) approves his death sentence. He was sentenced to death in 2003 for "fraudulently raising funds," "loan fraud," and "escape from detention," after what his lawyers argue was an unfair trial. (02/16/2010)
(UA 301/09) Human Rights Defenders Fear for Safety in Colombia
A gunman has intimidated a woman who has worked with human rights activist Ingrid Vergara in the city of Sincelejo in northern Colombia. Both women are in danger, as are other members of the organization MOVICE. Ingrid Vergara, and her 14-year-old daughter have been subjected to repeated intimidation and death threats over the last few years. (02/16/2010)
(UA 032/10) Urge Iran to release Human Rights Journalist
Human rights defender and journalist was arrested in the weest of Iran on February 3. He is a prisoner of conscience, held solely for his peaceful human rights activities. (02/12/2010)
(UA 033/10) Call for the Release of Two Mexican Indigenous Women
Two indigenous women from Mexico, that have been detained for three years for a crime they did not commit, will learn in a few weeks if their sentences will be overturned. They are prisoners of conscience. (02/12/2010)
(UA 347/09) Help Members of Iranian Human Rights Organization
Seven members of an Iranian human rights organization are being held in detention in Tehran. They may face charges which can carry the death penalty. (02/12/2010)
(UA 311/09) Demand the Release of Zhao Lianhai, Prisoner of Conscience
Zhao Lianhai, a man seeking justice for families affected by a tainted milk powder scandal in 2008, was detained on 13 November and is now in custody awaiting trial in Beijing. He is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. (02/04/2010)
(UA 29/10) Express Concern for Threatened Columbian Womens Group
A Columbian paramilitary group has threatened to kill the members of a women's human rights organization. The threat declares them a military target and says there is a plan to kill them all. (02/04/2010)
(UA 28/10) Urge Yemeni President to Commute Death Sentenses of 3 Yemeni Men
Three men have had their sentences confirmed by Yemen's Supreme Court in recent days. If the Court's decision is ratified by the President, they will be at imminent risk of execution. (02/03/2010)
(UA 341/09) Demand the Release of Majid Tavakkoli
Iranian student leader Majid Tavakkoli, held since 7 December 2009 after a demonstration, has been sentenced to eight years and six months imprisonment after an unfair trial. He is believed to be appealing against his conviction and sentence. He is a prisoner of conscience. (02/02/2010)
Alisher Karamatov and Azam Farmonov, Prisoners of Conscience
Uzbek authorities detained Alisher Karamatov and Azam Farmonov on April 29, 2006 as the two men defended the rights of local farmers. The two, both of them regional heads of the independent Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan, were allegedly tortured by authorities, charged with extortion and subjected to an unfair trial where they were denied adequate legal representation. (01/27/2010)