Archive for the ‘usa’ Category

By Verity Coyle, Campaign Manager at Amnesty International UK
Arms Trade Treaty negotiations are at a crucial halfway point.
So much has happened yet in terms of concrete decisions, as Ambassador Moritan, the president of the conference, has said many times:
“Nothing is decided until everything is decided.”

Human rights-based criteria that could save the lives of millions [...]

Par Verity Coyle, directrice de campagne à la section britannique d’Amnesty International
Les négociations relatives au traité sur le commerce des armes sont arrivées à mi-parcours et il s’agit d’une étape cruciale.
Beaucoup de décisions concrètes ont déjà été prises, mais, ainsi que l’a rappelé de nombreuses fois le président de la conférence, monsieur l’ambassadeur Roberto [...]

By Rob Freer, USA Researcher at Amnesty International
For a brief moment four decades ago, it looked like the USA might join an emerging global trend against the death penalty.
On 29 June 1972, its Supreme Court issued a ruling, Furman v. Georgia, which overturned the country’s capital laws and nearly 600 death sentences that were pending [...]

Par Rob Freer, chercheur sur les États-Unis à Amnesty International
Il y a 40 ans, pendant une courte période, les États-Unis ont semblé vouloir adhérer à la tendance qui se dessinait au niveau mondial contre la peine de mort.
Le 29 juin 1972, la Cour suprême fédérale a rendu un arrêt dans l’affaire Furman c. Géorgie, qui [...]

By Bill Shipsey, Art for Amnesty founder and executive producer of the song “Toast To Freedom”
US musician and active human rights supporter Levon Helm passed away on 19 April 2012. “Toast to Freedom”, a commemorative song celebrating Amnesty International and set for release this May, began in his barn (Levon Helm Studios) and spread [...]

By David Nickols, Senior Executive Officer, EU Foreign Policy, Amnesty International
Last week the EU institutions office in Brussels hosted Patches Rhode and Joshua Ladner, the mother and brother of Brandon Rhode, who was executed by lethal injection in the US state of Georgia last September. Six days before his execution Brandon had almost died [...]