Press Release
Amnesty International USA Applauds President Biden Launching Gun Violence Prevention Office
Responding to President Biden’s announcement that he is creating the first-ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, Ernest Coverson,…
September 22, 2023
Press Release
Amnesty International USA welcomes Venezuela TPS Announcement and calls for Biden to take action for Cameroon and other countries.
Amnesty International USA welcomes the Biden Administration’s announcement to extend and redesignate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for over 470,000 Venezuelans…
September 21, 2023
Press Release
Iran: One Year After Uprising, International Community Must Combat Impunity for Brutal Crackdown
The international community must pursue pathways for justice at the international level to address systemic impunity for Iranian officials responsible…
September 13, 2023
Press Release
Ahead of 9/11 anniversary, Amnesty International calls for justice and accountability for victims and survivors
Ahead of the 22nd anniversary of the attack on the United States on September 11, 2001, Daphne Eviatar, the director…
September 7, 2023
Press Release
19 Civil Society Organizations Call on US Administration to Press the UAE to Release Ahmed Mansoor ahead of COP 28
On August 29, 2023, Amnesty International USA, Human Rights Watch, Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) and 16 additional civil…
August 30, 2023
Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back – Updates on the Death Penalty in 2023
On 16 May, Amnesty International released its annual Death Sentences and Executions report which documents the global developments on the…
August 4, 2023
Press Release
Amnesty International Urges the Biden Administration to End the Asylum Ban and Investigate Operation Lonestar
Responding to reports of family separation and more deaths - including the death of a child - at the buoys…
August 3, 2023
Report
Death Came to Our Home: War Crimes and Civilian Suffering in Sudan
Amnesty International calls on regional and international powers to respond to the scale of the Sudan conflict.
August 3, 2023
Press Release
Global: Pledge to Allow ‘Peaceful Assembly’ at COP28 Highlights the UAE’s Lack of Freedoms
“COP28 will not bring about the ambitious action required to avert a climate catastrophe if the host state’s laws restrict…
August 3, 2023
Press Release
Amnesty International USA responds to reports of cruel, deadly tactics by Texas troops at the border
In response to reports about Texas DPS troops receiving instructions to push children into the Rio Grande and deny water…
July 18, 2023
Press Release
Amnesty International Opposes the Transfer of Cluster Munitions to the Armed Forces of Ukraine
"The Biden Administration must understand that any decision enabling the broader use of cluster bombs in this war will likely…
July 6, 2023
Press Release
Cameroon: Rampant Atrocities Amid Anglophone Regions Must Be Stopped and Investigated
Cameroonian authorities must act to end the violence against the population and conduct thorough investigations into the killings, acts of…
July 3, 2023