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Amnesty International: Bill Banning Guantanamo Transfers is a Step Toward Keeping Guantanamo Open Forever
As the Senate Armed Services Committee concluded its markup of the Detaining Terrorists to Protect America Act, which seeks to…
February 12, 2015
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Amnesty International USA Response to the State of the Union Address
During tonight’s State of the Union address, President Obama touched on issues of national security, criminal justice reform, immigration policy…
January 21, 2015
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Amnesty International USA Reaction to Latest Guantanamo Detainee Transfers
In response to reports that five detainees were released from the detention center at Guantanamo Bay and resettled in Kazakhstan,…
December 31, 2014
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136 To Go…The Unbearable Slowness of Closing Guantánamo
Uruguay latest country to help USA towards ending detentions at prison camp
December 9, 2014
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Release of Torture Report Underscores Need for Accountability
In response to the release today of a declassified version of the summary and findings of the Senate Select Committee…
December 9, 2014
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Amnesty International and John Legend Launch Write for Rights Campaign
Amnesty International today released a new video from award winning artist John Legend as part of its Write for Rights…
November 18, 2014
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Amnesty International Responds to USA’s Recognition that the Convention Against Torture Applies at Guantánamo
Amanda Simon, Amnesty International USA, 212-633-4162, [email protected] In response to the U.S. government's recognition today in Geneva before the UN…
November 12, 2014
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Reflections and recommendations on truth, remedy and accountability as declassification of Senate Committee summary report on CIA secret detentions awaited.
Amnesty International calls for the full report to be declassified as a matter of priority –with redactions only where strictly…
June 25, 2014
Report
President and Congress should apply human rights principles and close Guantánamo
The US prison camp at Guantánamo is back on the political agenda. And the politicking again threatens to derail the…
June 16, 2014
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Amnesty International USA on President Obama at West Point: Time to Follow Through
President Obama is right to say that ‘we cannot exempt ourselves from the rules that apply to everyone else,’ but…
May 28, 2014
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35 Human Rights Groups Hold ‘May 23 Global Day of Action To Close Guantánamo and End Indefinite Detention’
Amnesty International, the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, Witness Against Torture and other groups…
May 21, 2014
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Amnesty Marks One Year Since President Obama’s National Security Speech
Marking one year since President Obama's national security speech on May 23, 2013, Steven W. Hawkins, executive director of Amnesty…
May 21, 2014