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Amnesty International USA Calls for Investigation of Police Tactics in Ferguson
As communities across the nation stand witness to the killing of an unarmed African American teenager by a police officer…
August 18, 2014
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Amnesty International Responds to Ferguson Curfew
In response to the curfew imposed on the residents of Ferguson by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, Amnesty International USA Executive…
August 18, 2014
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Amnesty International Sends Human Rights Delegation to Ferguson, Missouri
Today, Amnesty International USA announced that it has sent human rights delegation to Ferguson, MO to observe police and protester…
August 14, 2014
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Amnesty International Joins Moment of Silence for Victims of Police Brutality
Today Amnesty International USA will join grassroots activists across the country to mark the deaths of victims of police brutality…
August 14, 2014
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Stop U.S. Shipment of Fuel to Israel’s Armed Forces as Evidence of Gaza War Crimes Mount
Amnesty International is appealing to the U.S. government to immediately halt the transfer of a U.S. fuel shipment currently on…
August 4, 2014
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Gruesome Footage Implicates Nigerian Military in Atrocities
Gruesome video footage provides fresh evidence of extrajudicial executions and other serious human rights violations being carried out in north-eastern…
August 4, 2014
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U.S. Must Stop Arms Transfers to Israel Amid Growing Evidence of War Crimes in Gaza
The U.S. government must immediately end its ongoing deliveries of large quantities of arms to Israel, which are providing the…
July 31, 2014
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Landmark Rulings Expose Poland’s Role in CIA Secret Detention and Torture
Poland is the first European Union member state to be found complicit in the USA's rendition, secret detention and torture…
July 28, 2014
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Amnesty USA Calls On President Obama and Central American Leaders to Protect Human Rights of Migrant Children
President Obama met with the presidents of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador today to discuss the ongoing crisis at the…
July 25, 2014
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Israel/Gaza: Attacks on Medical Facilities and Civilians Add to War Crime Allegations
The continuing bombardment of civilian homes in several areas of the Gaza Strip, as well as the Israeli shelling of…
July 21, 2014
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Tragic Loss of Life in Ukraine Must Be Investigated
The death of nearly 300 people on board a Malaysian Airlines civilian passenger jet, which came down yesterday in an…
July 18, 2014
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USA: Notorious Super-Max Prison is Holding Prisoners in Extreme and Prolonged Solitary Confinement in Breach of International Law
The US government’s callous and dehumanizing practice of holding prisoners in prolonged solitary confinement in the country’s only federal super-maximum…
July 17, 2014