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President Obama to Announce Efforts to Curb Militarization of Police
According to news reports, President Obama will announce today that he will ban the supply of some military-style equipment and…
May 18, 2015
Press Release
USA Freedom Act Should Spur Complete Surveillance Overhaul
Passage of the USA Freedom Act has to be the beginning, not the end of real surveillance reform, Amnesty International…
May 14, 2015
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Responds to Death Penalty in Boston Bombing Case
In response to the announcement that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death after being convicted in the Boston Marathon bombings,…
May 13, 2015
Press Release
Texas Set to Execute Mentally Impaired Man
The state of Texas is scheduled to execute a man with a history of severe mental illness tonight. Derrick Dewayne…
May 12, 2015
Press Release
U.S. Court Rules NSA Mass Surveillance Illegal
The U.S. government’s mass surveillance of communications received a major setback today with a court of appeals ruling that the…
May 7, 2015
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Welcomes Decision To Release on Bail Guantanamo’s Youngest Detainee
Omar Khadr, who spent more than 12 years in U.S. custody after he was detained at age 15 and sent…
May 7, 2015
Press Release
Chicago City Council Passes Landmark Police Torture Reparations Ordinance
Today, the Chicago City Council passed landmark legislation providing reparations for torture committed by former Chicago Police commander Jon Burge…
May 6, 2015
Press Release
Baltimore: Human Rights Observers Must Be Allowed to Observe Past Curfew
Amnesty International USA is disappointed to learn that the City of Baltimore has revoked permission for our observers to continue…
May 2, 2015
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Sends Human Rights Observers to Baltimore
Amnesty International USA is sending a human rights observer delegation to Baltimore today to observe police and protester activity in…
April 29, 2015
Press Release
Amnesty International USA: Baltimore Police Must Exercise Restraint During Protests
Following protests over the death of Baltimore resident Freddie Gray in police custody, Amnesty International USA Executive Director Steven W.…
April 27, 2015
Press Release
Amnesty International: Redress Should be Available for All Civilians Killed in U.S. Drone Strikes
In response to President Obama’s public acknowledgment of the killing of one American and one Italian hostage in a CIA…
April 23, 2015
Report
USA: Crimes and Impunity
More than four months after publication of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s summary report on the secret detention program…
April 21, 2015