Press Release
Amnesty International Calls on Sweden to Assure Julian Assange Won’t be Extradited to the United States
Amnesty International calls on the Swedish authorities to issue assurances to the United Kingdom and to Julian Assange that if…
September 27, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Calls on Turkey for Justice in Trial of Police Officers and Prison Guards Accused of Torturing Activist
Amnesty International calls for justice for Turkish activist Engin Çeber in a court ruling whether police and prison guards had…
September 24, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Reports High Civilian Death Toll in Syria from Relentless and Indiscriminate Bombing and Shelling of Northwest Towns and Villages
The Syrian army is waging a relentless and indiscriminate campaign of air bombardments and shelling in northern Syria with civilians…
September 18, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Strongly Condemns “Calculated” Attacks on U.S. Consulate in Benghazi
A series of attacks by armed groups on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi left four killed, including U.S. Ambassador J.…
September 12, 2012
Report
Another detainee dies at Guantánamo: Yemeni man, in his 11th year of detention without charge or trial, found dead in cell
A tragic reminder of the numbing cruelty of the USA’s indefinite detention regime at its Guantánamo Bay detention facility, and…
September 11, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Remembers the Victims of the September 11th Attacks
Those responsible for the September 11th attacks must be brought to justice in fair trials in federal court without recourse…
September 11, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Executive Director Suzanne Nossel Responds to Death of Adnan Latif, Guantanamo Detainee
Nossel's response to the death of Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif, a detainee who has been held in Guantánamo without charge…
September 11, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Expresses “Alarm” Over Reports of Police Beating of Hip Hop Artist Emmanuel Jal in South Sudan
International hip hop artist and human rights advocate Emmanuel Jal has been seriously beaten by police in South Sudan.
September 10, 2012
Press Release
Human Rights Crisis in Maldives Exposed in New Amnesty International Report
Scores of Maldivians speak out about the violence around February 7 in a new Amnesty International report.
September 4, 2012
Press Release
U.S. Justice Department Has Failed to Hold CIA Accountable for Torture in Detention
The Justice Department's failure to conduct a thorough investigation on well documented cases of abuse and torture of detainees is…
August 31, 2012
Press Release
Gambia Must Impose Moratorium on Executions
Amnesty International reiterates call for moratorium on executions in Gambia, as 38 people still on death row are at imminent…
August 30, 2012
Press Release
Syria Urged to End Enforced Disappearances
Amnesty International commemorates International Day of the Disappeared with spotlight on disappeared Syrian activists.
August 29, 2012