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Press Release
St. Louis Police Urged to Exercise Restraint and Protect Peaceful Protesters
Following the verdict in the trial of St. Louis Police Officer Jason Stockley in the death of Anthony Lamar Smith,…
September 15, 2017
Press Release
Ed Sheeran, Esperanza Spalding, and More Join Amnesty International and Sofar Sounds for Give a Home
On September 20, Amnesty International and Sofar Sounds will join forces to produce Give a Home, a huge global refugee…
September 14, 2017
Press Release
Myanmar: Scorched-earth campaign fuels ethnic cleansing of Rohingya from Rakhine State
Amnesty International can reveal new evidence pointing to a mass-scale scorched-earth campaign across northern Rakhine State, where Myanmar security forces…
September 14, 2017
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Elects Aniket Shah Board Chair, Fills Other Leadership Posts
Amnesty International USA announced today that Aniket Shah has been elected Chair of its Board of Directors. Shah has been…
September 14, 2017
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Amnesty International USA Responds to Trump Plan to Drastically Decrease Refugee Admissions
Responding to reports that the White House may drastically reduce the number of refugees admitted to the United States to…
September 13, 2017
Press Release
U.S. National Faces Execution in Saudi Arabia Despite Unfair Trial
The sentence of a U.S. national facing execution after unfair legal proceedings in Saudi Arabia must be rescinded and a…
September 13, 2017
Report
A Toxic State
The Peruvian government is neglecting the health of hundreds of Indigenous people whose only sources of water are contaminated by…
September 13, 2017
Press Release
Ohio Executes Second Prisoner After Three-Year Hiatus
The state of Ohio executed Gary Otte this morning, marking the second execution following a three-year hiatus that ended on…
September 13, 2017
Report
Losing Sight in Kashmir: The Impact of Pellet-Firing Shotguns
Pellet-firing shotguns, which have been responsible for blinding, killing and traumatizing hundreds of people in Kashmir, must be immediately banned,…
September 13, 2017
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Reacts to Supreme Court Decision on Refugee Ban
Following the Supreme Court’s decision to temporarily uphold the refugee ban, Naureen Shah, Amnesty International USA senior director of campaigns,…
September 12, 2017
Press Release
Failure to File Federal Charges in Freddie Gray Case Points to Need for Reforms to Lethal Force Laws
Following the announcement that the Department of Justice will not charge any Baltimore police officers in the death of Freddie…
September 12, 2017
Press Release
Reports Israeli government plans to retaliate against Amnesty International over settlements campaign
Responding to reports circulating in Israeli media today suggesting that the Israeli Finance Ministry is planning to take action against…
September 12, 2017