Below you’ll find breaking news as well as reports, updates on our campaigns, and victories.
If you are a member of the press, please reach out to [email protected]
![gun safety protest in front of Capitol](/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-1241147930-scaled.jpg)
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Reaction to Senate Blocking Passage of Assault Weapons Ban
Amnesty International USA reacts to the Senate vote blocking the Assault Weapons Ban of 2023, Ethan’s Law, and the Background Check Expansion Act on the same day as a mass shooting in Las Vegas.
December 7, 2023
![Couple hugs in doorway in El Salvador building](/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/292166crop-1468x710-1.jpg)
Press Release
El Salvador: Policies, practices, and abusive, arbitrary legislation violate human rights and threaten civic space
El Salvador is experiencing an alarming regression in the respect for and protection of human rights as reported in Amnesty International's new report.
December 5, 2023
![](/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Two-1288x710-1.jpeg)
Press Release
Israel/OPT: US-Made Munitions Killed 43 Civilians in Two Documented Israeli Air Strikes in Gaza – New Investigation
US-made Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) were used by the Israeli military in two deadly, unlawful air strikes on homes full of civilians in the occupied Gaza Strip, Amnesty International has found based on a new investigation into those strikes.
December 5, 2023
![](/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-1823934278-1468x710-1.jpg)
Press Release
ISRAEL/OPT: Urgent Need for a Sustained Ceasefire to End Civilian Bloodshed and Mass Suffering as Fighting Resumes
A ceasefire is the best way to ensure all civilians are protected across Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories and to alleviate mass humanitarian suffering in Gaza.
December 1, 2023
![A worker walks past a COP28 logo ahead of the United Nations climate summit in Dubai on November 28, 2023. The UN chief urged world leaders to take decisive action to tackle ever-worsening climate change when they gather at the COP28 summit in Dubai starting this week. (Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP) (Photo by JEWEL SAMAD/AFP via Getty Images)](/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1806666668-scaled.jpg)
Press Release
Global: Initial pledges at COP28 to finance the Loss & Damage Fund fall far short of what is needed
Amnesty International reacts to initial pledges totaling about US$420 million made on the first day of COP28 to finance the Loss and Damage Fund.
November 30, 2023
![WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 29: Senior Campaign Manager at Amnesty International Isra Chaker speaks during a press conference on the delivery of close to 1 million supporters calling on President Biden to help bring about a ceasefire in Israel and Gaza at the White House on November 29, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for MoveOn)](/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1820584498-scaled.jpg)
Press Release
Nearly 1 Million Across U.S. Call For Ceasefire Now
Amnesty International USA, Avaaz, Demand Progress, Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL), MoveOn and Oxfam America delivered nearly 1 million signatures gathered by civil society organizations at the White House.
November 29, 2023
![COP28 climate summit logo on phone](/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1246704101-scaled-e1701090901675-1468x710-1.jpg)
Press Release
Global: Leaders at COP28 must protect human rights by agreeing to phase out fossil fuels and press the UAE for reforms
Leaders at the COP28 climate summit in the United Arab Emirates must place human rights at its heart by agreeing to rapidly phase out fossil fuels and ensure civil society’s full and free participation.
November 28, 2023
![Women take part during the International Safe Abortion Day in Bogotá, Colombia, 28 September 2023](/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/294734-1468x710-1.jpg)
Press Release
Global: Human rights defenders and health workers who face widespread abuse and criminalization for defending the right to abortion must be better protected
People who defend the right to abortion and provide essential services are being stigmatized, intimidated, attacked, said Amnesty International in a new report.
November 27, 2023
![](/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1794346642-scaled-e1700663841547-1468x710-1.jpg)
Press Release
Israel/OPT: Deal to Release Hostages and Prisoners Must Pave Way for Further Releases and a Sustained Ceasefire
Amnesty reiterates its call for a meaningful and effective ceasefire – one that cover the whole of the Gaza Strip and is of sufficient duration to allow for a substantive alleviation of suffering.
November 22, 2023
![Ceasefire Now demonstration at White House held by Amnesty International USA and Avaaz](/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/11152023-Ceasefire-Protest-15-featured.jpg)
Update
Bringing It Home: Amnesty International USA and Avaaz Hold Demonstration Outside White House Demanding Ceasefire in Gaza
Hundreds of white-shrouded body bags were thoughtfully laid in front of the White House on November 15th in a silent demonstration organized by Amnesty International USA and Avaaz, a global web movement bringing people-powered politics to decision-making everywhere. The body bags represented less than three percent of the more than 11,000 people killed in the occupied Gaza Strip and around 1,200 people killed in Israel since October 7, 2023. Staff and volunteers arranged the body bags in sizes representing adults, children and infants to create “families,” symbolizing the and the families of the more than who were killed in Gaza.…
November 21, 2023
![Gazans pull body in sheet from rubble](/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/294687-1468x710-1.jpg)
Press Release
‘Nowhere safe in Gaza’: Unlawful Israeli strikes illustrate callous disregard for Palestinian lives
Israeli forces have demonstrated – yet again – a chilling indifference to the catastrophic toll on civilians of their ongoing relentless bombardment of the occupied Gaza Strip.
November 20, 2023
![Hands writing on papers on desk](/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/289266-2048x1365-1-scaled.jpg)
Press Release
Statement of Support for U.S. Student Groups in the Wake of Escalating Conflict in Gaza and Israel
Amnesty International USA is deeply concerned about increased threats, silencing, and deactivation of school and university groups in the wake of the escalating conflict in Gaza and Israel.
November 17, 2023