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Amnesty International on President Obama’s Call to End Bulk Data Collection: Devil in the Detail
In response to reports that President Obama will call to terminate the NSA’s bulk data collection, Zeke Johnson, Amnesty International USA’s Security and Human Rights Program Director issued the following statement.
March 25, 2014
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Amnesty International USA Applauds New Hampshire House of Representatives
In response to today’s passage of the death penalty repeal bill in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, Amnesty International USA Executive Director Steven W. Hawkins issued the following statement.
March 12, 2014
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Amnesty International USA Responds to Prospective Glenn Ford Release
In response to reports that Glenn Ford, Lousiana's longest-serving death row inmate, is about to be freed, Amnesty International USA Senior Campaigner Thenjiwe Tameika McHarris made the following statement.
March 11, 2014
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Violent Attack on Pussy Riot Members Must Not Be Tolerated
The Russian authorities must promptly launch an independent and impartial investigation into an apparently unprovoked and premeditated attack in Nizhny Novgorod this morning on human rights activists, including Pussy Riot members Nadya Tolokonnikova and Masha Alyokhina.
March 6, 2014
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Glenn Greenwald to Address Annual Gathering of Amnesty International Activists in Chicago
Amnesty International's 2014 Human Rights Conference, themed "Bring Human Rights Home," will take place in Chicago April 4-6 and focus on strengthening the links between the local and the global aspects of the human rights movement.
March 6, 2014
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Amnesty International Report Shows Israeli Army and Police Use Excessive Force in West Bank
Amnesty International released a report today that shows Israeli forces have displayed a callous disregard for human life by killing dozens of Palestinian civilians, including children, in the occupied West Bank over the past three years.
February 26, 2014
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Russia: Hundreds More Protesters Arbitrarily Arrested Outside Bolotnaya Trial Sentencing
The apparently arbitrary arrest and detention of a further 234 peaceful protesters outside a Moscow court building today shows how the Russian authorities' rampant violation of freedom of expression and assembly shows no sign of letting up.
February 24, 2014
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Russia’s Guilty Verdict of Bolotnaya Defendants is “Injustice at Its Most Obvious”
Today's guilty verdict against defendants in the Bolotnaya Square protest trial is a hideous injustice.
February 21, 2014
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Grave Risk to Media Freedom in Egypt as Journalists Face ‘Terror Charges’
Egyptian authorities must immediately drop the charges against three journalists from Al Jazeera English who were referred to trial today for allegedly providing assistance or belonging to a banned group engaged in terrorist activities.
February 19, 2014
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Central African Republic’s Ethnic Cleansing and Sectarian Killings Must Stop
International peacekeepers have failed to prevent the ethnic cleansing of Muslim civilians in the western part of the Central African Republic, Amnesty International said in a report issued today.
February 12, 2014
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Hundreds of Thousands Petition Putin to End of Repression in Russia
A handcuffed Russian ballerina braved the freezing weather in Moscow yesterday as Amnesty International activists delivered a petition of 330,000 signatures urging President Vladimir Putin to repeal repressive legislation in the country.
January 31, 2014
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Amnesty International Bringing Human Rights Home Concert to Feature Blondie, Peter Gabriel, Bob Geldof, Yoko Ono, Susan Sarandon and Sting
Blondie will perform, Geldof will perform and present, Sarandon will host, Yoko Ono will participate on stage and pre-taped video messages from Gabriel and Sting will be shown.
January 30, 2014