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Press Release
AIUSA reacts to criminal justice reforms on solitary confinement
The Department of Justice issued guiding principles and policy recommendations this evening that would limit the use of solitary confinement and restrictive housing…
January 26, 2016
Press Release
UN must act on call for South Sudan arms embargo
The UN Security Council must act immediately on the recommendations of its own panel of experts and enforce a comprehensive…
January 26, 2016
Press Release
Morocco ramps up crackdown on press freedom with trial over citizen journalism
Tomorrow’s trial of seven Moroccan journalists and activists on charges including “undermining state security” and “failing to report foreign funding,”…
January 26, 2016
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20-year-old in Egypt marks two years in jail for anti-torture t-shirt
The continued detention of Mahmoud Hussein, a 20-year-old student who has spent more than two years in jail without charge…
January 26, 2016
Press Release
AIUSA reaction to recommendations to reduce prison population
The Charles Colson Task Force on Federal Corrections released recommendations on prison reform today. The recommendations include ending mandatory minimums…
January 26, 2016
Report
Critical Repression: Freedom of Expression Under Attack in Malaysia
Malaysia’s government has launched an unprecedented crackdown through the Sedition Act over the past two years to silence, harass and…
January 25, 2016
Report
Growing Up on Death Row: The Death Penalty and Juvenile Offenders in Iran
Scores of youths in Iran are languishing on death row for crimes committed under the age of 18, said Amnesty…
January 25, 2016
Press Release
Chhattisgarh must investigate police inaction in sexual assault case
Authorities in Chhattisgarh must conduct a swift, thorough and independent investigation into the refusal of police officials in Bijapur district,…
January 25, 2016
Press Release
Iran’s hypocrisy exposed as scores of juvenile offenders condemned to gallows
Scores of youths in Iran are languishing on death row for crimes committed under the age of 18, said Amnesty…
January 25, 2016
Press Release
King Salman’s first year in power in Saudi Arabia has been a dark year for human rights
King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud’s first year in power has seen the country’s human rights record deteriorate markedly, said…
January 25, 2016
Press Release
Malaysia must end unprecedented crackdown on hundreds of critics through Sedition Act
Malaysia’s government has launched an unprecedented crackdown through the Sedition Act over the past two years to silence, harass and…
January 25, 2016
Press Release
Brazil: Police repression mars peaceful protest in São Paulo
Military police in São Paulo violently repressed peaceful protests in the city yet again last night in what Amnesty International…
January 24, 2016