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Press Release
Greece: Thousands of Refugees in ‘Hellish’ Conditions on Kos as EU Commissioners Visit
Today’s visit by European Commissioners Timmermans and Avramopoulos to the Greek island of Kos must result in immediate action to…
September 3, 2015
Report
Use of Force – Guidelines for Implementation of the UN Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by law enforcement officials
From the streets of Ferguson, Missouri to the favelas of Brazil, the police use of force and firearms makes global…
September 2, 2015
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Statement on Ongoing Incarceration of Albert Woodfox
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans heard oral argument in Albert Woodfox vs.…
September 2, 2015
Press Release
Afghanistan: Abhorrent punishment of 100 lashes for ‘adultery’ must be investigated
The public flogging of a man and a woman by local officials in western Ghor province in Afghanistan for “adultery”…
September 2, 2015
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Response to California Solitary Confinement Settlement
The state of California settled a federal lawsuit yesterday by agreeing to limit its use of solitary confinement. The state…
September 2, 2015
Press Release
Azerbaijan: Government jails award winning journalist as crackdown intensifies
Azerbaijan’s jailing of an award winning journalist barely two weeks after two prominent human rights activists received jail sentences is…
September 1, 2015
Press Release
Amnesty International response to detention of VICE News journalists in Turkey
Responding to news that three journalists from Vice News have been charged and remanded in pre-trial detention, Amnesty International’s Turkey…
September 1, 2015
Press Release
Charges Filed Against Syrian Official for Torture of Maher Arar, Survivor of Rendition in US War on Terror
Today, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) charged a Syrian official for the torture of Canadian citizen Maher Arar almost…
September 1, 2015
Press Release
Amnesty Calls for Release of Three Journalists Working for VICE in Turkey
“It is completely proper that that journalists should cover this important story. The decision to detain the journalists was wrong,…
August 31, 2015
Press Release
Guilty verdict against Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt affront to justice
The guilty verdicts handed down against Al Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed are an affront to justice that…
August 29, 2015
Press Release
Lebanon security forces using excessive force against protesters must be held to account
The Lebanese authorities should investigate allegations that security forces used excessive force to disperse residents protesting in Beirut over the…
August 29, 2015
Press Release
Art for Amnesty and the Eugene Lang College at the New School Present Course on Dissident Artists for Fall Semester
Art For Amnesty, the creative division of Amnesty International USA, will partner with the New School’s Eugene Lang Liberal Arts…
August 28, 2015