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Amnesty International Sends Human Rights Delegation to Ferguson, Missouri
Today, Amnesty International USA announced that it has sent human rights delegation to Ferguson, MO to observe police and protester…
August 14, 2014
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Amnesty International Joins Moment of Silence for Victims of Police Brutality
Today Amnesty International USA will join grassroots activists across the country to mark the deaths of victims of police brutality…
August 14, 2014
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U.S. Must Investigate Policing Methods After Use Of Lethal Force In Missouri
In addition to a prompt, thorough, independent and impartial investigation into allegations that police shot dead an unarmed teenager in…
August 14, 2014
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Amnesty International USA Mourns the Passing of Robin Williams
Robin Williams was was a cultural icon, and just as prolific in his charitable work as in his films.
August 14, 2014
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Gruesome Footage Implicates Nigerian Military in Atrocities
Gruesome video footage provides fresh evidence of extrajudicial executions and other serious human rights violations being carried out in north-eastern…
August 4, 2014
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Stop U.S. Shipment of Fuel to Israel’s Armed Forces as Evidence of Gaza War Crimes Mount
Amnesty International is appealing to the U.S. government to immediately halt the transfer of a U.S. fuel shipment currently on…
August 4, 2014
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Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories: International Criminal Court key to breaking cycle of injustice for war crimes
The UN Security Council, the Palestinian Authority and Israel must do everything within their power to enable the International Criminal…
August 1, 2014
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U.S. Must Stop Arms Transfers to Israel Amid Growing Evidence of War Crimes in Gaza
The U.S. government must immediately end its ongoing deliveries of large quantities of arms to Israel, which are providing the…
July 31, 2014
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Landmark Rulings Expose Poland’s Role in CIA Secret Detention and Torture
Poland is the first European Union member state to be found complicit in the USA's rendition, secret detention and torture…
July 28, 2014
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Amnesty USA Calls On President Obama and Central American Leaders to Protect Human Rights of Migrant Children
President Obama met with the presidents of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador today to discuss the ongoing crisis at the…
July 25, 2014
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Amnesty USA Head Appalled by Controversial Arizona Execution
In the aftermath of the drawn-out Arizona execution last night of Joseph R. Wood III, in which he was reported…
July 24, 2014
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Israel/Gaza: Attacks on Medical Facilities and Civilians Add to War Crime Allegations
The continuing bombardment of civilian homes in several areas of the Gaza Strip, as well as the Israeli shelling of…
July 21, 2014