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Press Release
Prospective American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples risks undermining a decade of progress
Amnesty International is deeply concerned that the text of a prospective American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples has…
May 21, 2015
Press Release
Amnesty International urges YES vote in Ireland’s civil marriage equality referendum
In less than 24 hours, Ireland will go to the polls in a referendum that is truly historic, the first…
May 21, 2015
Press Release
Angola: Dropping of charges against journalist a victory for freedom of expression
The dropping of criminal libel charges against Angolan journalist, Rafael Marques de Morais, by the Luanda Provincial Tribunal is a…
May 21, 2015
Report
Promising Little, Delivering Less: Qatar and Migrant Labor Abuse Ahead of the 2022 Football World Cup
More than a year after Qatar’s government promised limited reforms to improve migrant labor rights, hopes of true progress are…
May 20, 2015
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Responds to Passage of Nebraska Death Penalty Repeal Bill
Today the Nebraska legislature passed a measure repealing the death penalty, leaving that state poised to become the 19th U.S.…
May 20, 2015
Report
Beyond Tokenism: The Need to License Community Radio Stations in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwean government’s continuing stranglehold on community radio and its refusal to issue licenses to all but commercial operators with…
May 19, 2015
Press Release
Morocco: Endemic torture used to incriminate suspects, gag dissent
Beatings, stress positions, asphyxiation, simulated drowning, psychological and sexual violence are among an array of torture techniques used by Moroccan…
May 19, 2015
Report
Shadow of Impunity: Torture in Morocco and Western Sahara
Beatings, stress positions, asphyxiation, simulated drowning, psychological and sexual violence are among an array of torture techniques used by Moroccan…
May 18, 2015
Press Release
Brazil: Lowering age of adult criminal responsibility will consign children to “medieval” prison system
Plans to lower the age at which children can be prosecuted as adults in Brazil will dramatically undermine children’s rights…
May 18, 2015
Press Release
President Obama to Announce Efforts to Curb Militarization of Police
According to news reports, President Obama will announce today that he will ban the supply of some military-style equipment and…
May 18, 2015
Press Release
USA Freedom Act Should Spur Complete Surveillance Overhaul
Passage of the USA Freedom Act has to be the beginning, not the end of real surveillance reform, Amnesty International…
May 14, 2015
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Responds to Death Penalty in Boston Bombing Case
In response to the announcement that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death after being convicted in the Boston Marathon bombings,…
May 13, 2015