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Press Release
United States and Other Regional Governments Failing to Protect Unaccompanied Migrant Children
Children fleeing unprecedented levels of organized crime and gang violence are not pawns in the political debate about immigration reform.
July 3, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Remembers Screenwriter, Director and Activist Paul Mazursky
Following the news that director and screenwriter Paul Mazursky had passed away Monday, June 30, 2014 at the age of…
July 3, 2014
Press Release
Former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge Will Keep His Pension While Torture Survivors Await Reparations
Steven W. Hawkins, executive director of Amnesty International USA, issued the following statement today in response to the Illinois Supreme…
July 3, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty USA Responds to Obama Administration’s Request for Border Control Funds
In response to President Obama's request to Congress to provide more than $2 billion in new funds to control the…
July 1, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Honors 50th Anniversary of Freedom Summer
Steven W. Hawkins, Executive Director of Amnesty International USA, issued the following statement today to acknowledge the historical importance of…
July 1, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Demands Dow Chemical Appear in Court in Bhopal
Amnesty International USA is urging The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) to comply with a summons to appear at a July…
June 30, 2014
Report
Reflections and recommendations on truth, remedy and accountability as declassification of Senate Committee summary report on CIA secret detentions awaited.
Amnesty International calls for the full report to be declassified as a matter of priority –with redactions only where strictly…
June 25, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty International Demands Reparations for Police Torture in Chicago, Organizes Anti-Torture Events Across USA
In recognition of International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on Thursday, June 26, Amnesty International has organized demonstrations…
June 25, 2014
Report
Bad information: Oil spill investigations in the Niger Delta
There are systemic flaws in the system for investigating oil spills in the Niger Delta: the outcome of these investigations…
June 24, 2014
Report
Capital Deficit: A Submission on the Death Penalty to the UN Human Rights Committee
Today 140 countries are abolitionist in law or practice. A small number of countries account for the bulk of the…
June 24, 2014
Report
‘How long are we going to live in this injustice?’: Egypt’s Christians caught between sectarian attacks and state inaction
An unprecedented wave of sectarian attacks on Coptic Christians swept Egypt on 14 August 2013 as the security forces violently…
June 24, 2014
Report
The Armed Forces Special Powers Act: A Renewed Debate in India on Human Rights and National Security
For decades, The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) has enabled serious human rights violations to be committed by soldiers…
June 24, 2014