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Press Release
Ban of Major Private Pakistani TV Network is ‘Attack on Press Freedom’
The suspension of the country's largest private broadcaster is a politically motivated attack on freedom of expression and the media.
June 9, 2014
Press Release
CIA Joins Social Media: Funny If Not For Those Pesky Facts
The Director of Amnesty International USA's Security & Human Rights Program reacts to the CIA's first tweet.
June 6, 2014
Press Release
CIA Joins Social Media: Funny If Not For Those Pesky Facts
The Director of Amnesty International USA's Security & Human Rights Program reacts to the CIA's first tweet.
June 6, 2014
Report
Silenced, Expelled, Imprisoned: Repression of Students and Academics in Iran
Iranian authorities have shown little or no regard for academic freedom and the human rights on which it depends, freedom…
May 30, 2014
Press Release
Rally to Protest Media Silenced and Dozens Detained During Thailand Military Crackdown
Amnesty International USA is holding a rally outside the Embassy of Thailand in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, June 5, 2014…
May 29, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty International USA on President Obama at West Point: Time to Follow Through
President Obama is right to say that ‘we cannot exempt ourselves from the rules that apply to everyone else,’ but…
May 28, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty International Withdraws Support for USA Freedom Act, Urges Stronger Reforms
In response to passage of the USA Freedom Act (H.R. 3361) by the House of Representatives today, Zeke Johnson, Director…
May 22, 2014
Press Release
More Than Half a Million Call to Free Pregnant Woman Sentenced to Death in Sudan For Her Religion
Meriam Yehya Ibrahim has remained in prison with her 20-month-old son since she was sentenced to death for 'apostasy' and…
May 22, 2014
Report
USA: Another Year, Same Missing Ingredient
Human Rights are still absent from counter-terrorism policy a year after President Obama proclaimed "America at crossroads."
May 21, 2014
Press Release
35 Human Rights Groups Hold ‘May 23 Global Day of Action To Close Guantánamo and End Indefinite Detention’
Amnesty International, the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, Witness Against Torture and other groups…
May 21, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty Marks One Year Since President Obama’s National Security Speech
Marking one year since President Obama's national security speech on May 23, 2013, Steven W. Hawkins, executive director of Amnesty…
May 21, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty: More Transparency on Drone Strikes is Good, But It is Not the End Goal
In response to reports that the Obama administration may disclose more information about the legal rationale for killing U.S. citizens…
May 20, 2014