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Press Release
USA: A Step in the Right Direction
The U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) has voted for a degree of transparency on the now long-festering injustices…
April 3, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty USA Endorses New Bill on Drone Strike Reporting
The Targeted Lethal Force Transparency Act is a crucial step toward ending the accountability vacuum for potentially unlawful U.S. drone…
April 2, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty International to Highlight Local Human Rights Issues at Annual Conference in Chicago
On April 4-6 at the JW Marriott (151 W Adams St), hundreds of activists will gather for Amnesty International’s annual…
April 2, 2014
Report
Chicago & Illinois: A 10-Point Human Rights Agenda
This report, prepared in connection with Amnesty International USA's annual Human Rights Conference, outlines ten pressing human rights issues facing…
April 1, 2014
Press Release
Human Rights “Missing in Action” During President Obama’s Saudi Arabia Visit
In response to reports that President Barack Obama did not raise the issue of Saudi Arabia's human rights record when…
March 28, 2014
Press Release
Death Penalty 2013: Small Number of Countries Trigger Global Spike in Executions
Alarming levels of executions in an isolated group of countries in 2013 saw close to 100 more people put to…
March 27, 2014
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President Obama’s Fact Sheet on Phone Data Collection: Positive Step but Short on Facts & Reforms
In response to the Obama administration's release of a fact sheet describing proposed changes to bulk collection of U.S. telephone…
March 27, 2014
Press Release
Saudi Arabia: Plans to Defy Ban on Women Drivers this Saturday
A grassroots campaign will call for an end to the driving ban for women in Saudi Arabia on Saturday March…
March 26, 2014
Report
Death Sentences and Executions 2013
Despite the setbacks in 2013, there has been a steady decline in the number of countries using the death penalty…
March 25, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty International on President Obama’s Call to End Bulk Data Collection: Devil in the Detail
In response to reports that President Obama will call to terminate the NSA’s bulk data collection, Zeke Johnson, Amnesty International…
March 25, 2014
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Amnesty International Calls on President Obama to Bring a Female Secret Service Driver to Saudi Arabia
Ahead of his visit to Saudi Arabia on Friday, Amnesty International is calling on President Obama to take a stand…
March 25, 2014
Press Release
More Than 500 Sentenced To Death in ‘Grotesque’ Ruling in Egypt
Today's mass death sentences handed down by an Egyptian court are a grotesque example of the shortcomings and the selective…
March 24, 2014