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Press Release
24 Hours to Adopt U.N. Arms Trade Treaty, AI Encouraged by Inclusion of Risk Assessment for Human Rights Atrocities
It is encouraging that the final draft of a groundbreaking U.N. Arms Trade Treaty forces states to assess the risk…
March 27, 2013
Press Release
10 Years On, Violations Remain Widespread in Darfur
Elements of government forces, along with armed militias, are carrying out multiple large-scale attacks against civilians in North Darfur in…
March 27, 2013
Press Release
Louisiana’s “Justice” Keeps Man Locked Up in Isolation for More Than 40 Years
Albert Woodfox, 66, has spent more than half his life – 40 years – in a prison cell just three…
March 25, 2013
Report
A Reflection on U.S. Accountability for Detainee Abuses 10 Years After the Invasion of Iraq
Five months before the invasion of Iraq in mid-March 2003, the two chambers of the United States Congress passed a joint…
March 20, 2013
Press Release
Russian Authorities Must Ensure that Lawyers in the North Caucasus are Protected and Free to Defend their Clients Without Fear
Lawyers are often the last line of defense for those facing torture and unfair trial in the North Caucasus and…
March 20, 2013
Report
Communities Shattered by Arms Proliferation and Abuse in Cote d’Ivoire
The irresponsible and illegal supply of weaponry and munitions to the warring parties in CoĚ‚te d’Ivoire has continued for over…
March 19, 2013
Press Release
Status of Human Rights in Global Hot Spots Media Roundtable
In advance of its Use Your Power conference, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) will host a media roundtable with some of…
March 19, 2013
Report
Irregular migrants in Mexico: Ten urgent measures to save lives
Officials from the Federal Attorney General's Office on migrant routes have reportedly ceased to focus on abuses against migrants and…
March 15, 2013
Press Release
Death Penalty Repeal in Maryland Major Step Towards National Abolition
AIUSA hailed the repeal of the death penalty in Maryland today and urged Governor O’Malley to commute the sentences of…
March 15, 2013
Press Release
Escalating War Crimes by Armed Opposition Groups in Syria
Amnesty International released two new briefings on Syria today including one focused on the government’s indiscriminate bombings of civilian areas…
March 14, 2013
Press Release
Execution of Seven Saudi Arabian Men “Act of Sheer Brutality”
The execution today of seven men in Saudi Arabia after allegedly being forced to “confess” to charges of armed robbery…
March 13, 2013
Press Release
Seven Saudi Men to Face Firing Squad Wednesday Morning for Armed Robbery
Amnesty International said today Saudi Arabia is set to execute seven men Wednesday morning for robbery and called for an…
March 12, 2013