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Press Release
Amnesty International USA Executive Director Suzanne Nossel Responds to Death of Adnan Latif, Guantanamo Detainee
Nossel's response to the death of Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif, a detainee who has been held in Guantánamo without charge…
September 11, 2012
Press Release
Harsh New Report by Amnesty International Exposes Appalling Prison Conditions in Chad
Prisoners in Chad are chained 24 hours a day in severely overcrowded, unventilated and filthy cells where temperatures reach up…
September 10, 2012
Press Release
One-Night-Only Manhattan Benefit Will Feature Original Pussy Riot Videos – Including the Song That Launched a Movement
Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) Executive Director Suzanne Nossel will join other human rights advocates, artists and musicians tonight in Manhattan…
September 10, 2012
Press Release
Moldovan Laws Must be Reformed to Combat Discrimination
Amnesty International calls for urgent changes to Moldovan laws to combat high levels of discrimination faced by ethnic and religious…
September 10, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Expresses “Alarm” Over Reports of Police Beating of Hip Hop Artist Emmanuel Jal in South Sudan
International hip hop artist and human rights advocate Emmanuel Jal has been seriously beaten by police in South Sudan.
September 10, 2012
Report
Chad: ‘We Are All Dying Here’ — Human Rights Violations in Prisons
Prison conditions in Chad are deplorable. Men, women and children share overcrowded cells and often must supply their own food…
September 8, 2012
Press Release
Lampedusa Shipwreck is a Grim Reminder of European Union’s Failure to Protect Migrants at Risk
The sinking of a boat carrying migrants towards the southern Italian island of Lampedusa underscores why European Union governments need…
September 7, 2012
Press Release
Pakistani Girl Accused of Blasphemy Still in Danger Despite Bail
Today’s decision by a Pakistan court to grant bail to Rimsha Masih, a 14-year old Christian girl accused of blasphemy,…
September 7, 2012
Press Release
Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement Must Uphold Core Principles of Human Rights
Negotiators from nine countries are gathering outside Washington, D.C. to draft a new Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement. These delegates…
September 6, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Demands Bahrain Free Prisoners of Conscience Following Verdict “Driven by Vindictiveness”
On Tuesday, the High Criminal Court of Appeal in Bahrain upheld the convictions and sentences of the 13 men convicted…
September 4, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Urges Iran to Release Journalist and Women’s Rights Activist Zhila Bani-Yaghoub
Journalist and women’s rights activist Zhila Bani-Yaghoub was summoned on Sunday to the notorious Evin Prison to begin a one-year…
September 4, 2012
Press Release
Human Rights Crisis in Maldives Exposed in New Amnesty International Report
Scores of Maldivians speak out about the violence around February 7 in a new Amnesty International report.
September 4, 2012