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Update
5 Moments We Brought Human Rights Home at Our #Amnesty2014 Conference
Thank you to all of our activists who made the 2014 Human Rights Conference the place to be this weekend. You are our power.
April 6, 2014
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 associated with the secret detention program operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) after the attacks of September 11, 2001.
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 strikes.
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 Human Rights Conference to focus on strengthening links between the local and the global aspects of the human rights movement.
April 2, 2014
Update
How Much Do You Know About Turkey’s Social Media Crackdown?
Internet restrictions are an important part of the problem, but they are only the most obvious example of a larger attack on dissent.
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 the city of Chicago and the state of Illinois as a whole and recommends steps for immediate action by city, state and/or federal officials.
April 1, 2014
Update
Join Susan Sarandon: End the Death Penalty in New Hampshire
Massive public pressure has helped end the death penalty in 18 states in recent years. You can help make New Hampshire next.
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 he met with officials in the Gulf Kingdom today, Sunjeev Bery, Advocacy Director for Middle East and North Africa, Amnesty International USA, issued the following statement.
March 28, 2014
Update
UPDATE: Partial Victory on Mozambique Rape Laws, But the Fight Isn’t Over
35,544 Amnesty USA activists demanded this proposed revision to Mozambique's criminal code be revoked. The Mozambique government listened and it has been removed from consideration!
March 28, 2014
Update
Time Running Out for Man Sentenced to Death in Iraq
Osama Jamal Abdallah Mahdi, a 32-year-old father of two, has now spent more than two years on death row in Iraq for a crime he says he didn't commit.
March 28, 2014
Update
How Obama Failed in Saudi Arabia
Even by the standard of low expectations set for a trip described as fencing-mending, President Obama's public silence on Saudi Arabian human rights spoke loudly today.
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 death around the world compared to the previous year, a jump of almost 15 percent.
March 27, 2014