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Press Release
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 data under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, Zeke Johnson, Director of Amnesty USA's Security & Human Rights Program, issued the following statement.
March 27, 2014
Update
ACT NOW: End the Death Penalty in Delaware
Delaware is closer than ever to abolishing this ultimate denial of human rights, but we need your help to win.
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 29.
March 26, 2014
Update
Read the Letter: What We Want President Obama to Do in Saudi Arabia
As an ally of the United States, Saudi Arabia has been spared the blunt criticisms U.S. officials make of other governments that commit serious human rights violations.
March 26, 2014
Update
How the Taliban Marked the New Year in Afghanistan
Every year around Nowruz, the Afghanistan New Year, Taliban offensive starts, and this year, the upcoming presidential elections heightened fears of attacks.
March 26, 2014
Update
The Top 10 Things You Need to Know About Amnesty’s Death Penalty Report
Although 2013 saw more executions than in previous years and several countries resuming executions, there was also progress towards abolition in all regions of the world.
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 over the last 20 years, and there was progress in all regions last year.
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 USA’s Security and Human Rights Program Director issued the following statement.
March 25, 2014
Press Release
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 for human rights by having a woman Secret Service driver during his visit and seeking a meeting with Saudi Arabian women activists who are defying the ban against women driving.
March 25, 2014
Update
Changing Hearts and Minds in India
Kadambari Gladding discusses turning the tide of public option in India, where public option increasingly favors the death penalty.
March 25, 2014
Update
ACT NOW: Three Quick Ways You Can Demand Human Rights in Saudi Arabia
Over 50 Members of Congress have signed a bipartisan letter calling on President Obama to stand up for human rights when he goes to Saudi Arabia on Friday.
March 25, 2014
Update
5 Death Penalty Myths Debunked
History is littered with human rights violations that were supported by the majority, but which were subsequently looked upon with horror.
March 25, 2014