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Update
What is Behind the Latest Unrest in Turkey?
In Turkey, taking to the streets as a peaceful demonstrator, or as a bystander, can cost you your life at the hands of the police.
March 13, 2014
Update
One Big Step Closer Toward Transparency on CIA Torture
This is a huge step forward in our effort to release the report! Release of this report will help us ensure that the CIA never uses torture again.
March 13, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Applauds New Hampshire House of Representatives
In response to today’s passage of the death penalty repeal bill in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, Amnesty International USA Executive Director Steven W. Hawkins issued the following statement.
March 12, 2014
Update
TAKE ACTION: Three Years After the Uprising, Stand #WithSyria
With international support, this can be the week when Syria begins to move from darkness to light.
March 12, 2014
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Executing Innocents: What We Can Learn From Glenn Ford
Mr. Ford, an African American man sentenced to death by an all-white jury for a crime he didn't commit, was freed last night after 30 years on death row.
March 12, 2014
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BREAKING: New Hampshire House Votes to Repeal Capital Punishment
The fight is not over. The repeal bill must now go before the State Senate. Join me in calling on the state legislature to abolish the death penalty in New Hampshire.
March 12, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Responds to Prospective Glenn Ford Release
In response to reports that Glenn Ford, Lousiana's longest-serving death row inmate, is about to be freed, Amnesty International USA Senior Campaigner Thenjiwe Tameika McHarris made the following statement.
March 11, 2014
Report
Syria: Squeezing the life out of Yarmouk: War crimes against besieged civilians
Three years after popular pro-reform then anti-government protests drew a brutal response from the Syrian authorities, leading to the internal armed conflict that continues to rage, around a quarter of a million civilians are living under siege across Syria.
March 10, 2014
Press Release
Yarmouk Under Siege
A new report by Amnesty International reveals that war crimes and crimes against humanity have been carried out on Palestinian and Syrian civilians in Yarmouk, on the outskirts of Damascus, which is under brutal siege by Syrian government forces.
March 10, 2014
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UPDATE: Brother of Slain Honduran Journalist Threatened After Demanding Justice
Unidentified men have threatened and intimidated Mario in response to his public statements about the killing of his brother.
March 10, 2014
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Tech and Human Rights at #SXSW
Learn about the "digital arms race" between activists and repressive governments at our SXSW panel.
March 10, 2014
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The Death Penalty is Just the Tip of an Iceberg of Injustice
On Wednesday, the New Hampshire House of Representatives will vote on a bill that when signed into law would end the death penalty in the state.
March 10, 2014