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Press Release
Amnesty Joins Call on President Obama: End Secrecy on Drone Strikes
On December 4th, 2013, Amnesty International joined eight U.S.-based human rights groups in an open letter to President Obama urging him to end the policy of secrecy and ensure accountability for unlawful US drone strikes.
December 6, 2013
Press Release
Amnesty Joins Call on President Obama: End Secrecy on Drone Strikes
Amnesty International joined eight U.S.-based human rights groups in an open letter to President Obama urging him to end the policy of secrecy and ensure accountability for unlawful U.S. drone strikes.
December 6, 2013
Update
This Woman Has Been Denied Justice for 17 Years
It is critical to put pressure on the authorities now to ensure that the investigation is carried out properly and the perpetrators are once and for all brought to justice.
December 6, 2013
Update
The Greatest Way to Honor Nelson Mandela’s Legacy
The greatest way we can honor Nelson Mandela is to raise our voices to expose injustice, demand freedom for those unjustly imprisoned and value the rights of all people.
December 6, 2013
Update
What It’s Like on the Ground in the Central African Republic
It is women to whom the task of collecting the bodies has fallen. Only they can venture out.
December 6, 2013
Update
“I Did Not Feel Alone, I Knew People Believed in Me”
"I did not feel like I was imprisoned. I did not feel alone, I knew that people believed in me."
December 6, 2013
Press Release
U.N. Must Not Let Peacekeepers Fail in Central African Republic
The international community must give peacekeepers in the Central African Republic all the means necessary to protect civilians or risk an escalation in atrocities that could spill over to neighboring countries, Amnesty International warned as the U.N. Security Council authorized deployment of an African Union (AU) force.
December 5, 2013
Press Release
Escalating Bloodshed and Reported Revenge Killings in Central African Republic
Revenge killings are being reported across Bangui and other parts of the Central African Republic today in the aftermath of the military clashes that happened in the early hours of the morning, Amnesty International said today.
December 5, 2013
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Honors Nelson Mandela
Responding to the sad news of Nelson Mandela’s death, Amnesty International paid tribute today to one of the world’s most visionary leaders in the fight to protect and promote human rights.
December 5, 2013
Update
What Everyone Should Know About Rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo
One woman recalled how members of the Congolese army threatened to kill her if she continued to denounce rape and sexual violence committed by the national army.
December 5, 2013
Update
These Images Don’t Lie: Exposing North Korea’s Dirty Little Secret
New satellite images further expose North Korea’s vast system of political prison camps whose very existence authorities continue to deny.
December 5, 2013
Press Release
Mali Must Urgently Identify Bodies Found in Mass Grave
Authorities in Mali must urgently identify the 21 bodies found in a mass grave last night, believed to belong to soldiers abducted in May 2012.
December 4, 2013