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Update
Who’s Really Using the Death Penalty?
Out of the 3,143 counties in the U.S., 62, or just 2% (representing just 15.6% of the U.S. population), are responsible for 52% of all executions and 56% of the current U.S. death row population.
October 8, 2013
Update
Dirty Wars: It’s Time to Pick Sides
The faces of children who have lost mothers and uncles and grandparents to U.S. strikes with drones and other weapons flashed across the screen.
October 8, 2013
Update
Will You Stand with Malala?
Malala Yousafzai has refused to be silent about girls’ human right to education - and instead, has become an internationally recognized spokeswoman for it.
October 8, 2013
Press Release
Christians Scapegoated after Dispersal of Pro-Morsi Sit-ins in Egypt
A detailed report into the attacks targeting Coptic Christian communities in August reveals the extent of the failure of the security services to protect the minority group.
October 7, 2013
Press Release
As Olympic Torch Arrives in Moscow, Putin Blows Out the Flame of Freedom
Steven W. Hawkins, Amnesty International USA's new executive director, issued the following statement to mark the arrival of the Olympic in Moscow today ahead of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in February 2014.
October 7, 2013
Press Release
SCOTUS Decision on Hill “Very Disappointing”
Steven W. Hawkins, Amnesty International USA’s new executive director, issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to deny Warren Hill’s petitions to review new additional information concerning his case. Hill is on Georgia’s death row and awaiting execution.
October 7, 2013
Update
BREAKING: Supreme Court Rejects Warren Hill Petition
Doctors unanimously agree on Warren Hill's intellectual disability and ineligibility for execution, but that won't get a hearing thanks to the Supreme Court.
October 7, 2013
Update
Remembering Herman Wallace (1941 – 2013)
Today is a day of mourning... but it is also a moment to remind ourselves that, to truly honor Herman’s legacy, we have to channel those feelings into action
October 5, 2013
Press Release
Amnesty International: Louisiana Put Prisoner Herman Wallace Through ‘Hell’
Amnesty International USA issued the following comments today from Steven Hawkins, executive director, upon learning of the death of Herman Wallace in Louisiana.
October 4, 2013
Update
Why I Fight to End the #GameOfDrones
There's so much more we don't know; the U.S. government won't even tell us who is dying in these drone strikes, despite strong allegations of unlawful killings.
October 4, 2013
Press Release
Launch of Seven-Week “Game of Drones” Tour to Add Youth Voices Protesting Unlawful U.S. Government Drone Killings
Amnesty International will launch an eight-city “Game of Drones” campus tour starting Friday, Oct. 4.
October 3, 2013
Press Release
Welcoming Prison Release of Herman Wallace; Urging Gov. Jindal to Remove Co-Defendant Woodfox from Decades of Solitary Confinement
Amnesty International USA issued comments today from Steven W. Hawkins, executive director, in response to news that the state of Louisiana has released Herman Wallace, among the Angola 3 prisoners, from prison.
October 2, 2013