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Inside One of the Most Important Court Cases in Turkish History
The trial has been lauded by Turkish government officials as the foundation for a new era. Unfortunately, the new era has gotten off to a very shaky start.
August 7, 2013
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Names Ann Burroughs Chair of Board of Directors
Amnesty International USA’s Board of Directors announced today that it has chosen Ann Burroughs as its Board Chair.
August 6, 2013
Press Release
Judge Issues Findings in Reggie Clemons Case
Judge Michael Manners, the Special Master finds that prosecutors suppressed evidence and writes that he believes the statement Reggie Clemons gave to police was coerced.
August 6, 2013
Update
4,000 Days in Limbo at Guantanamo
Imagine this. In the middle of the night, foreign soldiers burst in. You are taken to a military base. You are still in a cell in that naval base more than a decade later.
August 6, 2013
Update
The Other Side of the Olympics: Rio de Janeiro’s Pacification Program
The police - rather than being providers of security in Maré - provoke fear.
August 6, 2013
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BREAKING: Judge Issues Findings in Reggie Clemons Case
He finds that prosecutors suppressed evidence (a "Brady violation") and writes that he believes the statement Reggie Clemons gave to police was coerced.
August 6, 2013
Update
U.S. Death Penalty: Botched Executions And Suicide Attempts
These appalling episodes should be enough to convince Ohio, Georgia, and the other 30 capital punishment states, that it is long past time to get out of the execution business.
August 5, 2013
Press Release
Evidence Shows Morsi Supporters Tortured Protesters in Egypt
Anti-Morsi protesters told Amnesty International how they were captured, beaten, subjected to electric shocks or stabbed by individuals loyal to the former President.
August 2, 2013
Update
Three More Attacks on Human Rights Defenders in Honduras
Why has there been so much violence against human rights defenders in Honduras? Unfortunately, the answer is once again impunity.
August 2, 2013
Press Release
U.S. Focus Must Shift from Snowden to Surveillance Programs
Russia's decision to grant Edward Snowden temporary asylum is a positive development and should allow governments and civil society to focus on the sweeping nature and unlawfulness of the U.S. government’s surveillance programs.
August 1, 2013
Update
The Cruel And Pointless Effort To Execute John Ferguson
Executing the severely mentally ill, or "the insane," has been unconstitutional since 1986 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled so in Ford v. Wainwright.
August 1, 2013
Update
Pull Up a Chair! Tell Congress You Want Women at the Peacemaking Table
The essential yet overwhelmingly absent component to both lasting peace and the prevention of recurring conflict is the inclusion of women.
August 1, 2013