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Press Release
Russian Court Leaves Pussy Riot Singer Behind Bars
A Russian appeal court decision to refuse parole to Maria Alekhina, one of the Pussy Riot punk group singers jailed for singing a protest song in an Orthodox cathedral, is a further travesty of justice, Amnesty International said today.
July 24, 2013
Press Release
“Defending Freedom” Week of Action Highlights Political Prisoners Around the Globe
U.S. representatives from around the country are speaking out to highlight and give voice to prisoners who are being held or detained around the world for expressing their political views.
July 24, 2013
Press Release
Presidents Obama and Sang to Meet on Thursday at the White House
Frank Jannuzi, Amnesty International USA deputy executive director, issued the following statement in advance of President Truong Tan Sang of Vietnam and President Barack Obama’s meeting.
July 24, 2013
Press Release
Federal Court Upholds Corporate Accountability Disclosure Rule
In a decision issued late today, a federal district court upheld in full the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) "conflict minerals rule."
July 23, 2013
Report
Testimony before the U.S. Senate on July 24, 2013: Closing Guantanamo: The National Security, Fiscal, and Human Rights Implications
Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, civil rights, and human rights. Statement on behalf of Amnesty International USA by Zeke Johnson, Director of the Security& Human Rights Program.
July 23, 2013
Report
Egypt: ‘There was no door on which I did not knock”; Coptic Christians caught in attacks and state’s failures
On 5 July 2013, four Coptic Christian men were killed by local residents in the Nagah Hassan district of Dab’iya village, some 18 kilometres west of Luxor. At least four other Coptic Christian men were seriously injured and required hospitalization, and scores of Christian homes were torched and looted. The attack was triggered by the discovery at about 2:30 a.m. of Hassaan Sidqi Hanafi’s dead body, ditched by the Nile.
July 23, 2013
Press Release
Adele, Yoko Ono, U2, Madonna, Radiohead, Ke$ha, Sir Paul McCartney Unite with More Than 100 Musicians to Call for Release of Pussy Riot
More than 100 musicians have joined a call for the release of the two jailed members of the Russian feminist punk group Pussy Riot ahead of their parole appeal hearings.
July 22, 2013
Press Release
Amnesty International Calls for End of Abuse Against Hunger Strikers in California
California prison authorities have again breached international human rights obligations by taking punitive measures against prisoners on hunger strike.
July 22, 2013
Press Release
Egypt Security Forces Abandon Coptic Christians During Deadly Attack in Luxor
Security forces stood by and failed to intervene during a brutal attack on Coptic Christians in Luxor.
July 22, 2013
Report
Approaching the 2014 Sochi Olympics: Human Rights in Russia
As the 2014 Sochi Olympics approach, the space for human rights in the Russian Federation is rapidly shrinking.
July 19, 2013
Press Release
County Court Stay Based on Challenge to Secrecy of Lethal Drugs; Georgia Continues to Pursue Execution of ‘Mentally Retarded’ Inmate
Brian Evans, director of Amnesty International USA's Abolish the Death Penalty campaign, issued a statement responding to a Georgia court granting Warren Hill a stay of execution.
July 19, 2013
Update
Dear President-Elect Rouhani: Can we PLEASE Give this Poor Young Man a Break?
President-Elect Rouhani, your words have inspired some cautious hope for an improvement of Iran’s deplorable human rights record. Please look at the case of Arash Sadeghi.
July 19, 2013