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Press Release
Syria is Deadly for Journalists, Says New Amnesty Report on World Press Freedom Day
Scores of journalists reporting on human rights abuses in Syria have been deliberately detained, disappeared, tortured and killed over the last two years to silence them, says Amnesty International in a report released ahead of World Press Freedom Day on Friday.
May 1, 2013
Press Release
Presidents Obama and Peña Nieto’s Summit Golden Opportunity to Tackle Human Rights Issues
The United States and Mexican presidents should listen to local human rights defenders if their plans to improve human rights are to have any real impact.
April 30, 2013
Press Release
Amnesty International Welcomes President’s Remarks on Guantanamo, Calls for Action
President Obama is right to recommit to closing Guantanamo. But it's time to do more than talk.
April 30, 2013
Update
The Egyptian Women Standing Up for Human Rights
Today, women play a leading role in the struggle for human rights in Egypt, but they're paying a price for it.
April 30, 2013
Press Release
Salvadoran Authorities Must Act Urgently to Save Young Woman’s Life in High-Risk Pregnancy
Amnesty International is mobilizing its worldwide activist network to demand that a 22-year-old woman in El Salvador be granted a medically necessary abortion to save her life. The woman, Beatriz, suffers from various medical conditions and could die if she continues to carry to term, according to health professionals caring for her.
April 29, 2013
Update
Beatriz: Condemned to Die at 22 by El Salvador?
Beatriz’s life is literally in the hands of the Salvadoran government. Demand that they immediately grant her the life-saving medical treatment she needs - before it’s too late.
April 29, 2013
Press Release
Tunisia Celebrates Internet Freedom by Continuing to Quiet Those Who Dare to Use It
Tunisia should mark its National Day of Internet Freedom on March 13 by immediately and unconditionally releasing 28-year-old blogger Jabeur Mejri, who has been in prison for more than a year, says Amnesty International.
April 26, 2013
Update
Rushing To Judgment
A rush to judgment, fueled by all-in media coverage of a particularly heinous crime, increases the chances that criminal justice officials will make critical mistakes, or engage in deliberate misconduct.
April 26, 2013
Update
Joseph Kony Was Here
New report reveals LRA leadership’s movements over the last three years in the Sudanese controlled Kafia Kingi enclave.
April 26, 2013
Press Release
Israel Must Release Palestinian Academic Detained Without Justification
Amnesty International today repeated its demand that Israel release Palestinian activist and scholar, Ahmed Qatamesh, who has been held without charge for two years – after his administrative detention was extended for the sixth time without justification.
April 25, 2013
Update
Two Minutes to Fight for Freedom in Turkey
The situation is grave. Students, publishers, scholars and lawyers…all have been targeted under laws that confuse peaceful dissent for criminal violence.
April 25, 2013
Update
Three Years After Earthquake, Hundreds of Thousands of Haitians Still Homeless, Facing Eviction
Until the threat of forced eviction is lifted, tens of thousands of Haitians will continue to go to bed every night in their basic shelters not knowing if it will be their last before being forced onto the street.
April 25, 2013