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Iran: Tortured filmmaker and musicians face imminent arrest amid crackdown on artists
Musicians and filmmakers around the world are being asked to join forces with Amnesty International activists to call on the…
March 1, 2016
Press Release
Governments Must Halt All Arms Flows to the Yemen Conflict
Escalating violations, including possible war crimes, that have sparked a humanitarian crisis amid Yemen’s armed conflict will only worsen unless…
February 29, 2016
Report
Autonomous weapons systems: Five key human rights issues for consideration
Over the past decade, there have been extensive advances in artificial intelligence and other technologies. These will make possible the…
February 23, 2016
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Statement on Obama Plan to Close Guantánamo
The Obama administration has submitted a plan to Congress to close the Guantánamo Bay detention site.
February 23, 2016
Press Release
Amnesty International’s Annual State of the World Report Slams Governments, Including the U.S., for Global Assault on Freedoms
On the launch of its 2015 State of the World report, Amnesty International USA urged President Obama to use his…
February 22, 2016
Report
Amnesty International State of the World 2015-2016
International protection of human rights is in danger of unravelling as short-term national self-interest and draconian security crackdowns have led…
February 18, 2016
Press Release
Your rights in jeopardy, global assault on freedoms, warns Amnesty International
International protection of human rights is in danger of unravelling as short-term national self-interest and draconian security crackdowns have led…
February 18, 2016
Press Release
Russian and Syrian forces must end deliberate attacks on hospitals
Attacks on at least two medical facilities in Syria today are just the latest of scores of apparently deliberate attacks on…
February 16, 2016
Press Release
World must help pull Libya out of human rights chaos five years since uprising that ousted al-Gaddafi
Urgent and sustained international support is needed to help end the cycle of chaos and rampant abuse gripping Libya, said…
February 16, 2016
Press Release
Hopes for justice and reform fading five years since 2011 uprising in Bahrain
Five years after a wave of protests demanding widespread reform rocked Bahrain, hopes for progress on human rights and accountability…
February 11, 2016
Press Release
Crime reporter’s brutal murder in Mexico highlights need for protection
The discovery of the dead body of a Mexican crime reporter who had been kidnapped on Monday is a tragic…
February 10, 2016
Press Release
Huthi forces block vital hospital supplies fueling humanitarian crisis in Ta’iz Yemen
The Huthi armed group and forces allied to it are endangering the lives of thousands of civilians in the southern…
February 8, 2016