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Press Release
Russia’s Release of Platon Lebedev is Welcome, But It Falls Short of Justice
As the start of the Sochi Olympics approaches, the Russian authorities have decided to release another prisoner of conscience in a move that can be seen as politically expedient.
January 23, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Calls on Louisiana to Release Albert Woodfox
Louisiana cannot extend the abuses and injustice against Albert Woodfox another day.
January 6, 2014
Press Release
Syria’s Harrowing Torture, Summary Killings in Secret ISIS Detention Centers
Torture, flogging, and summary killings are rife in secret prisons run by the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), an armed group that controls large areas of northern Syria.
December 18, 2013
Press Release
New Satellite Images Show Scale of North Korea’s Repressive Prison Camps
New satellite images showing the on-going development of North Korea’s two largest political prison camps.
December 4, 2013
Press Release
Amnesty International Welcomes Senate Result on NDAA Guantanamo Provisions
In response to the Senate vote on the Guantanamo transfer provisions as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014 (S. 1197), Zeke Johnson issued the following statement.
November 19, 2013
Press Release
Pussy Riot Member Rumored to Have Been Transferred to Siberian Prison
There is a global spotlight on the deteriorating human rights situation in Russia. Sending Nadezhda Tolokonnikova to Siberia will not dim the glare on President Putin’s crackdown on basic freedoms.
November 6, 2013
Press Release
Amnesty International Marks New Campaign on Repression of Academic Freedom in Iran with Program in Washington D.C.
To mark its new campaign on repression of academic freedom in Iran, Amnesty International will be sponsoring a program to highlight the persecution of students and scholars in Iran at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. on November 16.
November 4, 2013
Press Release
Amnesty International Marks New Campaign on Repression of Academic Freedom in Iran with Program in New York
To mark its new campaign on repression of academic freedom in Iran, Amnesty International will be sponsoring a program to highlight the persecution of students and scholars in Iran at the New School in New York on November 13.
November 4, 2013
Press Release
Delivering Petition Signatures from Around the World to Louisiana Gov, Amnesty International Demands Release of Last “Angola 3” Prisoner
Amnesty International USA today delivered more than 25,000 petition signatures from supporters throughout the U.S. and globally to Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, demanding the immediate release of the last “Angola 3” prisoner Albert Woodfox.
October 21, 2013
Press Release
Delivery of Petition Signatures Mon. Oct. 21 and Press Conference on Angola 3 in Baton Rouge
Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) activists will gather in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Monday, Oct. 21 to hold a press conference on the steps of the state capitol and deliver petition signatures calling for the immediate release of Albert Woodfox, the last remaining member of the Angola 3 in solitary confinement.
October 16, 2013
Press Release
Egypt Must End Deplorable Detention and Deportation of Syrian Refugees
The Egyptian authorities must end their appalling policy of unlawfully detaining and forcibly returning hundreds of refugees who have fled the armed conflict in Syria.
October 16, 2013
Report
Told to move on: Forced evictions of Roma in France
More than a year since the election of a new government, the cycle of repeated forced evictions continue to Roma people in France. The measures the French Government has taken are still insufficient to protect migrant Roma against this practice
October 8, 2013