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Press Release
Death Penalty Coalition Including Amnesty International Urge Asia to Stop Executions and Unfair Trials in New Report
A hard-line group of Asian countries are defying the global trend against the death penalty and putting to death thousands of people after unfair trials every year, the Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) said today in a new report released at a press conference in Taiwan. Fourteen Asian countries, taken together, execute more people than the rest of the world combined.
December 6, 2011
Press Release
Academy Award-Winning Composer Hans Zimmer Honors Amnesty International on 50th Anniversary, Composing Human Rights Anthem
Hans Zimmer, the Academy and Grammy Award-winning composer, and film score collaborator Lorne Balfe have composed an anthem to salute Amnesty International’s 50th anniversary titled “One More Voice for Freedom,” to be released in the lead up to Dec. 10, International Human Rights Day, and during Amnesty’s annual “Write for Rights” global events. As part of this celebration, Zimmer and UJAM are inviting people to rejam (remix) the anthem in a special online contest starting December 9.
December 6, 2011
Update
Olympics Denigrate Suffering of Bhopal Survivors
The 2012 London Olympics awarded a juicy contract to Dow Chemical, the company responsible for the Bhopal disaster that killed thousands in India.
December 5, 2011
Update
Welcome to the War
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed by the US Senate essentially makes the law of war apply on US soil. Frighteningly, US citizens could lawfully be killed by the US military.
December 5, 2011
Press Release
Amnesty International Calls for Release of Hundreds Held in Russian Election Protests
The Russian authorities must release all of the peaceful protesters detained over the weekend amid allegations of fraud in Sunday's parliamentary elections, Amnesty International said today.
December 5, 2011
Update
Justice Is Exception Not Rule in India
A recent report by the Asian Centre for Human Rights documents India's sordid record when it comes to custodial and extrajudicial deaths.
December 3, 2011
Update
Saudi Arabia Silencing Dissent in the Name of 'Security'
Saudi Arabian authorities have been using the fight against terrorism as a pretext to crack down on dissent.
December 2, 2011
Update
Ethiopia, Tanzania & Zambia: Arrest Former President Bush for Torture
No person, however high the office they may have held, should be above the law. The war on terror does not justify ignoring international law and there is no expiration date on demanding justice.
December 2, 2011
Update
Giving Thanks for a Sister and Prophet: Martina Davis Correia
Martina Davis Correia, longtime death penalty activist and sister of Troy Davis, has passed on. We remember and honor her courage, strength and determination in standing up for human rights for all.
December 2, 2011
Press Release
Amnesty International Hails Martina Davis Correia as “Hero of the Human Rights Movement”
Following the announcement that Martina Davis Correia, the longtime activist against the death penalty and sister of Troy Anthony Davis, had succumbed to cancer, Curt Goering, chief operating officer, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA), released the following statement
December 2, 2011
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Urges Obama to Veto NDAA
Following the U.S. Senate's passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Adotei Akwei, managing director of government relations for Amnesty International USA, issued the following statement: "The passage of the NDAA is a huge setback for U.S. justice and the global promotion and protection of human rights. "Premised on the concept that the United States is now a battleground on which the law of war applies, this bill would establish a dangerous double standard in which equality before the law - a bedrock principle - only applies to some and not others.
December 2, 2011
Press Release
Ukraine Must Reform Police Ahead of Euro 2012, Says Amnesty International
Ukraine must urgently reform its police force ahead of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Euro 2012 finals, Amnesty International warned today. As teams reflect on the results of today’s draw, the organization expressed concern over the safety of fans coming into contact with Ukraine's notoriously corrupt police.
December 2, 2011