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Torture, including rape and other forms of sexual violence, suffered by women and girls from Iraq’s Yezidi minority who were abducted by the armed group calling itself the Islamic State (IS), highlights the savagery of IS rule.

December 22, 2014

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March and public memorial will honor survivors of CPD torture and communities of color enduring ongoing police abuse, violence and murder in Chicago.

December 15, 2014

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In response to the remarks of CIA Director John Brennan today on the release of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on CIA detention and interrogation, Amnesty International USA's executive director, Steven W. Hawkins, issued the following statement.

December 11, 2014

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In response to the release today of a declassified version of the summary and findings of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on CIA detention and interrogation, Amnesty International USA's executive director, Steven W. Hawkins, issued the following statement:

December 9, 2014

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Uruguay latest country to help USA towards ending detentions at prison camp

December 9, 2014

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We have said it before. We will say it again. What do we know about the secret detention program operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) under authority granted by President George W. Bush on 17 September 2001? We know that detainees in secret CIA custody were tortured. Torture is a crime under international law. We know that detainees were subjected to enforced disappearance, also a crime under international law. We know that no one has been prosecuted for authorizing or committing these crimes.

December 9, 2014

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Amnesty International is deeply concerned that the summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on the CIA rendition, detention and interrogation program has not yet been released.

December 6, 2014

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We view with grave concern renewed legislative efforts by the Colombian government that could deny justice for serious human rights abuses—including extrajudicial executions—committed by members of the military and police.

November 26, 2014

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In a letter sent to Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday, a group of 14 Senators including Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ), wrote to express their deep concern for the lives of the 43 young students that forcibly disappeared on September 26th in the State of Guerrero, Mexico. The Senators call for additional attention on “strengthening the investigative and forensic capacity of Mexican law enforcement and its ability to serve victims of crime, violence, and human rights abuses.”

November 26, 2014

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Amnesty International today released a new video from award winning artist John Legend as part of its Write for Rights campaign. The campaign is the world’s largest letter-writing event in which Amnesty International asks the public to write – or email, text, tweet or fax – in support of specific cases that are emblematic of its broader work on human rights both within the U.S. and around the world.

November 18, 2014

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The international community’s failure to deal with the growing number of Syrian refugees fleeing into Turkey has led to a crisis of unprecedented proportions with refugees facing push-backs and live fire at the border and hundreds of thousands living in destitution. "Struggling to Survive: Refugees from Syria in Turkey," documents serious human rights risks faced by the 1.6 million people who have sought refuge in the country over the last three and a half years. It also highlights the deplorable reluctance of the international community to take meaningful financial responsibility for the refugee crisis.

November 18, 2014

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Amanda Simon, Amnesty International USA, 212-633-4162, [email protected] In response to the U.S. government's recognition today in Geneva before the UN that the Convention Against Torture applies at Guantánamo, Zeke Johnson, Director of Amnesty International USA's Individuals at Risk Program, issued the following statement: "Acknowledging at last the long established reality that UNCAT applies at Guantánamo is certainly a welcome move, however late in the day. That said, the USA has still to come a long way before meeting its obligations under the anti-torture Convention. We have seen what happens when a government fails in this regard – as with the…

November 12, 2014