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Amnesty International USA Calls on Illinois to Reform Lethal Force Law
The Cook County State’s Attorney today charged Officer Jason Van Dyke with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old…
November 24, 2015
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Edwards and Landry Must Tackle Criminal Justice Reform in Louisiana
Following Saturday’s run-off election in Louisiana, Jasmine Heiss, Amnesty International USA’s Senior Campaigner for Individuals at Risk, released the following…
November 22, 2015
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Congress Should Stop Playing Politics with Refugees’ Lives
In response to today’s vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to erect barriers for Syrian and Iraqi refugees fleeing…
November 20, 2015
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Amnesty International USA Calls on Attorney General Caldwell to Release Albert Woodfox Immediately
In the wake of the recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Albert Woodfox,…
November 20, 2015
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Amnesty International USA Statement on the Death of Jamar Clark
Amnesty International USA welcomes announcements that the FBI has initiated a civil rights investigation into the recent shooting death of…
November 19, 2015
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Marcus Ray Johnson Set to be Executed in Georgia
The state of Georgia is scheduled to execute Marcus Ray Johnson this evening. Johnson was convicted of a 1994 rape…
November 19, 2015
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Suspending Resettlements of Approved Refugees is Cruel and Shameful
Governor Mike Pence of Indiana has refused to allow entry to two Syrian refugee families that were approved for resettlement…
November 19, 2015
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U.S. Leadership Must Address the Global Refugee Crisis
As a nation that prides itself on being built by immigrants and refugees, the United States is uniquely placed to…
November 17, 2015
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Obama Administration Transfers Five More Guantánamo Detainees
The U.S. military announced on Sunday that it had transferred five Yemeni detainees from the Guantánamo Bay detention camp to…
November 17, 2015
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Amnesty International USA Reacts to Albert Woodfox Court Decision
In response to a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit decision overturning a previous decision to release Albert…
November 10, 2015
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DC Police Must Conduct Thorough, Impartial Investigation into Death of Alonzo Smith
A Washington, DC teacher was found not breathing and unresponsive by police after being handcuffed by security guards in an…
November 4, 2015
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Missouri Set to Execute Man with Likely Intellectual Disability
UPDATED: The Supreme Court granted a stay of execution to allow for an appeal
November 3, 2015