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Press Release
One Month after Drones Report, Administration Still Fails to Explain Killings
A month has passed since Amnesty International released its report, “‘Will I Be Next?’ US Drone Strikes in Pakistan,” but the Obama Administration still has not publicly acknowledged and investigated cases of potentially unlawful drone killings.
November 26, 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
War crimes Investigations in Afghanistan Crucial to Any Security Pact with USA
Afghan leaders meeting in Kabul this week should demand accountability for war crimes allegedly committed by US military forces in the country, said Amnesty International.
November 19, 2013
Press Release
Amnesty International Urges Senators to Support Closing Guantanamo
Organization supports transfer provisions in the Defense Authorization Bill
November 14, 2013
Press Release
Amnesty International: USA Must Investigate Unlawful Drone Killings in Pakistan
New evidence indicates that the U.S. has carried out unlawful drone killings in Pakistan, some of which could amount to war crimes or extrajudicial executions.
October 22, 2013
Report
“Will I be Next?” US Drone Strikes in Pakistan
"Will I be next?," a new report from Amnesty International, finds that this killing, and several other so-called targeted killings from US drone strikes in Pakistan, violated the right to life and may constitute extrajudicial executions or war crimes.
October 21, 2013
Press Release
Amnesty International & Human Rights Watch Release Dual Reports on Drone Strikes
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch will issue two new reports on U.S. drone strikes and other air strikes in Pakistan and Yemen on Tuesday, October 22, 2013.
October 18, 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
Press Release
Louisiana Must End Campaign of ‘Vengeance’ Against Remaining Angola 3 Prisoner Albert Woodfox
Following the death of Herman Wallace, who was held in solitary confinement for nearly 40 years, Amnesty International today launches a campaign demanding the release of his co-defendant Albert Woodfox, who has also been held in cruel conditions of isolation following a deeply flawed trial.
October 10, 2013
Press Release
Christians Scapegoated after Dispersal of Pro-Morsi Sit-ins in Egypt
A detailed report into the attacks targeting Coptic Christian communities in August reveals the extent of the failure of the security services to protect the minority group.
October 7, 2013
Press Release
Launch of Seven-Week “Game of Drones” Tour to Add Youth Voices Protesting Unlawful U.S. Government Drone Killings
Amnesty International will launch an eight-city “Game of Drones” campus tour starting Friday, Oct. 4.
October 3, 2013
Report
Gezi Park Protests: Brutal Denial of the Right to Peaceful Assembly in Turkey
On 30 May 2013, police cleared Gezi Park in central Istanbul of a small group of protestors opposed to its destruction. The denial of their right to protest and the violence used by the police touched a nerve and a wave of anti-government demonstrations swept across Turkey.
October 2, 2013