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Two Years After Snowden: Protecting Human Rights in an Age of Mass Surveillance
Governments must accept they have lost the debate over the legitimacy of mass surveillance and reform their oversight of intelligence…
June 4, 2015
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Two years after Snowden, governments resist calls to end mass surveillance
Governments must accept they have lost the debate over the legitimacy of mass surveillance and reform their oversight of intelligence…
June 4, 2015
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New Details of Majid Khan’s Torture Highlight Need for Re-opening of Department of Justice Investigation
Today, Reuters published for the first time de-classified information detailing the CIA’s torture of Guantanamo detainee Majid Khan. According to…
June 2, 2015
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Expiration of USA Patriot Act Symbolically Repudiates Government License to Violate Rights
For the first time since the 9/11 attacks, Congress let a significant legal authority for surveillance lapse as Section 215…
June 1, 2015
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Nebraska Legislature Overrides Veto of Death Penalty Repeal
Today the Nebraska legislature voted to override Governor Ricketts’ veto of a measure repealing the death penalty. Nebraska will now…
May 27, 2015
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USA Freedom Act Fails Senate Vote As Patriot Act Reauthorization Blocked
The US Senate failed to pass a short-term reauthorization of Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act. today, meaning that…
May 23, 2015
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Amnesty International USA Responds to Passage of Nebraska Death Penalty Repeal Bill
Today the Nebraska legislature passed a measure repealing the death penalty, leaving that state poised to become the 19th U.S.…
May 20, 2015
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President Obama to Announce Efforts to Curb Militarization of Police
According to news reports, President Obama will announce today that he will ban the supply of some military-style equipment and…
May 18, 2015
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USA Freedom Act Should Spur Complete Surveillance Overhaul
Passage of the USA Freedom Act has to be the beginning, not the end of real surveillance reform, Amnesty International…
May 14, 2015
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Amnesty International USA Responds to Death Penalty in Boston Bombing Case
In response to the announcement that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death after being convicted in the Boston Marathon bombings,…
May 13, 2015
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Texas Set to Execute Mentally Impaired Man
The state of Texas is scheduled to execute a man with a history of severe mental illness tonight. Derrick Dewayne…
May 12, 2015
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U.S. Court Rules NSA Mass Surveillance Illegal
The U.S. government’s mass surveillance of communications received a major setback today with a court of appeals ruling that the…
May 7, 2015