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Press Release
Human Rights Groups Organize Vigil at White House to Mark 100th Day of Hunger Strike at Guantanamo
On the 100th day of the hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay, and amid growing pressure on the Obama Administration to close the facility once and for all, activists held a vigil outside the White House to bring awareness to the injustice.
May 20, 2013
Press Release
“Shocking Levels” of Sexual Abuse in Prisons Cannot Continue
Response to the release of the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics annual report, Sexual Victimizations in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates, 2011-12.
May 16, 2013
Press Release
Map of Secret Prison Network in Eritrea Pinpoints “Infrastructure of Repression”
Twenty years after gaining independence, Eritrea’s prisons are filled with thousands of political prisoners who are locked up in atrocious conditions without ever being charged with a crime, said Amnesty International Wednesday in a briefing that includes a map offering an unprecedented look at the network of secret prisons.
May 8, 2013
Report
Indefinite detention at Guantánamo continues – 100 detainees on hunger strike
What will it take to get the US government - across its three branches - to act with a real and continuing sense of urgency to close the US detention facility at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba?
May 6, 2013
Press Release
Saudi Arabia Threatens New NGO in an Attempt to Intimidate and Repress Human Rights Activism
Saudi Arabian authorities have interrogated and intimidated four founding members of an emerging human rights group, said Amnesty International, which demanded that the repression stop.
May 1, 2013
Press Release
Syria is Deadly for Journalists, Says New Amnesty Report on World Press Freedom Day
Scores of journalists reporting on human rights abuses in Syria have been deliberately detained, disappeared, tortured and killed over the last two years to silence them, says Amnesty International in a report released ahead of World Press Freedom Day on Friday.
May 1, 2013
Press Release
Amnesty International Welcomes President’s Remarks on Guantanamo, Calls for Action
President Obama is right to recommit to closing Guantanamo. But it's time to do more than talk.
April 30, 2013
Press Release
Forced Evictions in Haiti Worsen Dire Situation for Families Left Homeless by 2010 Earthquake, Says New Report
Forced evictions from displacement camps are worsening the already desperate situation for Haitians more than three years after the devastating 2010 earthquake, Amnesty International said Tuesday in a new report that found almost 1,000 families evicted from camps this year.
April 22, 2013
Press Release
Supreme Court Ruling Undermines Decades of Progress Toward Justice in U.S. Courts for Survivors of Human Rights Abuses Abroad
The Supreme Court today dismissed the closely-watched case of Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. in a severe blow for victims of human rights abuses in the Niger Delta, and severely limited the reach of the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), a law enacted in 1789.
April 17, 2013
Press Release
Unfolding Humanitarian Catastrophe in Southern Kordofan Likely to Get Worse, New Report Warns
Amnesty International warned today in a new report that civilians in Southern Kordofan face an unfolding catastrophe caused by indiscriminate bombings, massive displacement, and a lack of humanitarian assistance. The situation is likely to get worse in the coming months as food supplies dwindle and the rainy season makes roads impassable.
April 15, 2013
Report
Ukraine: Don’t stop halfway. Government must use new Criminal Procedure Code to end torture.
The Ukrainian authorities must seize the current political opportunity to stop the high level of torture and other ill treatment being carried out by its police force by creating a genuinely independent, impartial and effective institution to investigate complaints against the police.
April 15, 2013
Press Release
Activists to Rally for At-Risk Individuals, Communities in Front of D.C. Embassies
Students, teachers and AIUSA activists will invade Washington to rally for human rights in front of embassies and in public spaces at Amnesty’s annual Get on the Bus rally.
April 3, 2013