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Press Release
Estados Unidos y Otros Gobiernos de la Región Fracasan en la Protección de Menores Migrantes No Acompañados
El número de niños y niñas migrantes no acompañados que cruzan la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México se ha…
July 7, 2014
Press Release
United States and Other Regional Governments Failing to Protect Unaccompanied Migrant Children
Children fleeing unprecedented levels of organized crime and gang violence are not pawns in the political debate about immigration reform.
July 3, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Remembers Screenwriter, Director and Activist Paul Mazursky
Following the news that director and screenwriter Paul Mazursky had passed away Monday, June 30, 2014 at the age of…
July 3, 2014
Press Release
Former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge Will Keep His Pension While Torture Survivors Await Reparations
Steven W. Hawkins, executive director of Amnesty International USA, issued the following statement today in response to the Illinois Supreme…
July 3, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty USA Responds to Obama Administration’s Request for Border Control Funds
In response to President Obama's request to Congress to provide more than $2 billion in new funds to control the…
July 1, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Honors 50th Anniversary of Freedom Summer
Steven W. Hawkins, Executive Director of Amnesty International USA, issued the following statement today to acknowledge the historical importance of…
July 1, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty International Demands Reparations for Police Torture in Chicago, Organizes Anti-Torture Events Across USA
In recognition of International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on Thursday, June 26, Amnesty International has organized demonstrations…
June 25, 2014
Report
Reflections and recommendations on truth, remedy and accountability as declassification of Senate Committee summary report on CIA secret detentions awaited.
Amnesty International calls for the full report to be declassified as a matter of priority –with redactions only where strictly…
June 25, 2014
Report
Capital Deficit: A Submission on the Death Penalty to the UN Human Rights Committee
Today 140 countries are abolitionist in law or practice. A small number of countries account for the bulk of the…
June 24, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty International Responds to Release of “Targeted Killing” Memo
In response to today's release of the Department of Justice's "Targetted Killing" memo, Amnesty International released the following statement.
June 23, 2014
Press Release
New Nonprofit Leaders to Receive Boost From Open Society
Amnesty International USA is the recipient of a two-year grant from the Open Society Foundations.
June 18, 2014
Press Release
Georgia Must Stay Marcus Wellons’ Execution
In response to the scheduled execution of Marcus Wellons in Georgia tonight, Amnesty International USA Executive Director Steven W. Hawkins…
June 17, 2014