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President and Congress should apply human rights principles and close Guantánamo
The US prison camp at Guantánamo is back on the political agenda. And the politicking again threatens to derail the…
June 16, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty Responds to Reports of Obama Administration Resuming Drones Strikes
In response to reports that the Obama administration has launched its first drone strike in Pakistan since last year, Zeke…
June 11, 2014
Press Release
CIA Joins Social Media: Funny If Not For Those Pesky Facts
The Director of Amnesty International USA's Security & Human Rights Program reacts to the CIA's first tweet.
June 6, 2014
Press Release
CIA Joins Social Media: Funny If Not For Those Pesky Facts
The Director of Amnesty International USA's Security & Human Rights Program reacts to the CIA's first tweet.
June 6, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty International USA on President Obama at West Point: Time to Follow Through
President Obama is right to say that ‘we cannot exempt ourselves from the rules that apply to everyone else,’ but…
May 28, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty International Withdraws Support for USA Freedom Act, Urges Stronger Reforms
In response to passage of the USA Freedom Act (H.R. 3361) by the House of Representatives today, Zeke Johnson, Director…
May 22, 2014
Report
USA: Another Year, Same Missing Ingredient
Human Rights are still absent from counter-terrorism policy a year after President Obama proclaimed "America at crossroads."
May 21, 2014
Press Release
35 Human Rights Groups Hold ‘May 23 Global Day of Action To Close Guantánamo and End Indefinite Detention’
Amnesty International, the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, Witness Against Torture and other groups…
May 21, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty Marks One Year Since President Obama’s National Security Speech
Marking one year since President Obama's national security speech on May 23, 2013, Steven W. Hawkins, executive director of Amnesty…
May 21, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty International Responds to Imminent Missouri Execution
Ahead of the scheduled execution of Missouri death row inmate Russell Bucklew, Amnesty International USA Executive Director Steven W. Hawkins…
May 20, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty: More Transparency on Drone Strikes is Good, But It is Not the End Goal
In response to reports that the Obama administration may disclose more information about the legal rationale for killing U.S. citizens…
May 20, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty USA Executive Director Welcomes Appeals Court Decision to Halt Missouri Execution
In response to the federal appeals court decision to stay the execution of Missouri death row inmate Russell Bucklew, Steven…
May 20, 2014