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Press Release
Amnesty International Calls on Sweden to Assure Julian Assange Won’t be Extradited to the United States
Amnesty International calls on the Swedish authorities to issue assurances to the United Kingdom and to Julian Assange that if he leaves Ecuador’s London embassy and agrees to go to Sweden to face sexual assault claims, he will not be extradited to the United States in connection with Wikileaks.
September 27, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Calls on Turkey for Justice in Trial of Police Officers and Prison Guards Accused of Torturing Activist
Amnesty International calls for justice for Turkish activist Engin Çeber in a court ruling whether police and prison guards had a role in the torture that allegedly killed him four years ago.
September 24, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Reports High Civilian Death Toll in Syria from Relentless and Indiscriminate Bombing and Shelling of Northwest Towns and Villages
The Syrian army is waging a relentless and indiscriminate campaign of air bombardments and shelling in northern Syria with civilians as the main victims, many of them children.
September 18, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Strongly Condemns “Calculated” Attacks on U.S. Consulate in Benghazi
A series of attacks by armed groups on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi left four killed, including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stephens, and several others injured.
September 12, 2012
Report
Another detainee dies at Guantánamo: Yemeni man, in his 11th year of detention without charge or trial, found dead in cell
A tragic reminder of the numbing cruelty of the USA’s indefinite detention regime at its Guantánamo Bay detention facility, and the urgent need to resolve the detentions, comes with the news that another detainee has died at the naval base.
September 11, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Remembers the Victims of the September 11th Attacks
Those responsible for the September 11th attacks must be brought to justice in fair trials in federal court without recourse to the death penalty.
September 11, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Executive Director Suzanne Nossel Responds to Death of Adnan Latif, Guantanamo Detainee
Nossel's response to the death of Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif, a detainee who has been held in Guantánamo without charge or trial for more than ten years.
September 11, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Expresses “Alarm” Over Reports of Police Beating of Hip Hop Artist Emmanuel Jal in South Sudan
International hip hop artist and human rights advocate Emmanuel Jal has been seriously beaten by police in South Sudan.
September 10, 2012
Press Release
Human Rights Crisis in Maldives Exposed in New Amnesty International Report
Scores of Maldivians speak out about the violence around February 7 in a new Amnesty International report.
September 4, 2012
Press Release
U.S. Justice Department Has Failed to Hold CIA Accountable for Torture in Detention
The Justice Department's failure to conduct a thorough investigation on well documented cases of abuse and torture of detainees is a striking blow against justice.
August 31, 2012
Press Release
Gambia Must Impose Moratorium on Executions
Amnesty International reiterates call for moratorium on executions in Gambia, as 38 people still on death row are at imminent risk of execution.
August 30, 2012
Press Release
Syria Urged to End Enforced Disappearances
Amnesty International commemorates International Day of the Disappeared with spotlight on disappeared Syrian activists.
August 29, 2012