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Press Release
USA: A Step in the Right Direction
The U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) has voted for a degree of transparency on the now long-festering injustices…
April 3, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty USA Endorses New Bill on Drone Strike Reporting
The Targeted Lethal Force Transparency Act is a crucial step toward ending the accountability vacuum for potentially unlawful U.S. drone…
April 2, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty International to Highlight Local Human Rights Issues at Annual Conference in Chicago
On April 4-6 at the JW Marriott (151 W Adams St), hundreds of activists will gather for Amnesty International’s annual…
April 2, 2014
Report
Chicago & Illinois: A 10-Point Human Rights Agenda
This report, prepared in connection with Amnesty International USA's annual Human Rights Conference, outlines ten pressing human rights issues facing…
April 1, 2014
Press Release
Death Penalty 2013: Small Number of Countries Trigger Global Spike in Executions
Alarming levels of executions in an isolated group of countries in 2013 saw close to 100 more people put to…
March 27, 2014
Press Release
President Obama’s Fact Sheet on Phone Data Collection: Positive Step but Short on Facts & Reforms
In response to the Obama administration's release of a fact sheet describing proposed changes to bulk collection of U.S. telephone…
March 27, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty International on President Obama’s Call to End Bulk Data Collection: Devil in the Detail
In response to reports that President Obama will call to terminate the NSA’s bulk data collection, Zeke Johnson, Amnesty International…
March 25, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Applauds New Hampshire House of Representatives
In response to today’s passage of the death penalty repeal bill in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, Amnesty International…
March 12, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Responds to Prospective Glenn Ford Release
In response to reports that Glenn Ford, Lousiana's longest-serving death row inmate, is about to be freed, Amnesty International USA…
March 11, 2014
Press Release
Glenn Greenwald to Address Annual Gathering of Amnesty International Activists in Chicago
Amnesty International's 2014 Human Rights Conference, themed "Bring Human Rights Home," will take place in Chicago April 4-6 and focus…
March 6, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty International Commends “My Brother’s Keeper” Initiative
Contact: Elaine Monaghan, West End Strategy Team, [email protected], Office: (202) 776-7700; Cell: (202) 805-3463 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - In response to…
February 27, 2014
Press Release
California Must Introduce Radical Changes to Prison Isolation
The authorities in California must introduce radical changes to the cruel conditions of the state's solitary confinement units, said Amnesty…
February 11, 2014