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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…
May 16, 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…
May 6, 2013
Press Release
Maryland Joins Global Trend Against the Death Penalty
Maryland joined the overwhelming global trend towards ending the death penalty today when Governor Martin O’Malley signed the abolition of…
May 2, 2013
Press Release
Presidents Obama and Peña Nieto’s Summit Golden Opportunity to Tackle Human Rights Issues
The United States and Mexican presidents should listen to local human rights defenders if their plans to improve human rights…
April 30, 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
Amnesty International Condemns Boston Attacks & Calls for Rights to Be Upheld
Victims have a right to remedy, including the right to have the truth of what happened publicly established and those…
April 22, 2013
Press Release
U.S. Government “Friends” Receive Kid Glove Treatment in DOS Human Rights Report
Adotei Akwei, Amnesty International USA’s managing director for government relations, issued the following initial statement in response to the 2013…
April 19, 2013
Press Release
Immigration Reform Bill Reason For “Cautious Optimism” But Congress Must Strengthen Human Rights Protections
Justin Mazzola, Amnesty International USA researcher, issued the following statement in response to the comprehensive immigration bill introduced in the…
April 18, 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…
April 17, 2013
Press Release
Cammie Croft Named as AIUSA’s Chief Digital Officer
Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) announced today that nationally renowned digital and technology strategist Cammie Croft has joined the organization as…
April 12, 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…
April 3, 2013
Press Release
Annual Death Penalty Report Finds Setbacks for a Handful of Countries but Progress Toward Abolition Across the Globe
In its annual report today on executions and death sentences worldwide, Amnesty International found a handful of countries renewing executions…
April 3, 2013