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Alton Sterling Decision Highlights Need for US to Meet International Standards on Lethal Force
Reacting to a news conference by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry stating the Louisiana Department of Justice would not prosecute the two police officers involved in the fatal shooting of…
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Israel: Deportation of African asylum-seekers is a cruel and misguided abandonment of responsibility
Israel’s policy of deporting African asylum-seekers to two unnamed African countries is an abdication of its responsibility to refugees and an example of the vicious political measures feeding the “global…
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Yemen: Huthi missile attack on Saudi Arabian cities is a possible war crime
Responding to reports that the Huthi armed group in Yemen fired seven ballistic missiles at airports in Riyadh and other Saudi Arabian cities overnight on Sunday, killing one civilian, Samah…
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Amnesty International USA joins March for Our Lives Against Gun Violence
Amnesty International USA will have member and staff-led delegations in 14 cities around the country as part of the March for Our Lives event this Saturday, March 24. Amnesty International…
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Amnesty International Calls for Accountability in the Shooting of Stephon Clark
In response to the fatal shooting of Stephen Clark, a 22-year old unarmed man, who went by Stephon, killed on March 18 by officers of the Sacramento Police Department in…
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Fifteen-Year Old Girl and Father Released After Amnesty International USA Delivers Petitions to ICE
In an extraordinary move, fifteen-year old Astrid and her father Arturo were ordered released today. This morning, Amnesty International USA delivered petitions to the Philadelphia Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…
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Syria: Nowhere to hide for civilians killed by reported Russian air strike in Arbin
Responding to reports that an alleged Russian air strike using an incendiary weapon burned to death 37 civilians – mainly women and children – hiding in an air-raid shelter in…
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Amnesty International Responds to Reckless Decision to Appoint John Bolton
Responding to news that John Bolton will replace H.R. McMaster as National Security Advisor, Zeke Johnson, Senior Director of Programs at Amnesty International USA, stated: Â "This is a reckless…
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Yemen: Three years on, US and UK arms supplies to Saudi Arabia-led coalition are devastating civilian lives
A Saudi Arabia-led coalition attack with a US-manufactured bomb, which turned a civilian home into rubble and killed or injured six members of the same family, is the latest in…
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Israel/OPT: Palestinian child activist Ahed Tamimi sentenced to 8 months in prison
The continued imprisonment of Palestinian child activist Ahed Tamimi is a flagrant attempt to intimidate those who dare challenge the circumstances of the ongoing occupation, Amnesty International said today after…
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