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136 To Go…The Unbearable Slowness of Closing Guantánamo
Uruguay latest country to help USA towards ending detentions at prison camp
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Amnesty International Responds to USA’s Recognition that the Convention Against Torture Applies at Guantánamo
Amanda Simon, Amnesty International USA, 212-633-4162, [email protected] In response to the U.S. government's recognition today in Geneva before the UN that the Convention Against Torture applies at Guantánamo, Zeke Johnson,…
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Torture, the Way of Life for the Nigerian Security Forces
An encounter with the Nigerian security forces can be a dangerous thing. The police and military routinely engage in beating people in their custody with whips, gun butts, machetes, batons,…
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Start Now: 6 Ways You Can Help #StopTorture
Torture happens here - so the fight to #StopTorture has to start here. Here are 6 ways you can join us in that fight.
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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 already long overdue goal of closing it. This is what…
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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 for too long, the U.S. government has perpetuated a counter-terrorism…
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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 are banding together in Washington as part of a Global…
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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 International USA, issued the following statement.
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Introducing Amnesty’s New Global Campaign Against Torture
A new global poll reveals that almost half of the world's population still do not feel safe from torture. It is time to say "no more."
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Amnesty International Launches Worldwide Campaign to Expose Global Crisis on Torture
Amnesty International today launched a new campaign against torture and other ill-treatment, from Chicago to Guantanamo to Nigeria and around the world.
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Amnesty Responds To Allegations that the FBI Spied on Guantanamo Lawyers
In response to allegations that the FBI sought to recruit an informant from the defense team in the 9/11 military commission, Anne FitzGerald, Amnesty International's observer at this week's pretrial…
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This is Personal – This is Bringing Human Rights Home
You've defended dignity, spoken out against injustice, and probably even helped save a life by taking action with Amnesty. Here's what's next: Amnesty's Human Rights Conference in Chicago.