Press Release
Amnesty International Calls Conviction of Cambodian Government Critic “Shocking and Baseless”
The shocking and baseless conviction of government critic Mam Sonando reflects the deteriorating situation of freedom of expression in Cambodia,…
October 1, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Urges Japan to Halt Executions
Amnesty International condemns the new wave of executions in Japan, which increased after two death row inmates were hanged on…
September 27, 2012
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…
September 27, 2012
Press Release
New Amnesty International Report Exposes Severe, Inhumane Solitary Confinement Conditions for 3,000 California Prisoners
Three thousand prisoners in two California prisons are being held in solitary confinement under “cruel, degrading and inhuman” conditions that…
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…
September 24, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Calls on Viet Nam to Release Detained Bloggers
Amnesty International calls on Viet Nam to immediately and unconditionally release three bloggers who face up to 20 years in…
September 21, 2012
Report
Indiscriminate Attacks Kill, Terrorize and Displace Civilians in Syria
Every day Syrian civilians are killed or injured in their homes or in the street, while running for cover or…
September 18, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Calls on Cuba to Say Why They are Holding Jorge Vázquez Chaviano or Release Him
The Cuban authorities must either explain why they failed to release detainee Jorge Vázquez Chaviano as scheduled on September 9…
September 14, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Calls Venezuela’s Break with Regional Human Rights Court “An Affront to Victims”
Amnesty International called the Venezuelan government’s decision to denounce the American Convention on Human Rights and therefore pull out of…
September 13, 2012
Press Release
Extraordinary Reexamination of Evidence in Highly Flawed Missouri Death Penalty Case Opens Possible “Path Forward to Truth and Justice”
More than two and a half years into its global campaign to spare Reggie Clemons’s life and expose the serious…
September 12, 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…
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…
September 11, 2012