Press Release
Global: Emerging Technology and AI Are Driving the Crisis of Widening Inequality Around the World
Many uses of emerging technology, including AI, are directly contributing to widening social, racial, and economic inequality around the world,…
October 2, 2023
Press Release
Joint statement: Ahead of Khashoggi anniversary, Biden administration should reverse current policy and prioritize human rights in Saudi Arabia
Five years have passed since the heinous murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the country’s consulate in Istanbul on…
September 29, 2023
Press Release
Sudanese Diaspora, Rights Organizations Rally Outside White House to Urge US to Take Urgent Measures to Protect Civilians
On Saturday, September 23, 2023, Sudanese diaspora groups and several prominent human rights organizations rallied in Washington, DC outside the…
September 28, 2023
Press Release
India: Government Weaponizing Terrorism Financing Watchdog Recommendations Against Civil Society
Indian authorities are exploiting the recommendations of a global terrorism financing and money laundering watchdog to target civil society groups…
September 26, 2023
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Applauds President Biden Launching Gun Violence Prevention Office
Responding to President Biden’s announcement that he is creating the first-ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, Ernest Coverson,…
September 22, 2023
Press Release
Amnesty International USA welcomes Venezuela TPS Announcement and calls for Biden to take action for Cameroon and other countries.
Amnesty International USA welcomes the Biden Administration’s announcement to extend and redesignate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for over 470,000 Venezuelans…
September 21, 2023
Press Release
Iran: One Year After Uprising, International Community Must Combat Impunity for Brutal Crackdown
The international community must pursue pathways for justice at the international level to address systemic impunity for Iranian officials responsible…
September 13, 2023
Press Release
Ahead of 9/11 anniversary, Amnesty International calls for justice and accountability for victims and survivors
Ahead of the 22nd anniversary of the attack on the United States on September 11, 2001, Daphne Eviatar, the director…
September 7, 2023
Press Release
19 Civil Society Organizations Call on US Administration to Press the UAE to Release Ahmed Mansoor ahead of COP 28
On August 29, 2023, Amnesty International USA, Human Rights Watch, Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) and 16 additional civil…
August 30, 2023
Blog
Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back – Updates on the Death Penalty in 2023
On 16 May, Amnesty International released its annual Death Sentences and Executions report which documents the global developments on the…
August 4, 2023
Press Release
Amnesty International Urges the Biden Administration to End the Asylum Ban and Investigate Operation Lonestar
Responding to reports of family separation and more deaths - including the death of a child - at the buoys…
August 3, 2023
Report
Death Came to Our Home: War Crimes and Civilian Suffering in Sudan
Amnesty International calls on regional and international powers to respond to the scale of the Sudan conflict.
August 3, 2023