Report
Autonomous weapons systems: Five key human rights issues for consideration
Over the past decade, there have been extensive advances in artificial intelligence and other technologies. These will make possible the…
February 23, 2016
Press Release
Amnesty International’s Annual State of the World Report Slams Governments, Including the U.S., for Global Assault on Freedoms
On the launch of its 2015 State of the World report, Amnesty International USA urged President Obama to use his…
February 22, 2016
Press Release
Amnesty International USA: Woodfox’s Release Long Overdue
Today, the last imprisoned member of the Angola 3, Albert Woodfox, was released after more than four decades in solitary…
February 19, 2016
Press Release
Iraq: Shocking surge in 2016 death sentences tops 90 as ‘terror’ trial closes
The 40 death sentences handed down today in Iraq after a fundamentally flawed mass trial shows a reckless disregard for…
February 18, 2016
Report
Amnesty International State of the World 2015-2016
International protection of human rights is in danger of unravelling as short-term national self-interest and draconian security crackdowns have led…
February 18, 2016
Press Release
Your rights in jeopardy, global assault on freedoms, warns Amnesty International
International protection of human rights is in danger of unravelling as short-term national self-interest and draconian security crackdowns have led…
February 18, 2016
Press Release
India: Crackdown on Freedom of Expression Must End
The Delhi police must immediately release Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students’ Union President Kanhaiya Kumar and former Delhi University lecturer…
February 17, 2016
Press Release
Egypt: Authorities order closure of renowned torture rehabilitation center
Moves by the authorities to shut down the renowned El Nadeem Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence appear to…
February 17, 2016
Press Release
World must help pull Libya out of human rights chaos five years since uprising that ousted al-Gaddafi
Urgent and sustained international support is needed to help end the cycle of chaos and rampant abuse gripping Libya, said…
February 16, 2016
Press Release
Hopes for justice and reform fading five years since 2011 uprising in Bahrain
Five years after a wave of protests demanding widespread reform rocked Bahrain, hopes for progress on human rights and accountability…
February 11, 2016
Press Release
Nearly four decades after revolution in Iran, legal framework remains deeply flawed
Nearly four decades after Iran’s 1979 Revolution shook its criminal justice system to the core, the country’s legal framework remains…
February 10, 2016
Report
Flawed Reforms: Iran’s New Code of Criminal Procedure
Nearly four decades after Iran’s 1979 Revolution shook its criminal justice system to the core, the country’s legal framework remains…
February 10, 2016