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Amnesty International Responds to Release of "Targeted Killing" Memo

In response to today's release of the Department of Justice's "Targetted Killing" memo, Amnesty International released the following statement.

June 23, 2014

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New Nonprofit Leaders to Receive Boost From Open Society

Amnesty International USA is the recipient of a two-year grant from the Open Society Foundations.

June 18, 2014

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Georgia Must Stay Marcus Wellons' Execution

In response to the scheduled execution of Marcus Wellons in Georgia tonight, Amnesty International USA Executive Director Steven W. Hawkins…

June 17, 2014

Sheet of paper Report

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…

June 16, 2014

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Amnesty Responds to Reports of Obama Administration Resuming Drones Strikes

In response to reports that the Obama administration has launched its first drone strike in Pakistan since last year, Zeke…

June 11, 2014

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CIA Joins Social Media: Funny If Not For Those Pesky Facts

The Director of Amnesty International USA's Security & Human Rights Program reacts to the CIA's first tweet.

June 6, 2014

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CIA Joins Social Media: Funny If Not For Those Pesky Facts

The Director of Amnesty International USA's Security & Human Rights Program reacts to the CIA's first tweet.

June 6, 2014

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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…

May 28, 2014

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Amnesty International Withdraws Support for USA Freedom Act, Urges Stronger Reforms

In response to passage of the USA Freedom Act (H.R. 3361) by the House of Representatives today, Zeke Johnson, Director…

May 22, 2014

Sheet of paper Report

USA: Another Year, Same Missing Ingredient

Human Rights are still absent from counter-terrorism policy a year after President Obama proclaimed "America at crossroads."

May 21, 2014

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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…

May 21, 2014

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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…

May 21, 2014