Press Release
Margaret Huang Named Amnesty USA's Deputy Executive Director of Campaigns and Programs
Margaret Huang, the executive director of Rights Working Group, will join the global human rights organization on January 6, 2014…
October 18, 2013
Press Release
Amnesty International &038; Human Rights Watch Release Dual Reports on Drone Strikes
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch will issue two new reports on U.S. drone strikes and other air strikes in…
October 18, 2013
Press Release
Delivery of Petition Signatures Mon. Oct. 21 and Press Conference on Angola 3 in Baton Rouge
Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) activists will gather in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Monday, Oct. 21 to hold a press conference…
October 16, 2013
Press Release
Louisiana Must End Campaign of 'Vengeance' Against Remaining Angola 3 Prisoner Albert Woodfox
Following the death of Herman Wallace, who was held in solitary confinement for nearly 40 years, Amnesty International today launches…
October 10, 2013
Press Release
RELEASED! DVD &038; CD of Human Rights Concerts with Leading Musicians to be Released on Tues., Nov. 5
¡RELEASED! The Human Rights Concerts 1986-1998 major DVD and CD box-set will be released by Amnesty International on Tuesday, November…
October 9, 2013
Report
USA: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Human Rights
The USA ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in June 1992. Two decades later, the USA is…
October 8, 2013
Press Release
SCOTUS Decision on Hill Very Disappointing
Steven W. Hawkins, Amnesty International USA’s new executive director, issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s…
October 7, 2013
Press Release
Amnesty International: Louisiana Put Prisoner Herman Wallace Through 'Hell'
Amnesty International USA issued the following comments today from Steven Hawkins, executive director, upon learning of the death of Herman…
October 4, 2013
Press Release
Launch of Seven-Week Game of Drones Tour to Add Youth Voices Protesting Unlawful U.S. Government Drone Killings
Amnesty International will launch an eight-city “Game of Drones” campus tour starting Friday, Oct. 4.
October 3, 2013
Press Release
Welcoming Prison Release of Herman Wallace; Urging Gov. Jindal to Remove Co-Defendant Woodfox from Decades of Solitary Confinement
Amnesty International USA issued comments today from Steven W. Hawkins, executive director, in response to news that the state of…
October 2, 2013
Press Release
Louisiana Must Release Dying Prisoner After Judge Overturns 1974 Conviction
No ruling can erase the cruel, inhuman and degrading prison conditions he endured for more than 41 years - confined…
October 1, 2013
Press Release
Push for Russia and China to Sign Arms Treaty
With more than 100 countries having signed the groundbreaking Arms Trade Treaty, Amnesty International today urged all countries and especially…
September 26, 2013