Press Release
Cammie Croft Named as AIUSA's Chief Digital Officer
Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) announced today that nationally renowned digital and technology strategist Cammie Croft has joined the organization as…
April 12, 2013
Press Release
Activists to Rally for At-Risk Individuals, Communities in Front of D.C. Embassies
Students, teachers and AIUSA activists will invade Washington to rally for human rights in front of embassies and in public…
April 3, 2013
Press Release
Annual Death Penalty Report Finds Setbacks for a Handful of Countries but Progress Toward Abolition Across the Globe
In its annual report today on executions and death sentences worldwide, Amnesty International found a handful of countries renewing executions…
April 3, 2013
Press Release
NRA Fails to Stop UN Arms Treaty: Human Rights Victory Today To Protect Children
Amnesty International USA issued comments following adoption by the U.N. General Assembly of a global Arms Trade Treaty
April 2, 2013
Press Release
UN: Iran, North Korea and Syria cynically block lifesaving arms treaty
Iran, North Korea and Syria have thwarted the adoption of an Arms Trade Treaty aimed at prohibiting states from transferring…
March 28, 2013
Report
USA: Letter to US Secretary of Defense in relation to hunger-strikes at Guantánamo
Amnesty International expresses deep concern at the situation faced by the detainees held in Department of Defense custody at the…
March 28, 2013
Press Release
Right to Marry "Partner of Choice" is Human Right Enshrined in International Law
AIUSA issued comments by Cristina Finch, managing director, women’s human rights program, in response to oral arguments heard by the…
March 27, 2013
Press Release
24 Hours to Adopt U.N. Arms Trade Treaty, AI Encouraged by Inclusion of Risk Assessment for Human Rights Atrocities
It is encouraging that the final draft of a groundbreaking U.N. Arms Trade Treaty forces states to assess the risk…
March 27, 2013
Press Release
Louisiana’s Justice Keeps Man Locked Up in Isolation for More Than 40 Years
Albert Woodfox, 66, has spent more than half his life – 40 years – in a prison cell just three…
March 25, 2013
Press Release
Status of Human Rights in Global Hot Spots Media Roundtable
In advance of its Use Your Power conference, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) will host a media roundtable with some of…
March 19, 2013
Press Release
Death Penalty Repeal in Maryland Major Step Towards National Abolition
AIUSA hailed the repeal of the death penalty in Maryland today and urged Governor O’Malley to commute the sentences of…
March 15, 2013
Report
Irregular migrants in Mexico: Ten urgent measures to save lives
Officials from the Federal Attorney General's Office on migrant routes have reportedly ceased to focus on abuses against migrants and…
March 15, 2013