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Amnesty International Commends U.S. Action Plan to Protect Women and Children in Conflict

Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) commends President Obama for creating the first-ever U.S. national action plan to implement U.N. Security Council…

December 19, 2011

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Guantánamo: A Decade of Damage to Human Rights

While Guantánamo may have dropped from the news headlines, the human rights concerns associated with it -- detentions and torture…

December 16, 2011

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Amnesty International Releases New Short Film Inspired by Abusive National Security Policies

Amnesty International released a new short film, Happy World Travels, that was inspired by the abusive policies of the "war…

December 16, 2011

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'Appalled, but Not Surprised' by Congressional NDAA Vote and Administration’s Veto Threat Withdrawal, Says Amnesty International

Following the passage in the U.S. House of Representatives, the expected passage in the U.S. Senate, and President Obama’s reported…

December 15, 2011

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Amnesty International Finds a Human Rights Crisis In Government Report that Half of All Americans Are Either Poor or Low Income

Amnesty International’s Demand Dignity Campaign Director Tanuka Loha made the following comments today in response to new U.S. government census…

December 15, 2011

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Amnesty International Celebrates Human Rights Day With Streaming Premiere of Chimes of Freedom

In honor of Human Rights Day on Saturday, December 10, Amnesty International will premiere Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of…

December 9, 2011

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Recording Artist-Producer Pharrell Williams Joins Amnesty International Youth Activists at "Write for Rights" Event Friday at Los Angeles' Roosevelt High School

On Friday, Dec. 9 to celebrate Human Rights Day, Amnesty International will host Pharrell Williams, the award-winning recording artist, producer…

December 8, 2011

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Amnesty International Urges Senate Committee to Pass the SAVE Native Women Act

Amnesty International announced today its support for S. 1763, the Stand Against Violence and Empower Native Women (SAVE Native Women)…

December 7, 2011

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Amnesty International Welcomes Decision on Mumia Abu-Jamal Case

In response to the Philadelphia prosecutors’ decision not to seek another death sentence for Mumia Abu-Jamal, Laura Moye, director of…

December 7, 2011

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Academy Award-Winning Composer Hans Zimmer Honors Amnesty International on 50th Anniversary, Composing Human Rights Anthem

Hans Zimmer, the Academy and Grammy Award-winning composer, and film score collaborator Lorne Balfe have composed an anthem to salute…

December 6, 2011

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Amnesty International Hails Martina Davis Correia as Hero of the Human Rights Movement

Following the announcement that Martina Davis Correia, the longtime activist against the death penalty and sister of Troy Anthony Davis,…

December 2, 2011

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Amnesty International USA Urges Obama to Veto NDAA

Following the U.S. Senate's passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Adotei Akwei, managing director of government relations for…

December 2, 2011