Press Release
Amnesty International Responds to Plan to Block Asylum Access for Venezuelans at Border
In response to the Biden Administration’s announcement about a new process for Venezeulans seeking safety, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at…
October 13, 2022
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Calls on Governors and Secretaries of State Across the Country to Ban Guns Near Polling Places
Amnesty International USA sent a letter to governors and secretaries of state nationwide urging them to ban guns at and…
October 3, 2022
Report
Facebook’s Systems Promoted Violence Against Rohingya in Myanmar; Meta Owes Reparations - New Report
Facebook owner Meta’s dangerous algorithms and reckless pursuit of profit substantially contributed to the atrocities perpetrated by the Myanmar military…
September 28, 2022
Report
Torture and Other Ill-Treatment of Haitian Asylum Seekers in the US Is Rooted in Anti-Black Racism
U.S. authorities have subjected Haitian asylum seekers to arbitrary detention and discriminatory and humiliating ill-treatment that amounts to race-based torture,…
September 22, 2022
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Statement in Response to the Introduction of Federal Abortion Ban Legislation
Responding to the news that Senator Lindsay Graham had introduced a bill in the US Senate that would ban most…
September 14, 2022
Blog
Amnesty USA and Amnesty South Africa Make Human Rights Asks Ahead of White House Visit
September 14, 2022
Blog
Human Rights on Capitol Hill - September 2022 Newsletter
As part of its “global war on terror” the U.S. government has been using lethal force, including drone strikes, to…
September 13, 2022
Press Release
AIUSA Statement Ahead of the Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks
Ahead of the 21st anniversary of the attack on the United States on September 11, 2001, Daphne Eviatar, the director…
September 9, 2022
Press Release
AIUSA Statement on the US Department of Defense Policy on Civilian Harm Prevention and Response
In response to today’s announcement from the U.S. Department of Defense on its new policy on civilian harm prevention and…
August 25, 2022
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Statement on the US Secretary of State Trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda
In response to United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s announced trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda,…
August 2, 2022
Press Release
NYPD Ordered to Handover Documents Detailing Surveillance of Black Lives Matter Protests Following Lawsuit
The New York Police Department (NYPD) has been ordered to disclose thousands of records of how the force procured and…
August 1, 2022
Press Release
Amnesty International Statement on Senate Vote on Assault Weapons Ban of 2022
In response to today’s House of Representatives vote to ban assault weapons, Amnesty International USA submitted this statement urging approval…
July 29, 2022