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9 Dec 2011, 10:06 am
By Lyric Thompson, Amnesty USA’s Women’s Human Rights Coordination Group Today we conclude our 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence blog series. [read post]
11 May 2011, 5:04 pm
We are thrilled to announce the re-launch of the Amnesty International USA website! [read post]
18 Feb 2012, 1:27 pm
Taser use by Florida law enforcement officers have led to the deaths of 65 Floridians since 2001 and with as many as 500 deaths in the United States by police using tasers inappropriately according to Amnesty International which shocks (sorry, couldn't resist) even your favorite Clearwater Criminal Defense Attorney, Amnesty in it's report, also noted:“Of the hundreds who have died following police use of Tasers in the USA, dozens and possibly… [read post]
21 Dec 2016, 9:30 pm
These strategies would never succeed, if at the same time the Italian governments hadn’t made significant efforts to build strong ties with the Allies (and in particular USA and UK) and to “reposition” the country.As a result, while on the one hand Italy was authorized to submit charges to the UNWCC (thus being recognized also as a victim of war crimes), to establish a national Commission of Inquiry to assess the charges brought by Yugoslavia (with the declared task of… [read post]
29 Nov 2007, 10:49 pm
[takeaction.amnestyusa.org] Amnesty International is a worldwide grassroots movement that promotes and defends human rights. [read post]
24 Jan 2011, 11:20 am
Amnesty International has urged US authorities in Pennsylvania not to try Jordan in an adult court, as doing so could result in a violation of international law. [read post]
4 Sep 2015, 4:51 am
A petition for his pardon was dismissed.Hanging him would constitute cruel and degrading treatment, his lawyers say.They add that this is prohibited under Pakistani and international law.Pakistan has executed more than 200 people since reintroducing the death penalty in December 2014.At the time the government said it was a measure to combat terrorism after the Taliban massacred more than 150 people, most of them children, in a Peshawar school.Pakistan's jail manual gives no… [read post]
20 May 2011, 12:17 pm
Amnesty International USA’s recently released 2011 update to its groundbreaking report, Deadly Delivery, The Maternal Health Crisis in the USA, outlines the gains and gaps addressed over the past year. [read post]
12 Jan 2021, 1:55 pm
She was also the Advocacy Director for Domestic Human Rights and International Justice at Amnesty International USA, where she addressed the domestic and international impact of U.S. counterterrorism efforts on human rights. [read post]
19 Jun 2019, 8:15 am
"Engaging Men to Promote Resilient Communities among Syrian Refugees in Lebanon," Intervention, Ahead-of-print, 2019 [open access]"Examining Intersections between Violence against Women and Violence against Children: Perspectives of Adolescents and Adults in Displaced Colombian Communities," Conflict and Health, 13:25 (June 2019) [open access]Migrant and Refugee Caravans: Failed Responses to Women and Children in Need of International Protection and… [read post]
7 Nov 2013, 11:45 am
"Credibility Assessments as 'Normative Leakage': Asylum Applications, Gender and Class," Social Inclusion, vol. 1, no. 2 (2013) [open access text] EU Court Ruling a Setback for Refugees (Amnesty International, Nov. 2013) [text] - Comment re. ruling in X, Y and Z v Minister voor Immigratie, Integratie en Asiel; see also related BBC News article. [read post]
5 Jul 2007, 9:57 am
Today, thanks to the organizers over at Amnesty International, an historic first happened: A "press conference" for bloggers only about the Troy Anthony Davis case. [read post]
20 Oct 2022, 8:41 am
Amnesty International documented that more than 14 million people have been uprooted by the conflict, and close to six million have fled to neighboring countries as refugees. [read post]
22 Jan 2014, 1:58 pm
The organizers of the Day We Fight Back are: Demand Progress Access EFF Internet Taskforce FFTF Free Press Mozilla Reddit ThoughtWorks BoingBoing The organizers of the international action center are: Amnesty International USA Access (International) Anti-vigilancia (Brasil) Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (Argentina) Asociacion de Internautas - Spain (Spain) Asociación Colombiana de Usuarios de Internet (Colombia) Bolo Bhi (Pakistan) CCC… [read post]
10 Jun 2009, 9:17 am
Finally, the report uncovers the existence of racial bias behind the imposition of the death penalty across the country, something that is confirmed by the research of Amnesty International USA. [read post]
21 Jul 2008, 11:44 am
[www.josemedellin.info][www.josemedellin.info]Amnesty International's mission is to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights. [read post]
14 Feb 2011, 8:44 am
By the Amnesty International team in Cairo. [read post]
19 Aug 2009, 7:41 pm
"Kim Dae-jung was a hero and inspiration to Amnesty International and many people around the world for his uncompromising stance and struggle for democracy in South Korea during the seventies and eighties," said Amnesty International's Secretary General, Irene Khan. [read post]
6 Dec 2007, 9:00 pm
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20 May 2007, 5:47 am
I find the reality of, and reactions to, death row "volunteers" quite intriguing, and Amnesty International now has this new report on this underexamined aspect of the modern death penalty. [read post]
