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24 Jun 2009, 3:50 pm by Sarah Hager
Amnesty International USA endorses the decision of the US government to increase funds that will improve the lives of the citizens of Zimbabwe. [read post]
18 May 2007, 4:45 am
In this regard, Amnesty International fears that Troy Davis' avenues for judicial relief have been all but closed off. [read post]
22 Jun 2010, 7:32 am by The Editors
Laura Kagel is the State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator for Georgia for Amnesty International USA. [read post]
4 Oct 2007, 7:14 am
Today, in what can only be described as a case of prescient timing, Amnesty International released a quite thorough and comprehensive report on the problems with lethal injection executions.You can find the whole thing here. [read post]
28 Mar 2011, 11:43 am by Steve Hall
Amnesty International has released its report Death Sentences and Executions 2010. [read post]
28 Feb 2013, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
Amnesty International USA, involved a constitutional challenge to a law passed by Congress in 2008 that permits the federal government to undertake additional surveillance and information gathering with respect to persons outside the United States. [read post]
3 Feb 2012, 7:29 am by Women's Rights Group
Amnesty International’s Demand Dignity Campaign focuses on violations of human rights that stem from poverty. [read post]
25 Apr 2007, 11:30 am
Amnesty International has issued a report with alarming statistics on Native American women and rape. [read post]
30 Oct 2012, 8:20 am by Kiran Bhat
Amnesty International USA, the Justices considered whether Amnesty International and a group of lawyers, journalists, and human rights activists have standing to challenge the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a federal law that provides for large-scale electronic surveillance of international phone calls and emails. [read post]
9 Oct 2007, 6:04 am
Lethal injection kitDoctors and nurses should not participate in executions ordered by the state in breach of their ethical oath, said Amnesty International in a new report today.The report, [Execution by lethal injection a quarter century of state poisoning] looks at the legal and ethical implications of the use of the lethal injection across the world. [read post]
29 Apr 2017, 10:30 am by EEM
Here are several analyses of actions taken to date as they relate to refugees, immigration and human rights.100 Ways Trump Has Threatened Human Rights in First 100 Days (Amnesty International USA, April 2017) [access]The First 100 Days: Summary of Major Immigration Actions Taken by the Trump Administration (Migration Policy Institute, April 2017) [text]- Listen to audio from related event. [read post]
26 Mar 2017, 4:58 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Amnesty International USA, many courts have shut the door on victims alleging a heightened risk of injury, particularly when the injury is identity theft, because Clapper does not permit standing based on a heightened risk of injury alone. [read post]
4 Aug 2008, 3:21 pm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 4, 20082:30 PM [www.commondreams.org] CONTACT: Amnesty International USAWende Gozan at 212-633-4247or Brian Evans at 202-544-0200 x496 Governor Rick Perry Must Halt Medellin Execution Immediately,Says Amnesty InternationalTexas Goes 'Beyond the Pale if it Insists on Going Forward' With Execution WASHINGTON - August 4 - Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) today urged Texas Governor Rick Perry to stay… [read post]
19 Jul 2011, 7:06 am by The Editors
By Kalaya’an Mendoza, Field Organizer for Amnesty Western Region On July 15th a group of activists from Amnesty International USA and Survivors of Torture International held a protest on board the Chilean vessel “La Esmeralda” as it docked in San Diego Harbor. [read post]
16 Aug 2010, 8:00 am by The Editors
Thanks for all your support and feedback. - Milo, Kyra, Jen, Petra, Ellie, David, Stu, the Amnesty International USA Web Team [read post]
27 Jun 2011, 1:57 pm by brian
According to a recent study, if California were to rid itself of the death penalty and everyone on death row received the next highest penalty on the books (life without parole) it would save tax payers $184 million per year. [read post]
4 Jul 2007, 3:49 am
In the following the Urgent Action from Amnesty International USA on behalf of my pen pal Troy Anthony Davis. [read post]
4 Nov 2009, 8:23 am
" (Received by e-mail from Amnesty International USA , no link yet:) When a person facing execution has strong evidence of his innocence, he should have ample opportunity to bring those claims back into a court of law. [read post]
6 Apr 2013, 10:35 am by Alan Rozenshtein
Amnesty International USA denying standing to plaintiffs challenging the NSA’s warrantless wiretapping program on the ongoing litigation in Hedges v. [read post]
14 Aug 2012, 8:55 am by David
According to Amnesty International only ten percent of countries in the world carried out the death penalty in 2011. [read post]