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8 Dec 2016, 7:00 am
The ACLU brought this lawsuit on behalf of a coalition of legal, media, educational, and human rights organizations, including the Wikimedia Foundation (which runs Wikipedia), Amnesty International USA, The Nation magazine, PEN American Center, Human Rights Watch, the Rutherford Institute, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Global Fund for Women, and the Washington Office on Latin America. [read post]
14 Oct 2016, 10:00 am by June Casey
He was an organizer and regional director for Amnesty International USA for thirty-seven years. [read post]
28 Sep 2016, 6:47 am by Patrick S. O'Donnell
Peltier’s indictment and conviction have been the subject of much controversy; Amnesty International placed his case under the ‘Unfair Trials’ category of its Annual Report: USA 2010. [read post]
23 Sep 2016, 11:30 am
The ACLU, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch launched the Pardon Snowden campaign with a press conference last Wednesday, with Ed himself appearing via live video. [read post]
14 Sep 2016, 6:45 am
The following month, Congress passed the USA Freedom Act, which ended bulk collection of call data by the US government. [read post]
6 Sep 2016, 6:50 am
Amnesty International named him a prisoner of conscience in 1998 after his arrest and imprisonment in the late 1990s. [read post]
8 Jul 2016, 12:40 pm by Rishabh Bhandari
USA Today reports that Obama dismissed concerns that the European structure is disintegrating as hyperbolic. [read post]
1 Jul 2016, 10:59 am by Rishabh Bhandari
Saudi Arabia hit back against a call by Amnesty International and the Human Rights Watch for the Persian Gulf power to be suspended from the U.N. [read post]
3 Jun 2016, 3:00 am by SOG Staff
”  The New York Times Magazine has an article that explains why Amnesty International opposes the Nordic model and supports decriminalizing consensual sex work. [read post]
3 Jun 2016, 3:00 am by SOG Staff
”  The New York Times Magazine has an article that explains why Amnesty International opposes the Nordic model and supports decriminalizing consensual sex work. [read post]
10 Apr 2016, 5:00 am by Jon Katz
“Here are 6 Companies That Get Rich off Prisoners” Amnesty International: Alarming rise in global executions in 2015 WSJ/NBC “Poll: 33% of Sanders Supporters Wouldn’t Vote for Clinton” “How Clinton’s email scandal took root” – The Washington Post Lawrence West is an early Rare Essence hip hop singer working security at the Fairfax courthouse. [read post]
6 Apr 2016, 1:04 am
Jang was married to Kim Jong-il’s sister and was once considered the second most powerful man in North Korea.More recently, South Korean media outlet Yonhap News agency reported 15 high-ranking officials were executed in North Korea prior to April.Last August, it also reported Vice Premier Choe Yong-gon and Defence Minister Hyon Yong-cool had been executed in May by shooting.Ms Kulak said it was also a concern that Pakistan, another country in our region, has resumed executions on a massive… [read post]
25 Feb 2016, 2:15 pm
Amnesty International USA does not compel dismissal of this case, as plaintiffs have plausibly alleged Article III standing. [read post]
11 Feb 2016, 9:11 am by Miracle Jones
Amnesty International USA (AI) [advocacy website] alleges that Mustafa al-Hawsawi [AI report], one of the accused 9/11 ringleaders, is in desperate need of medical care in a letter [text, PDF] to the Pentagon that was made public on Wednesday. [read post]
7 Feb 2016, 4:04 pm by INFORRM
Amnesty International have described the situation as “a major blow to human rights” Portugal The Public Privacy blog examines the issues surrounding sharing information about your children on Facebook, looking at how Portuguese courts have been struggling with the application of traditional legal concepts to the online context. [read post]
27 Jan 2016, 2:16 pm by Dave Maass and Mark Jaycox
  Sincerely, Access Now American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) American Civil Liberties Union American Library Association Amnesty International USA Brennan Center for Justice Californians Aware Center for Democracy &Technology Constitutional Alliance The Constitution Project Cyber Privacy Project Electronic Frontier Foundation Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) Essential Information Free Press Action Fund Government Accountability Project… [read post]