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3 Mar 2011, 5:52 am by Kathryn R. Striffolino
Amnesty USA Executive Director Larry Cox wrote an open letter yesterday to President Obama highlighting Amnesty International’s concerns and recommendations for Mexico, including concerns about the ongoing impunity given to perpetrators of violence against women and President Calderón’s proposal to the Mexican Congress to reform the military code of justice. [read post]
28 Feb 2011, 7:13 pm by The Editors
By Lisa Adler, Field Organizer for Amnesty International USA [UPDATE: Pick up the phone and call GA House Speaker David Ralston (404) 656-5020 and your GA Representatives now. [read post]
27 Feb 2011, 10:48 am by Sarah Hager
Amnesty USA, in solidarity with WOZA, urged activists to send messages to President Zuma insisting all prospective votes be conducted free of violence and in line with international obligations. [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 1:54 pm by Shatha Almutawa
Libyan activist Fathi al-Warfali, based in Switzerland, asked Reuters “where is Amnesty International? [read post]
19 Feb 2011, 8:18 am by The Editors
(Photo by Mark Hirsch/Getty Images) Amnesty International USA is deeply concerned by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s proposal to limit collective bargaining for most public employees to wages. [read post]
14 Feb 2011, 7:57 pm by Corporate Action Network
By Chip Pitts, Lecturer in Law, Stanford Law School and Oxford University; former Chair, Amnesty International USA After an eighteen-year, multinational court battle, Chevron was found guilty today in an Ecuadorian court and fined $8 billion for pollution that amounted to an ecological disaster and seriously harmed the human rights of the indigenous inhabitants in a small and sensitive part of the rainforest. [read post]
14 Feb 2011, 8:44 am by The Editors
By the Amnesty International team in Cairo. [read post]
3 Feb 2011, 7:56 am by The Editors
To Join The Online Chat To join the chat go to Facebook on Feb 4th from 1:00-2:00 PM EST and visit the Amnesty International USA Facebook page. [read post]
3 Feb 2011, 7:32 am by The Editors
Amnesty International USA called on President Obama to immediately demand the release of the Amnesty International staff members. [read post]
2 Feb 2011, 5:34 am by Christoph Koettl
Scott Edwards, Amnesty International USA Africa Advocacy Director made the following statement (which I believe leaves nothing to add): When the United Nations Mission in Sudan gives a ride to one of the alleged architects of systematic murder, rape, and torture in Darfur, we have to question the current state of commitment to justice for Darfur. [read post]
29 Jan 2011, 11:11 am by Geoffrey Mock
Grey writes that Suleiman approved these flights, part of a system of torture that Amnesty International calls systematic. [read post]
25 Jan 2011, 9:50 am by Zeke Johnson
The panel is co-sponsored by the UC Berkeley Human Rights Center, Health Professionals Against Torture, Survivors International, United Nations Association USA East Bay Chapter, Boalt Hall International Human Rights Clinic, Boalt Hall Committee for Human Rights, Amnesty International UC Berkeley Student Chapter and the Boalt Alliance Against Torture. [read post]
24 Jan 2011, 11:20 am by The Editors
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]
12 Jan 2011, 1:27 pm by Zeke Johnson
Amnesty International UK and Amnesty USA are campaigning to resolve the case of Shaker Aamer, a former UK resident with a wife and children in London who has been held without charge for over 8 years. [read post]
12 Jan 2011, 9:59 am by Steve Hall
"It's a clear trend," said Debra Erenberg, Midwest regional director for Amnesty International USA. [read post]
5 Jan 2011, 7:59 am by Zeke Johnson
Speakers at the rally will include: Tom Parker , Amnesty International USA’s advocacy and policy director of terrorism, counterterrorism and human rights, Valerie Lucznikowska, September 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, historian Andy Worthington, Pardiss Kebriaei, staff attorney, the Center for Constitutional Rights representing Guantanamo detainees and Frida Berrigan, Witness Against Torture. [read post]
3 Jan 2011, 2:43 pm by Tom Parker
It is not yet clear how exactly the act will be implemented but you can rest assured that going forward Amnesty International USA will be keeping a watchful eye on Washington to make sure that all those first responders and residents of lower Manhattan who need medical help in the months and years ahead receive it. [read post]
3 Jan 2011, 8:54 am by Govind Acharya
  The PUCL is very much analogous to the ACLU or Amnesty International USA here in the United States and his arrest, imprisonment and now conviction is akin to one of us here in America being arrested for human rights or civil liberties work. [read post]