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30 Jul 2009, 2:11 pm
Amnesty International USA applauds Senators Menendez, Kennedy and Gillibrand for sponsoring these vital pieces of legislation, and Rep. [read post]
23 Jul 2009, 2:34 pm
Chip Pitts is a lecturer at Stanford Law School, former Chief Legal Officer of Nokia Inc., and former Chair of Amnesty International USA. [read post]
21 Jul 2009, 8:15 am
A Global Day of Action to demonstrate support for the civil rights movement in Iran has been planned by major human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, for this Saturday, July 25. [read post]
20 Jul 2009, 8:41 am
The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are: Plaintiffs in the case are The Nation and contributing journalists Naomi Klein and Chris Hedges; defense attorneys Dan Arshack, David Nevin, Scott McKay and Sylvia Royce; and Amnesty International USA, Global Rights, Global Fund for Women, Human Rights Watch, PEN American Center, Service Employees International Union, Washington Office on Latin America and the International Criminal Defense Attorneys Association. [read post]
18 Jul 2009, 5:50 pm
As Amnesty International tells the Journal, Tom Parker, policy director for counterterrorism and human rights at Amnesty International USA, argues that the Field Manual itself should be amended to specifically prohibit techniques such as sexual humiliation by members of the opposite sex, forced use of enemas and forced shaving of Muslim detainees. [read post]
13 Jul 2009, 3:43 pm
Amnesty International, having campaigned on Leonard Peltier’s behalf for many years, believes that he should be granted parole. [read post]
10 Jul 2009, 4:39 am
Amnesty International members are not asking Yahoo! [read post]
Defending Our Right to Protest: Amnesty International and the ACLU Settle Lawsuit with City of Miami
8 Jul 2009, 1:49 pm
In 2006 the ACLU of Florida filed the Amnesty International USA v. [read post]
7 Jul 2009, 8:31 am
NAMI and MVFHR’s report is a good follow-up to the report released by Amnesty International, USA: The Execution of Mentally Ill Offenders, which takes a more detail-oriented look at the death penalty and mental illness. [read post]
1 Jul 2009, 1:26 pm
Amnesty International USA has launched an online action campaign to petition President Obama to reconsider. [read post]
28 Jun 2009, 7:32 am
If it does not make a decision whether to take up Davis's case, prosecutors could attempt to get a fourth execution warrant for Davis before the court re-convenes.However, that delay may also work in the favor of Davis' defense team, Laura Moye of Amnesty International USA's Death Penalty Abolition Campaign told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. [read post]
24 Jun 2009, 3:50 pm
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]
19 Jun 2009, 12:26 pm
For the last three years, I’ve represented Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) at Yahoo! [read post]
12 Jun 2009, 1:49 pm
By Anna Phelan, Amnesty International USA’s Business & Economic Relations Group An Ogoni man carries a poster of Ken Saro-Wiwa at a rally in Nigeria, November 2005 ©AFP/Getty Images My mom called me to tell me that a settlement was reached in the Wiwa v. [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]
8 Jun 2009, 10:56 am
By Tony Cruz, member of Amnesty International USA’s Business & Economic Relations Group On Wednesday, May 27th, I traveled to Chevron’s Annual Shareholder Meeting to represent Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) and its interests as a shareholder of Chevron Corporation (CVX) and to join other NGOs in a delegation to address the company’s role in some of the most well publicized human rights abuses across the globe. [read post]
2 Jun 2009, 1:45 pm
Representatives from Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) will visit the Port Isabel Detention Center in Los Fresnos, TX, on Tuesday and Wednesday to meet with Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel and immigrants who have been held at the facility -- some... [read post]
29 May 2009, 11:09 am
We keep it on shuffle or archive it in our iTunes library, but rest assured, human rights activists never forget. - By Anna Phelan, member of Amnesty International USA’s Business & Economic Relations Group [read post]
28 May 2009, 7:53 am
Amnesty International USA has sent a letter to President Obama asking that he raise some concerns of his own—namely human rights violations by members of the Palestinian Authority (PA) in areas under PA control. [read post]
15 May 2009, 2:01 pm
Then yesterday the CIA announced, in a fine example of Orwellian double-speak, that it would not release memos cited by former Vice-President Dick Cheney because they are subject to a Freedom of Information Act suit being pursued by Amnesty International USA, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU. [read post]
