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27 Jan 2016, 2:16 pm
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]
22 Jan 2016, 8:34 am
This post examines a recent opinion from a U.S. [read post]
15 Jan 2016, 1:51 pm
The Washington Post shared the full transcript while CBS, USA Today, ABC, the New York Times provided additional highlights, commentary, and analysis. [read post]
31 Dec 2015, 5:30 am
Amnesty International USA, 133 S. [read post]
13 Nov 2015, 3:57 pm
Circuit has denied a request by the SEC and Amnesty International USA for the full court to rehear the panel decision in the conflicts minerals case. [read post]
26 Oct 2015, 12:04 pm
On the other hand, USA Today tells us that harsh conditions over Syria have led “nearly one-third of Russian attack planes and half of its transport aircraft” to be grounded at any given time. [read post]
13 Oct 2015, 11:02 am
Reuters also reports on the new alliance between the Kurdish YPG (or People's Protection Units) and Syrian Arab groups, which may “deflect criticism that [the Kurdish group] fights only on behalf of Kurds”especially in the wake of accusations by Amnesty International that the YPG has committed war crimes by displacing thousands of non-Kurdish civilians and demolishing houses in areas recaptured from ISIS. [read post]
25 Sep 2015, 3:00 am
NSA on behalf of a coalition of legal, media, educational, and human rights organizations, including the Wikimedia Foundation, 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]
24 Sep 2015, 7:30 am
The court challenge, which was filed by the ACLU on behalf of organizations including Wikimedia, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International USA, and The Nation, is one of the most significant surveillance challenges to have been filed since the Snowden disclosures. [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]
27 Aug 2015, 10:57 pm
Police Use of Deadly Force Denounced by Amnesty International & UN Human Right Council Earlier this year, Amnesty International reported its findings that 50 States and the District of Columbia in the USA failed to comply with the international standards on the use of lethal force. [read post]
12 Aug 2015, 11:35 am
Amnesty International has accused UN peacekeeper troops stationed in the Central African Republic of raping a young girl and, in an independent incident, killing a teenage boy and his father. [read post]
12 Aug 2015, 10:28 am
Amnesty International USA, 133 S. [read post]
28 Jul 2015, 11:59 am
Amnesty International USA. [read post]
22 Jun 2015, 4:52 am
As reported in the Guardian: Every state in the US fails to comply with international standards on the lethal use of force by law enforcement officers, according to a report by Amnesty International USA, which also says 13 US states fall beneath even lower legal standards enshrined in US constitutional law and that nine states currently have no laws at all to deal with the issue. [read post]
18 Jun 2015, 3:21 pm
Hawkins, executive director of Amnesty International USA. [read post]
4 Jun 2015, 1:12 pm
Amnesty International USA, 133 S. [read post]
14 May 2015, 10:20 am
Yemeni officials and Amnesty International also reported that Houthi rebels have shelled civilian and medical facilities in both Taiz and Aden. [read post]
28 Apr 2015, 7:45 am
[JURIST] Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] USA Executive Director Steven Hawkins on Tuesday urged Baltimore police [press release] to exercise restraint during protests, prioritize non-violent means and limit the use of force. [read post]
31 Mar 2015, 2:50 pm
Amnesty International USA, a lawsuit that we and others filed in 2008 with the help of the ACLU. [read post]
