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USA: Police failing to protect protesters from violence, as volatile elections near

Law enforcement agencies across the USA are failing to facilitate people’s fundamental right to freedom of peaceful assembly, and to...

State Department Accusations of Antisemitism Against Amnesty International are Baseless and an Affront to the Human Rights Movement

Responding to reports that the United States Department of State, under Secretary Pompeo’s initiative, may categorize several non-governmental organizations as...

USA: Amnesty International delivers one million signatures calling for justice for George Floyd

Amnesty International has delivered more than one million signatures from around the world to US Attorney General William Barr demanding...

President Trump Must Condemn White Supremacy and Racist Violence

Last night, President Donald Trump failed to condemn white supremacist groups and instead told the Proud Boys to “stand back...

Breonna Taylor Case Underscores Need for Real Police Reform

Responding to the decision in the Breonna Taylor case today, Kristina Roth, the Senior Program Officer for Criminal Justice Programs...

Reports of Forced Sterilization of Women in ICE Detention Deeply Alarming

Responding to reports that there have been hysterectomies performed on immigrant women detained in the Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC)...

Statement on Shooting in Kenosha, WI During Protests Resulting in 2 Dead and One Injured

Following reports indicating that two protestors were killed and one was injured during protests in Kenosha, WI, Amnesty International USA...

USA: End unlawful police violence against Black Lives Matter protests

Amnesty International identifies and maps out police violence nationwide since 26 May Almost 500 videos and photographs of incidents analyzed...

USA: President Trump tramples right to protest

Responding to remarks by President Donald Trump today in the Rose Garden, Ernest Coverson, the End Gun Violence campaign manager...

Not just in the US: Amnesty International Canada strongly condemns anti-Black racism

The shocking death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer has once again highlighted that anti-Black...

Minneapolis police officer must be held accountable for use of deadly force

Responding to a May 25 video showing a Minneapolis police officer using his knee to pin down a man by...

US military sheds some light on civilian casualties from shadowy war in Somalia

Reacting to the publication today of US Africa Command’s (AFRICOM) first quarterly assessment of civilian casualties resulting from its operations...

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