2017-04-25 16:08
By Thomas Rozanov
I first experienced the value of political freedom in the 2004 Orange Revolution protests in Kyiv, Ukraine. I was only seven years old then, yet I quickly caught inspiratio… Read More
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2017-04-18 19:01
By Thomas Rozanov
What George Orwell once fantasized in his novel ‘1984,’ is an actual threat today. Individuals are confronted with surveillance that interferes with priv… Read More
2017-04-11 18:40
By Ella Shen
A few weeks ago, Amnesty International, along with other international organizations, has expressed heavy concern over the possibility of danger, including torture amongst othe… Read More
2017-03-27 14:44
Russian security forces attempt to block the way of Crimean Tatars crossing a checkpoint in May 2014. REUTERS/STRINGER
By Viachaslau “Slava” Bortnik
Amnesty International recent… Read More
2017-02-16 15:02
(Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Ambassadors are on the front lines of diplomacy, where they can head off conflict or be the cause of the next war. They must not have any conflicts-of-interest… Read More
2017-01-27 22:14
By Adotei Akwei and Miho Mitobe
At the end of 2016 Amnesty International published a report titled Ethiopia Offline: Evidence of Social Media Blocking and Internet Censorship in Ethiop… Read More
2017-01-26 15:41
A mere two days after millions of people marched around the word with and in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington, President Donald J. Trump announced the “Global Gag… Read More
2017-01-25 22:14
Protestors gather in Nkpor, Onitsha on 30 May 2016, Nigeria.
By Adotei Akwei and Miho Mitobe
In late November AI released a report on human rights violations committed by Nigerian security f… Read More
2017-01-05 15:31
By Ann Burroughs, Chair of AIUSA’s Board of Directors
Donald Trump has made it clear he wants bring back torture. “We should go much stronger than waterboarding,” he said… Read More
2016-12-16 19:41
Emergildo Criollo, a leader from the Cofan tribe in Ecuador and Rita Maldonado, a Guanta community member at the demonstration outside the Chevron shareholder meeting. Behind them, an activi… Read More
2016-12-15 18:38
Next month Congress will get to interview nominees for the incoming Trump administration. These cabinet nominees are important indicators as to whether his administration will be uphold and… Read More
2016-12-12 18:20
Sex work is criminalized throughout the United States, typically as misdemeanor offenses. Similar to the way the Unites States treats and criminalizes drug use, the policing of sex work exa… Read More
2016-12-12 18:01
During the U.S. Presidential campaign, we watched in horror as public figures spoke proudly about their plans to defund Planned Parenthood. And we were witness to calls—including from… Read More
2016-12-09 19:52
By Helena Klassen, Identity and Discrimination Intern and Nicole van Huyssteen, Women’s Human Rights Thematic Specialist
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the “16 Days of… Read More
2016-12-03 15:34
CANNON BALL, ND – DECEMBER 01: Night falls on Oceti Sakowin Camp on the edge of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation on December 1, 2016 outside Cannon Ball, North Dakota. (Photo by Sco… Read More
2016-12-03 05:00
By Janet Lord, AIUSA Board Member and Senior Fellow at Harvard Law School Project on Disability
Celebration of International Day of Persons with Disabilities should be accompanied by r… Read More
2016-12-02 17:59
Thirty-five years. That is the length of prison time that Chelsea Manning was sentenced to back in 2013 for publically releasing classified information, in the hopes of starting a conversat… Read More
2016-12-02 15:38
Anonymous school children, all girls, in front of a blackboard at an unidentified school somewhere in Sierra Leone.
By Abby Saleh, Press intern, AIUSA
Thousands of pregnant girls are being e… Read More
2016-11-22 21:15
Photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid, known as Shawkan, was arrested on Wednesday 14 August 2013 as he was taking pictures of the violent dispersal of the Rabaa al-Adaweya sit-in in August 2013… Read More
2016-11-22 20:18
By Kit O’Connor, AIUSA Legislative Coordinator for Vermont
“I Welcome.” Think about that phrase for a second. It’s really the perfect thing to ponder this… Read More
2016-11-21 16:35
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – SEPTEMBER 06: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump pauses during a campaign event September 6, 2016 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty… Read More
2016-11-14 15:55
By Margaret Huang, executive director of Amnesty International USA
In the very early hours of November 9, we voiced our grave concern about statements that President-elect Donald… Read More
2016-11-04 16:29
Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
At a recent public debate of California’s competing ballot initiatives on the death penalty, Paul Pfingst, a former district attorney for San Diego C… Read More
2016-10-31 16:54
Paris, FRANCE: (FILES) This file picture taken 14 December 2005 at the Elysee Palace in Paris (MICHEL GANGNE/AFP/Getty Images)
By Christina V. Harris, Women’s Human Rights Coordination… Read More
2016-10-27 15:05
A Syrian refugee girl sits in a classroom at a Lebanese public school where only Syrian students attend classes. AP/Hussein Malla, File
By Allyson Fritz, member of the Amnesty Internat… Read More
2016-10-27 14:48
By Ali Albassam
“Never make an emotional decision.” That’s sound advice for any individual facing a dilemma. That same advice should also extend to entire countries, and t… Read More
2016-10-25 17:12
Amnesty International’s new report, Home Sweet Home? Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador’s Role in a Deepening Refugee Crisis, documents the incredible levels of violence and im… Read More
2016-10-24 14:50
UNPhoto/Sylvain Lietchti
By Nicole Van Huyssteen, Women’s Human Rights Co-group
Sixteen years ago, 189 world leaders gathered at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to ado… Read More
2016-10-24 14:01
In the last few months, the tiny pacific island nation of Nauru has exploded back onto the international news circuit. This time, it isn’t for the lucrative strip mining of fossilize… Read More
2016-10-21 21:25
TOPSHOT – Baltimore County Sheriffs officers gather after Baltimore Officer Caesar Goodson Jr. was acquitted of all charges in his murder trial for the death of Freddie Gray at the Mit… Read More
2016-10-11 04:01
A girl in Khakhe camp who was a victim of Islamic State abuse.
By Alice Dahle, AIUSA’s Women’s Human Rights Co-chair
In early August 2014, extremist fighters, who were attem… Read More
2016-10-04 19:59
In a sign of growing concern regarding the U.S.-Saudi Arabia military alliance, 27 U.S. Senators recently backed legislation to stop a $1.15 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia.
Sen. Chris Mur… Read More
2016-09-29 15:45
By Scott Edwards, Senior Adviser for Amnesty International’s Crisis Response
Today, Amnesty International is releasing an expansive report on violations of Human Rights and Inte… Read More
2016-09-28 15:26
By Kaitlyn Denzler, Women’s Rights Campaigner
Over two and a half years ago, Amnesty International launched the My Body, My Rights (MBMR) Campaign, a global effort to end the control… Read More
2016-09-28 14:12
I’m delighted to share the news that Amnesty International USA’s Board of Directors has appointed Margaret Huang as the organization’s Executive Director, effective immedia… Read More
2016-09-21 14:00
Troy Davis was executed in Georgia in 2011 despite serious doubts of his guilt.
Five years ago today, Georgia put Troy Davis to death. With a mountain of doubt about his conviction and alle… Read More
2016-09-21 14:00
By Savannah Fox, Field Organizer
Five years ago today, on September 21st, I became an activist. I didn’t sign my first petition or attended my first rally. I found my passion, my ange… Read More
2016-09-13 14:38
(Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
A few weeks ago, the Department of Justice released findings from a “pattern and practice” review of the Baltimore Police Department. A… Read More
2016-09-06 19:41
People attend the funeral of murdered indigenous activist Berta Caceres, in La Esperanza, 200 km northwest of Tegucigalpa, on March 5, 2016. (ORLANDO SIERRA/AFP/Getty Images)
Many people hav… Read More
2016-09-01 20:44
Last Wednesday, August 24, Amnesty International USA sent a delegation of human rights observers to Cannon Ball, North Dakota, to observe protests, led by Indigenous people against constru… Read More
2016-08-30 04:00
“I am dying bit by bit. Sometimes when I set off on the road, I wish that a vehicle would hit me.” – Mother of disappeared youth
Over the last 30 years, Sri Lanka ha… Read More
With Whom Are Many U.S. Police Departments Training? With A Chronic Human Rights Violator – Israel
2016-08-25 14:32
TOPSHOT – Baltimore County Sheriffs officers gather after Baltimore Officer Caesar Goodson Jr. was acquitted of all charges in his murder trial for the death of Freddie Gray at the Mit… Read More
2016-08-24 13:41
From online videos of war crimes, to satellite images of rights violations in areas as reclusive as North Korea, to eyewitness accounts disseminated on social media, we have access to more… Read More
2016-08-19 20:25
(Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
Earlier this week, the Department of Justice released findings from a “pattern and practice” review of the Baltimore Police Department. This… Read More
2016-08-17 21:41
As death sentences and executions dwindle around the country and most states are abandoning the death penalty, a few states are determined to keep executions rolling. Top of the list is Tex… Read More
2016-08-10 19:08
( NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images)
By T. Kumar, International Advocacy Director, Amnesty International USA
Media reports indicate that in the Philippines number of people killed by the police co… Read More
2016-08-08 12:35
By Robyn Shepherd, Deputy Press Secretary, AIUSA
When you watch the Olympics this week, you will see plenty of Postcard Rio in between events. You’ll see the stunning natural bea… Read More
2016-08-05 18:37
The news was hard to take when I first learned of it on 7 July – Chelsea Manning, who publicly stood up and took responsibility for releasing materials she felt would demonstrate the… Read More
2016-07-28 16:45
A Syrian refugee girl sits in a classroom at a Lebanese public school where only Syrian students attend classes. Education for refugee children is a pressing global issue that needs long-ter… Read More
2016-07-27 16:17
Protesters call on the Ethiopian government to respect human rights, Washington DC, USA, 23 September 2006
By Adotei Akwei and Nicole Southard
On June 29, 2016 Ethiopia secured a non-permane… Read More
2016-07-22 17:48
AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris
Please note this article first appeared on Time.com here.
By Katy Pownall, News Writer at Amnesty International
It’s rush hour on Istanbul&r&hell…Read More
2016-07-20 15:07
Amnesty International USA’s human rights observers are ensuring that people can peacefully protest at conventions in Cleveland and Philadelphia
Amnesty International USA has deployed a… Read More
2016-07-19 18:47
LEO RAMIREZ/AFP/Getty Image
By Alex Roche
Imagine that one day your brother is at home with his two sons. Police enter his house, beat him and take him away, handcuffed. Imagine that later t… Read More
2016-07-17 04:00
(Photo Credit: Mahmud Khaled/AFP/Getty Images)
By Nicole van Huyssteen and Magdalena Medley, Women’s Human Rights Thematic Specialists
Ask yourself a question: When you think abo… Read More
2016-07-16 12:16
JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
By Ali Albassam, Security with Human Rights volunteer
Yesterday, Newt Gingrich proposed that American Muslims be tested and questioned on their religious beliefs… Read More
2016-07-14 15:23
Credit: Trak Producciones
by Magdalena Medley, Thematic Specialist – Women’s Human Rights Co-Group at Amnesty International USA
On June 3, 2016, Argentinians took to the str… Read More
2016-07-05 14:23
Rosario Godoy de Cuevas speaks into a megaphone at a demonstration at a GAM in Guatemala, 1985. Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo (GAM; Mutual Support Group) support group for families whose relativ… Read More
2016-06-29 15:00
Amnesty International is calling for Saudi Arabia to be suspended from the UN Human Rights Council – here’s why.
1. Crackdown on activists
Saudi Arabia has continued a sweeping… Read More
2016-06-28 18:41
Villagers shout slogans as they protest against a copper mine project, in Monywa northern Myanmar (Soe Than WIN/AFP/Getty Images)
By Larry Dohrs and Simon Billenness, Business and Human Righ… Read More
2016-06-25 04:02
Pride march, June 2001, Mexico City. JORGE UZON/AFP/Getty Images
By Jesús Canchola Sánchez
June 25 marks the 38th Pride march in Mexico City.
“It is the most important sp… Read More
2016-06-20 20:29
© UNHCR/A.McConnell
By Nicole van Huyssteen, Women’s Human Rights Thematic Specialist
Can you imagine not eating or drinking to avoid being watched by men as you shower… Read More
2016-06-20 14:41
The relief is visible as Ghias Aljundi (left, in yellow) welcomes his family after 18 years apart in Lesvos, Greece, December 2015. © Private
On World Refugee Day, we talk to Ghias Alju… Read More
2016-06-20 13:34
One year ago today, the initial arrests were made of a group of activists in Angola’s capital of Luanda. Dubbed the #Angola17, their crime was meeting to read a book and discuss non-v… Read More
2016-06-19 14:58
By Kathy Peltier, Daughter of Leonard Peltier
Today, fathers across the U.S. will be celebrated, spending time with their loved ones and enjoying time with their children.
But for… Read More
2016-06-13 15:09
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Globally, up to one out of every three women will experience physical and/or sexual violence in her lifetime. Gender-based violence (GBV)—which incl… Read More
2016-06-10 04:00
It’s June, and June means that we’re entering the heart of Pride season here in the United States. Around the country, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their a… Read More
2016-06-09 15:00
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe with husband Richard and their daughter Gabriella.
By Kaitlyn O’Shaughnessy
At any one time, there are around 10 million people in prison worldwide. Of t… Read More
2016-06-07 21:19
AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis
By Giorgos Kosmopoulos, Amnesty International
LESVOS, Greece – Shirin, an Afghan journalist, was once shot at by the Taliban. After fleeing near-fatal… Read More
2016-06-06 15:58
US President Barack Obama speaks on US – India relations during a townhall event at Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
By T. Kumar, International Advocacy D… Read More
2016-06-03 19:08
On our 55th birthday, we want to thank you for defending #HumanRights, fighting for justice & changing lives! pic.twitter.com/h2ZtLNAHPS
— AmnestyInternational (@amnesty) May 28, 2… Read More
2016-06-02 14:48
Orange signals safety, caution, alertness. Today, June 2nd, it signals a stand against gun violence.
Today, we #WearOrange to show our commitment to ending gun violence in America. We&rsqu&helli…Read More
2016-06-01 16:05
Mohammad Reza Haddadi’s execution has been postponed six times. © Private
To mark 1 June – International Children’s Day – Raha Bahreini from our Iran team descri… Read More
2016-06-01 16:02
First portraits of Maria Teresa Rivera free. She spent 4 years in prison before a court dropped the charges against her on 20 May 2016. María Teresa was one of “Las 17″ gr… Read More
2016-05-27 20:12
By Hayley Gorenberg, Deputy Legal Director at Lambda Legal
What’s the cost to our communities of outlawing sex work? Amnesty International’s new reports lead… Read More
2016-05-27 18:54
First portraits of Maria Teresa Rivera free. She spent 4 years in prison before a court dropped the charges against her on 20 May 2016. María Teresa was one of “Las 17″ gr… Read More
2016-05-25 04:00
By Ella Shen and Viachaslau “Slava” Bortnik, Eurasia Coordination Group at Amnesty International USA
Renowned investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova turns forty on Friday, M… Read More
2016-05-24 19:27
In a significant ruling from the Supreme Court yesterday, the Court reversed the conviction and death sentence of a Georgia man on the basis that prosecutors intentionally discriminated by… Read More
2016-05-23 19:29
(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
President Obama’s historic trip to Cuba in March marked a key turning point in U.S.-Cuba diplomatic relations. The president’s visit follo… Read More
2016-05-23 14:30
“Isabel and “Ruth” (not their real name) are the mother in law and neighbor of María Teresa Rivera, one of “Las 17″ women who are imprisoned in El Salvad… Read More
2016-05-22 15:22
Sub-Saharan Africa is facing a growing trend of evaporating political space. Non-governmental organizations are being heavily and often violently restricted, and newspapers, bloggers and ot… Read More
2016-05-20 18:21
By Baylen Campbell and Katherine Mitchell, Identity and Discrimination Unit Interns
Despite the fact that the global community is facing the worst refugee crisis since WWII, the Europe… Read More
2016-05-19 23:03
It has been more than three years now, but I can still remember the awestruck feeling I had in January 2013 while observing Chelsea Manning’s court-martial proceedings for the unautho… Read More
2016-05-19 13:07
When Amnesty asked more than 27,000 people across 27 countries if they would welcome refugees, the response was incredible: 4 in 5 people replied with a resounding “yes, we will&rdquo&helli…Read More
2016-05-18 14:19
It didn’t have to be this way. A promising young physicist, beloved by his colleagues, lies in a hospital bed with just one kidney left. The other was removed because cancer… Read More
2016-05-17 04:00
Today, May 17, Amnesty International celebrates International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. This IDAHOT, Amnesty International condemns the ongoing discrimination, viol… Read More
2016-05-15 17:47
Last fall, I told you about “Silenced Shadows” – a poetry competition that Amnesty was launching in Sri Lanka on the theme of enforced disappearances. Sri Lanka has experi… Read More
2016-05-11 15:37
By Viachaslau “Slava” Bortnik, Chair of Eurasia Coordination Group at Amnesty International USA.
The World Ice Hockey Championship is taking place in Russia from May 6-22. It is… Read More
2016-05-10 20:01
“Only one thing’s sadder than remembering you were once free, and that’s forgetting you were once free.” –Leonard Peltier
This weekend I made the 850 mile trip… Read More
2016-05-09 16:41
Portrait of Gustavo Castro. Environmental and Human rights activist.
By Josefina Salomón, News Writer at Amnesty International
The armed men who burst into the house of Honduran Indig… Read More
2016-05-08 15:45
(Xinhua Press/Corbis)
For many of us around the world, Mother’s Day falls on May 8th this year, which also marks Teodora’s 36th birthday. Teodora has spent eight years in prison… Read More
2016-05-06 19:17
By Ezat Taheri, mother of prisoner of conscience, Mohammad Ali Taheri
Iranian spiritual teacher and prisoner of conscience Mohammad Ali Taheri has been in pre-trial solitary confinemen… Read More
2016-05-05 14:52
By Debbie Sharnak, Argentina-Paraguay country specialist and Magdalena Medley, Women’s Human Rights thematic specialist
A 27-year-old woman, known as Belén to protect her ident… Read More
2016-05-04 18:04
Human rights are basic rights and freedoms that all people are entitled to regardless of nationality, sex, national or ethnic origin, race, religion, language, or other status.
Human rights… Read More
2016-05-04 16:27
I just ate an apple. Later, I’ll try to resist the temptation to munch on crackers. I keep hearing about the importance of a “clean diet.” I think that means no crackers… Read More
2016-05-03 03:00
Journalism is not a crime, yet the principles of free speech and a free press are threatened right across the world. To mark World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, we’re highlighting nine… Read More
2016-04-29 17:49
By Robert Albanese, Senior Writer/Editor at Rhode Island School of Design Media Group, Photos by Nicholas Mrnarevic / Art For Amnesty
In Canvases of Courage, a documentary ab… Read More
2016-04-28 15:24
Director of Central Intelligence Agency John Brennan, December 11, 2014. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
“You rarely win, but sometimes you do.” I keep a poster up in my office wit… Read More
2016-04-26 15:51
Monday 11 January – two people meet at Ouagadougou International Airport and their destinies become immediately and eternally entwined.
She – Leila Alaoui, 33, photographer, arr… Read More
2016-04-26 14:47
The statistics tell a sobering tale. Burkina Faso has the 7th highest rate of child marriage in the world. More than half of all women were married before the age of 18 and 10% before age 1… Read More
2016-04-26 14:47
The statistics tell a sobering tale. Burkina Faso has the 7th highest rate of child marriage in the world. More than half of all women were married before the age of 18 and 10% before age 1… Read More
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