Today's announcement by the US government at the United Nations of its support for beginning negotiations on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) was welcomed by Oxfam International and Amnesty International. But the two international organisations also warned that Washington’s support comes at a very high price.
Amnesty International's Secretary General has called on world leaders and policy makers to
shift the debate on poverty from economics to addressing the human
rights problems that impoverish and keep people poor.
A Texas man who faces execution after jurors at his trial consulted the
Bible when deliberating his fate should have his death sentence
commuted, Amnesty International has said.
Amnesty International's Secretary General has urged the White House to refer the report on violations of international law committed in Gaza to the UN Security Council.
The USA must grant all detainees held in US custody at the Bagram
airbase in Afghanistan access to US courts and legal counsel, Amnesty International has said.
