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USA: Joint Letter to President Obama re: Shared Concerns Regarding ...
11 April 2013

April 11, 2013. The Honorable Barack Obama President of the United States White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20500. ...

Open Letter       AMR 51/017/2013

Letter Writing Marathon 2012: Final report
3 April 2013

In 2012, 12 cases of individuals and communities whose human rights have been violated were given huge international public attention by Amnesty International. ...

Report       ACT 30/022/2013

UN puts human rights at heart of historic Arms Trade Treaty ...
2 April 2013

The UN has adopted a new treaty that will prohibit states from transferring arms when they know they will be used to commit or facilitate genocide, crimes against ...

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Amnesty International | UN: States must urgently shore up 'serious ...
25 March 2013

Serious deficiencies in a new draft Arms Trade Treaty text would fail to prevent arms transfers to countries where they could be used to commit or facilitate summary ...

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USA: Letter to US Secretary of Defense in relation to hunger ...
22 March 2013

In this letter Amnesty International expresses deep concern at the situation faced by the detainees held in Department of Defense custody at the US naval base at ...

Open Letter       AMR 51/014/2013

USA: 'Judge us by our actions': A reflection on accountability for ...
15 March 2013

A decade after the invasion of Iraq, the US government clearly does not consider full accountability for war crimes and human rights violations committed by US ...

Report       AMR 51/012/2013

Open letter to President Obama on Securing a strong Arms Trade ...
14 March 2013

1. Nobel Peace Prize Laureates. March 14, 2013 President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20500 ...

Open Letter       ACT 30/019/2013

Amnesty International | Nobel Peace Laureates press Obama on Arms ...
14 March 2013

US President Barack Obama must take the lead in securing a strong global Arms Trade Treaty, a group of 18 Nobel Peace Prize winners said in an open letter delivered ...

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Al Nashiri v Romania: Written submissions on behalf of Amnesty ...
13 March 2013

In this document, Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists make submissions on: A) the prohibition of arbitrary deprivation of liberty ...

Report       EUR 39/005/2013

USA: Further information: Kimberly Rivera to be sentenced on 29 ...
12 March 2013

A plea agreement has been reached between US servicewoman Kimberly Rivera's lawyers and the military authorities. A hearing to determine the length of her sentence ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/013/2013