USA

Human Rights in United States of America

Amnesty International  Report 2012


The 2012 Annual Report on
USA is now live »

USA: Judge finds racism in three more death penalty cases: Death ...
20 December 2012

On 13 December 2012, a North Carolina judge overturned three more death sentences after scrutinizing them under the state's Racial Justice Act (RJA). Cumberland ...

Document       AMR 51/100/2012

USA: Truth, justice and the American way? Details of crimes under ...
19 December 2012

Index: AMR 51/099/2012. 19 December 2012. Truth, justice and the American way? Details of crimes under international law still classified Top Secret. ...

Document       AMR 51/099/2012

USA: Further information: Possible trial for US conscientious ...
12 December 2012

Key decisions could be imminently made concerning whether US servicewoman and conscientious objector Kimberly Rivera will face a court martial. If convicted, ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/098/2012

USA: Authorities should release Leonard Peltier
10 December 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AMR 51/097/2012 10 December 2012. USA: Authorities should release Leonard Peltier. ...

Public Statement       AMR 51/097/2012

Americas: Transforming pain into hope: Human rights defenders in ...
7 December 2012

Human rights defenders in the Americas have made fundamental contributions to the advancement of human rights. However, as the clamour for human rights has grown ...

Report       AMR 01/006/2012

USA: Locked away for decades - the plight of California's ...
13 November 2012

More than 3000 prisoners in the US state of California endure inhuman conditions in solitary confinement - sometimes for decades on end.

Story      

USA: California vote allows death penalty experiment to continue
8 November 2012

Four decades after California's Supreme Court abolished the death penalty, only to have it reinstated by popular vote, an effort to persuade the electorate to end ...

Document       AMR 51/094/2012

Al Nashiri v Poland: Written submissions on behalf of Amnesty ...
5 November 2012

In this document, Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists make submissions on: A) knowledge imputable to Contracting Parties at relevant ...

Report       EUR 37/002/2012

USA: Guantánamo: 10 years of human wrongs in 10 numbers
1 November 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA BRIEFING EMBARGO: 1 November 2012, 00:01Hs GMT AI Index: AMR 51/091/2012 Guantánamo: 10 years of human wrongs in ...

PressItem       AMR 51/091/2012

USA: Texas to carry out 250th execution under Governor Rick Perry ...
31 October 2012

The US state of Texas is set to carry out its 250th execution under the governorship of Rick Perry.

Story