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USA: Isolation Units in California's Prisons – Facts and Figures
27 September 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. MEDIA BRIEFING. AI Index: AMR 51/079/2012. EMBARGO: 27 September 2012 07:00 GMT (00:01Hs Pacific Time). USA: Isolation ...

PressItem       AMR 51/079/2012

USA: The edge of endurance: Prison conditions in California's ...
27 September 2012

Hundreds of prisoners have been confined in California's high-security segregation units (Security Housing Units, SHUs) for 10 or more years in conditions of severe ...

Report       AMR 51/060/2012

USA: Further information: Woman detained for conscientious ...
21 September 2012

On 20 September, US servicewoman Kimberly Rivera was arrested and detained by US military authorities after losing her deportation case in Canada and returning ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/081/2012

Italy/USA: Supreme Court orders re-trial of former high-level ...
21 September 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: EUR 30/015/2012. 21 September 2012. Italy/USA: Supreme Court orders re-trial of former ...

Public Statement       EUR 30/015/2012

USA: Texas man faces execution for crime at age 19: Anthony Haynes
19 September 2012

Anthony Haynes is due to be executed in Texas on 18 October for the murder of an off-duty police officer committed when he was 19 years old. Claims of racial ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/078/2012

USA: Guantánamo death highlights urgent need to end indefinite ...
12 September 2012

The ninth death of a Guantánamo detainee highlights the urgent need for the US authorities to end indefinite detention there.

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USA (Pennsylvania): Opposition to Pennsylvania execution grows ...
11 September 2012

Terrance Williams, a 46-year-old African American man, is due to be executed on 3 October in Pennsylvania for a murder committed when he was 18. The victim's widow ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/076/2012

USA: Another detainee dies at Guantánamo
11 September 2012

A tragic reminder of the numbing cruelty of the USA's indefinite detention regime at its Guantánamo Bay detention facility, and the urgent need to resolve the detentions ...

Document       AMR 51/077/2012

Amnesty International | TPP Must Not Trade Away Free Speech and ...
6 September 2012

Negotiators from nine countries gathering outside Washington DC to draft a new Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement must ensure that any new rules on ...

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Rachel Corrie verdict highlights impunity for Israeli military ...
29 August 2012

Court ignores flaws in the Israeli military's internal investigation into the death of the US activist killed by a bulldozer in the Gaza Strip in 2003.

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