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Pages in category "Human rights abuses in the United States" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Amnesty International published a report in 2021 that shed light on the ongoing human rights violations at Guantánamo Bay. The report criticized the detainees' inadequate medical care and condemned their indefinite imprisonment without fair trials. It also highlighted the lack of responsibility for the crimes undertaken over the previous 19 years.
In the United States, human rights consists of a series of rights which are legally protected by the Constitution of the United States (particularly by the Bill of Rights), [1] [2] state constitutions, treaty and customary international law, legislation enacted by Congress and state legislatures, and state referendums and citizen's initiatives.
According to one academic study, as a result of these considerations, the frequency of Amnesty's reports is influenced by a number of factors, besides the frequency and severity of human rights abuses. For example, Amnesty reports significantly more (than predicted by human rights abuses) on more economically powerful states; and on countries ...
Vendôme Pictures has acquired the remake rights to produce a scripted adaptation of ”A Fire Within,” an award-winning human rights documentary about Ethiopian refugee Edgegayehu “Edge” Taye.
The Security with Human Rights campaign also strongly advocates for the rights of victims of armed groups as well as accountability for those individuals and states that use torture, in order to end cycles of violence and increase overall global security against terrorism and human rights violations. [3] Amnesty International USA publicly ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States found five units of Israel's security forces responsible for gross violations of human rights, the first time Washington has reached such a conclusion about ...
The world is seeing a near breakdown of international law amid flagrant rule-breaking in Gaza and Ukraine, multiplying armed conflicts, the rise of authoritarianism and huge rights violations in ...