Amnesty International USA
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 Amnesty International USA     | |
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| Headquarters | New York NY, United States |
| Slogan | n/a. |
| Sponsored by | Rockefeller Brothers Fund |
Legal Case
| Name | Plaintiff(s) | Defendant(s) | Start | End | Description |
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| Clapper v. Amnesty International USA | James Clapper | Amnesty International USA | 29 October 2012 | 26 February 2013 | James Clapper sought to dismiss Amnesty International's challenge of the Fisa Amendments Act. They Supreme Court ruled that dragnet surveillance could not be challenged since the plaintiffs were unlikely to be targets of surveillance - something that was revealed a few months later by the Edward Snowden leaks to be untrue. The decision appear to be nevertheless unchallenged. |
Event Sponsored
| Event |
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| Rockefeller Brothers Fund |
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Amnesty International: Imperialist Tool | Article | 23 October 2012 | Francis Boyle | Effectively, Amnesty International and AIUSA function as tools for the imperialist, colonial and genocidal policies of the United States, Britain, and Israel. |
