Kalaya’an Mendoza, one of Amnesty’s 13-person human rights delegation, on the ground in Ferguson (Photo Credit: Amnesty USA). Organization On the Ground in Ferguson Monitoring Policing of Protests FERGUSON, MO–(ENEWSPF)–August 18, 2014.  As communities across the nation stand witness to the killing of an unarmed African American teenager by a[Read More…]

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—August 18, 2014. The Saudi Arabian authorities must halt all executions, Amnesty International said after four members of the same family were executed today as part of a “disturbing” recent surge in the use of the death penalty in the country. The two sets of brothers from the same[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 18, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT MIDDLE EAST PEACE SYRIA / IRAQ TERRORIST DESIGNATIONS NORTH KOREA INDIA / PAKISTAN EGYPT MIDDLE EAST PEACE UKRAINE LIBYA GERMANY AFGHANISTAN IRAQ TRANSCRIPT:   1:16 p.m. EDT MS. HARF: Hello, everyone. Happy Monday. Welcome to the daily press briefing. Welcome back,[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 18, 2014. Attorney General Eric Holder released the following statement Monday following his briefing of President Obama on the latest developments in the federal civil rights investigation in Ferguson, Missouri: “As I informed the President this afternoon, the full resources of the Department of Justice are being committed[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 18, 2014. Today we mark an important achievement in our ongoing effort to counter the spread of weapons of mass destruction by eliminating Syria’s declared chemical weapons stockpile. The most lethal declared chemical weapons possessed by the Syrian regime were destroyed by dedicated U.S. civilian and military professionals[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 18, 2014. Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed in July. Thirty states had unemployment rate increases from June, 8 states had decreases, and 12 states and the District of Columbia had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-nine states and the[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 18, 2014. The following statement was released Sunday by Justice Department spokesman Brian Fallon concerning the federal civil rights investigation into the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri: “Due to the extraordinary circumstances involved in this case and at the request of the Brown family, Attorney General[Read More…]

Largest ad buy so far for 2014 Oregon ballot measures OREGON—(ENEWSPF)—August 18, 2014. Oregon’s leading drug addiction expert appears today in the first TV spot in a $2.3 million advertising campaign to regulate, tax and legalize marijuana for adults 21 and older. The advertising buy made by the Yes on[Read More…]

First Time in New Mexico History People will Vote on Marijuana Reform Santa Fe—(ENEWSPF)—August 18, 2014.  Today the city of Santa Fe’s City Clerk announced the Reducing Marijuana Penalties Campaign submitted enough valid signatures to qualify for the city’s citizen initiative process setting the stage to give voters in Santa[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 16, 2014. Hi, everybody. Over the next couple weeks, schools all across the country will be opening their doors. Students will suit up for fall sports, marching band, and the school play; moms and dads will snap those first-day-of-school pictures — and that includes me and Michelle. And[Read More…]