Amnesty International, USA
Frank S. Jannuzi, Deputy Executive Director
Amnesty International, USA is the American branch of the global human rights advocacy organization Amnesty International. Frank S. Jannuzi is deputy executive director of Amnesty International, USA. The following is excerpted from June 13, 2013, testimony before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on “A Dangerous Slide Backwards: Russia’s Deteriorating Human Rights Situation.” In recent months, Russian authorities have intensified their assault on basic freedoms and undermined rule of law. The assault takes many forms. New bills — passed just this week by the country’s lower house of Parliament and expected to be approved in the near future by the…
