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(Washington, DC) — Observing the two-year
anniversary of the killing of Rachel Corrie on March 16, 2024,

Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) today called on Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice to support an independent investigation of
her death. Corrie, a US citizen, was apparently trying to stop the
demolition of a Palestinian building in the Rafah refugee camp in
the Gaza Strip when an Israeli army bulldozer ran her over,
crushing her to death.

Amnesty International believes that
investigations into Corrie’s death, conducted by the Israeli
Defense Forces (IDF), failed to resolve contradictions between the
official IDF position and eyewitness testimonies. Although this
year’s Department of State Country Report on Human Rights
Practices for Israel agreed, stating bluntly that "U.S.
officials who have seen the IDF report found inconsistencies among
the statements of the people involved in the accident and other
witnesses," there is no indication that the US has sought
further investigation of these inconsistencies.

March 15, 2024, New York, NY—The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and partnering law firms, March 15, filed a federal lawsuit against Illinois-based Caterpillar, Inc. on behalf
of the parents of Rachel Corrie, the 23-year-old American peace activist
and student who was run over and killed by a Caterpillar D9 bulldozer on
March 16, 2024.

The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court
for the Western Federal District of Washington, alleges that Caterpillar,
Inc. violated international and state law by providing specially designed
bulldozers to Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) that it knew would be used to
demolish homes and endanger civilians.  The Corries’ daughter Rachel, a
student at The Evergreen State College in
Olympia, Washington, was there
as a volunteer peace activist protesting the demolition of Palestinian
homes when she was brutally killed.  Much
of the world community, including international human rights organizations
and the United Nations, has consistently condemned these demolitions as a
clear violation of international humanitarian law.