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U.S. Sanctions Against ICC Staff Create Chilling Effect for International Justice

Responding to today's announcement of U.S. sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC), Daniel Balson, advocacy director at Amnesty International…

September 2, 2020

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Advocates Call for ICE Not to Deport a Pastor to Dangerous, Deadly Conditions

Advocates were informed today that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will deport Pastor Steven Tendo, a Ugandan asylum-seeker who faced…

September 2, 2020

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Update to Amnesty International Report on COVID-19 IN US IMMIGRATION DETENTION (August 2020)

On 7 April 2020, Amnesty international issued the report ‘We are adrift, about to sink': The looming COVID-19 disaster in…

September 1, 2020

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Human Rights Organizations Urge Court to Safeguard Children’s Rights and Family Unity

As the United States District Court for the Central District of California prepares to hear arguments on September 4 in…

August 31, 2020

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Amnesty International USA Joins March on Washington’s Call for Police Reform and Justice for Black Lives

Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) and its members will join the historic 2020 March on Washington to demand an end to…

August 28, 2020

KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, USA - AUGUST 25: Protestors confront police in front of the Kenosha County Courthouse during a third night of protests on August 25, 2020 over the shooting of a black man Jacob Blake by police officer in Wisconsin, United States. Wisconsin expands Natâl Guard presence amid unrest. Governor declares state of emergency as civil unrest in Kenosha continues after Black man was shot several times at close range in the back during an encounter with a police officer on Sunday. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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Statement on Shooting in Kenosha, WI During Protests Resulting in 2 Dead and One Injured

Following reports indicating that two protestors were killed and one was injured during protests in Kenosha, WI, Amnesty International USA…

August 26, 2020

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U.S. District hearing is a blow to families facing family separation

Responding to today’s hearing before U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee on enforcement of the Flores Settlement Agreement during COVID-19,…

August 8, 2020

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Coalition demands release of Trump administration documents on the detention of families during the COVID-19 pandemic

Today, a coalition of organizations submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)…

August 4, 2020

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As family is freed from ICE detention, calls for more to be released grow louder

Responding to the release of Karla* and her fifteen-year-old daughter Katherine* from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Dilley, Texas,…

August 4, 2020

DAYTON, OHIO, UNITED STATES - 2019/08/21: Women hold placards during a gun reform rally that was held in Dayton, Ohio in the wake of a mass shooting at the area earlier this month that left 9 dead and 27 wounded. (Photo by Megan Jelinger/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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#StandWithOhio: Coalition Launches National Campaign To Demand Ohio Gov. DeWine Reject Stand Your Ground Law

Today, a coalition of eight advocacy organizations launched a nationwide campaign calling on Ohio Governor Mike DeWine to clearly and…

August 4, 2020

PORTLAND, OR - JULY 30: A federal officer points his less-lethal weapon into the crowd while dispersing a protest against racial injustice and police brutality in front of the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in the early hours of July 30, 2020 in Portland, Oregon. Protests against the federal presence in Portland continued Wednesday following an announcement by Governor Kate Brown that federal officers would begin a phased withdrawal from the city. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

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New Report Finds Law Enforcement Violated Black Lives Matter Protesters’ Human Rights, Documents Acts of Police Violence and Excessive Force

Today, Amnesty International USA released a report documenting widespread and egregious human rights violations by police officers against protesters, medics,…

August 4, 2020

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Still no accountability for Michael Brown’s family as laws remain unchanged

Responding to an announcement by Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell that he will not charge the former police officer who fatally…

July 30, 2020