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Human Rights on Capitol Hill: June 18, 2018
In this edition of Human Rights on Capitol Hill: (1) Family separation: Amnesty International demands that administration immediately halt family separation.…
June 18, 2018
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Israel: African asylum-seeker deportations and “voluntary” transfers are forced and illegal
The Israeli government’s transfers of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum-seekers is cruel and illegal, Amnesty International said today, as it released a…
June 17, 2018
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Amnesty’s letter to Congress ahead of World Refugee Day
June 13th, 2018 Amnesty International USA participated in Refugee Council USA's ("RCUSA") Letter A Day campaign in honor of…
June 15, 2018
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Italy/Malta: Forcing Aquarius to Valencia undermines search and rescue system and sets deadly precedent
As the SOS Mediterranee rescue ship, MV Aquarius, heads to the Spanish port of Valencia, Elisa De Pieri, Amnesty International’s…
June 12, 2018
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Italy/Malta: Stranded refugees and migrants must be immediately allowed to dock
As the SOS Mediterranee rescue ship, MV Aquarius remains stranded between Malta and Sicily with 629 people aboard including 123…
June 11, 2018
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Landmark rulings expose Romanian and Lithuanian complicity in CIA secret detention program
The European Court of Human Rights has found that Romania and Lithuania violated the human rights of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri…
May 31, 2018
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Hungary: Laws are cruel attempt to criminalize those helping asylum seekers
Responding to a package of punitive laws tabled in Parliament today that will criminalize migration-related work by activists and NGOs, Amnesty International’s…
May 29, 2018
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Australia: Healthcare rollbacks put refugee lives and health at risk
The Australian government is attempting to walk away from the human rights crisis it has created for refugees and asylum…
May 17, 2018
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Amnesty Statement to Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee
As the FY 2019 budget for Homeland Security is considered, this statement was submitted by Amnesty International USA to the…
May 7, 2018
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Separating asylum-seeking families violates international law
The U.S. government must stop separating asylum-seeking parents from their children and denying them access to asylum procedures through prolonged…
May 7, 2018
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Ending TPS for Honduras Could Put Lives in Danger
Today, the Department of Homeland Security announced the end of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation to Honduras, despite the country’s…
May 4, 2018
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Americas: Amnesty International monitors treatment of asylum seekers at US-Mexico border
On Thursday 26 April, Amnesty International raised a billboard at the San Ysidro Port of Entry (POE) on the US–Mexico…
April 26, 2018