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Boko Haram survivors interviewed by Amnesty International in Nigeria in 2023.
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“Help Us Build Our Lives”: Girl Survivors of Boko Haram and Military Abuses in North-East Nigeria

This Amnesty International report examines abuses and violations of international human rights law girls endured by Boko Haram and Nigerian…

June 9, 2024

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Amnesty International USA and Amnesty International France Call on Macron and Biden to Urgently Stop Sending Weapons to Israel

Comments from Paul O’Brien, Executive Director of Amnesty International USA and Jean-Claude Samouiller, President of Amnesty International France as President…

June 6, 2024

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Global: FIFA Must Protect Human Rights by Securing Binding Safeguards from 2030 and 2034 World Cup Bidders – New Report

FIFA must rigorously and transparently ensure that bids to host the 2030 and 2034 men’s World Cup tournaments fully safeguard…

June 5, 2024

Conmebol's President Alejandro Dominguez (L-2) and FIFA President Gianni Infantino (R-2), accompanied by Paraguay's President Santiago Peña (L) and Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle(R), sign a book of minutes of the 2030 World Cup during Conmebol's 78th Ordinary Congress in Luque, Paraguay on April 11, 2024. (Photo by NORBERTO DUARTE / AFP) (Photo by NORBERTO DUARTE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Playing a Dangerous Game? Human Rights Risks Linked to the 2030 and 2034 FIFA World Cups

This report highlights risks to the hosting of World Cups that must be addressed if FIFA and bidding countries are…

June 5, 2024

Liberate Palestine, long live the people” written on the sidewalk in Simplified Chinese at the pro-Palestinian encampment outside Paulson Center at New York University, April 30th 2024.
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For the U.S., Honoring Tiananmen Should Include Upholding Students’ Rights at Home

June 4 marked the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.

June 5, 2024

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Global: Record Breaking 12-Month Run of Global Heat Underlines Urgency of Action to Deliver Climate Justice

It is now more essential than ever that the finance required to prevent greater heating, and to allow communities to…

June 5, 2024

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Amnesty International Urges Parole for Native American Activist Leonard Peltier 

Granting Leonard Peltier parole on humanitarian grounds in this case is not only timely but a necessary measure in the…

June 5, 2024

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Amnesty International USA’s Reaction to Biden Administration’s Executive Order on Asylum 

This executive action plays into false narratives about invasions at the border and advances a policy grounded in white supremacist…

June 4, 2024

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Haiti: Human Rights Safeguards and Transparency Must Guide Security Mission Deployment

It is imperative to ensure that any action taken by this multinational mission led by Kenya and supported by the…

June 4, 2024

Representative Mike McCaul (L), the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, addresses an event alongside Taiwan's representative in Washington, Alexander Tah-Ray Yui (C), and Yui's wife Karen Lo at the US Capitol marking the 45th anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act on March 6, 2024. McCaul, who was hit by sanctions by China over his last visit, said he would return to Taiwan to attend the inauguration of President-elect Lai Ching-te. (Photo by Shaun TANDON / AFP) (Photo by SHAUN TANDON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Centering Human Rights in U.S.-Taiwan Relations

The purported “values-based diplomacy” of the U.S.-Taiwan relationship must move beyond rhetoric about democratic resilience.

May 31, 2024

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TJ Riggs: “It’s difficult to watch Alabama continue to kill people and to do it so mercilessly and so often”

TJ Riggs is Amnesty International’s Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator for Alabama. He talks about fighting on behalf of those on…

May 31, 2024

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Amnesty International USA’s Reaction to Biden Administration’s Border Policy Announcement 

The decision by President Biden to prosecute migrants and asylum seekers with criminal charges in U.S. Federal Court shows complete…

May 31, 2024