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Amnesty International USA Welcomes Biden Administration’s Move to Protect Haitian Migrants

Amnesty International USA Advocacy Director for the Americas, Amy Fischer, and Haiti Fellow, Taisha Saintil, released the following statement in…

December 6, 2022

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We Have Become a Nation of Gun Violence

Congress has a duty to the American people to act for human rights and ensure that guns don’t end up…

November 23, 2022

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Amnesty International USA Calls on Incoming Congress to Respect Human Rights and on Current Congress to Pass Key Legislation Immediately

Amnesty International USA’s executive director, Paul O’Brien, released the following statement in response to the results of the U.S. Congressional…

November 17, 2022

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Amnesty International USA Statement on Twitter’s Human Rights, Ethics Layoffs

The Director of Amnesty International USA’s Silicon Valley Initiative, Michael Kleinman, issued the following statement in response to reports of…

November 9, 2022

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Amnesty International Responds to Plan to Block Asylum Access for Venezuelans at Border

In response to the Biden Administration’s announcement about a new process for Venezeulans seeking safety, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at…

October 13, 2022

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Amnesty International USA Calls on Governors and Secretaries of State Across the Country to Ban Guns Near Polling Places

Amnesty International USA sent a letter to governors and secretaries of state nationwide urging them to ban guns at and…

October 3, 2022

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Facebook’s Systems Promoted Violence Against Rohingya in Myanmar; Meta Owes Reparations – New Report

Facebook owner Meta’s dangerous algorithms and reckless pursuit of profit substantially contributed to the atrocities perpetrated by the Myanmar military…

September 28, 2022

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Torture and Other Ill-Treatment of Haitian Asylum Seekers in the US Is Rooted in Anti-Black Racism

U.S. authorities have subjected Haitian asylum seekers to arbitrary detention and discriminatory and humiliating ill-treatment that amounts to race-based torture,…

September 22, 2022

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Amnesty International USA Statement in Response to the Introduction of Federal Abortion Ban Legislation

Responding to the news that Senator Lindsay Graham had introduced a bill in the US Senate that would ban most…

September 14, 2022

 

Amnesty USA and Amnesty South Africa Make Human Rights Asks Ahead of White House Visit

Amnesty International has urged South African President Ramaphosa and United States President Biden to discuss human rights issues facing both…

September 14, 2022

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -- AUGUST 30, 2021: A relative throws himself and weeps over the casket of Farzad, 12, who was killed by U.S. drone airstrikes, according to the family, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021.
 

Human Rights on Capitol Hill – September 2022 Newsletter

As part of its “global war on terror” the U.S. government has been using lethal force, including drone strikes, to…

September 13, 2022

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AIUSA Statement Ahead of the Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks

Ahead of the 21st anniversary of the attack on the United States on September 11, 2001, Daphne Eviatar, the director…

September 9, 2022