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Facebook and Google’s Pervasive Surveillance Poses An Unprecedented Danger To Human Rights
Facebook and Google’s omnipresent surveillance of billions of people poses a systemic threat to human rights, Amnesty International warned in a new report as it called for a radical transformation of the tech giants’ core business model.
November 20, 2019
Update
Human Rights on Capitol Hill Newsletter – November Edition
To view the PDF version click here: Human Rights on Capitol Hill November 2019 Human Rights on Capitol Hill published by Amnesty International USA November 20, 2019 In this edition of Human Rights on Capitol Hill: 1) This Month’s Feature - The Remaking of Northeast Syria in October 2019 Turkey/Syria - Amnesty International Demands that Turkey Suspend its Military Offensive in Northern Syria 2) Major Middle East Developments a) Israel/Palestine - Secretary Pompeo’s Announcement on Israeli Settlements Violates Geneva Conventions and International Consensus on Illegality of Settlements b) Iran – Iranian Security Forces Must Stop Using Excessive Force on Peaceful Protesters c) Saudi Arabia– Amnesty…
November 20, 2019
Press Release
More Than 100 Protestors Believed to be Killed As Top Officials Give Green Light to Crush Protests in Iran
Verified video footage, eyewitness testimony from people on the ground and information gathered from human rights activists outside Iran reveal a harrowing pattern of unlawful killings by Iranian security forces, which have used excessive and lethal force to crush largely peaceful protests in more than 100 cities across Iran sparked by a hike in fuel prices on November 15, said Amnesty International today.
November 19, 2019
Press Release
Billboards for World Children’s Day Call for Freedom for Detained Children in the U.S.
For World Children’s Day on November 20, Amnesty International USA is calling for the United States government to stop detaining children who seek safety in the United States, with new billboards targeting the Trump administration. As part of the I Welcome campaign, Amnesty International USA has launched billboards in Florida targeting the detention of children seeking safety. The human rights organization chose Florida after in-depth research into the Homestead, Florida facility, which Amnesty International USA found violated children’s rights by holding them in prolonged and indefinite detention and keeping them in conditions that did not meet U.S. or international standards, violating the best…
November 19, 2019
Update
Statement for the Record on the November 2019 Hearing “What’s Next For Lebanon? Examining the Implications of Current Protests”
November 19, 2019 Rep. Theodore Deutch, Chairman Rep. Joe Wilson, Ranking Member House Foreign Affairs Committee 2170 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Re: November 19, 2019 hearing on “What’s Next for Lebanon?” Dear Chairman Deutch, Ranking Member Wilson, and Members of the Committee: On behalf of Amnesty International USA (“AIUSA”) and our more than two million members and supporters nationwide, we urge this Committee to highlight the deteriorating human rights situation in Lebanon. We conduct in-depth human rights investigations, analyze our findings in light of Lebanon’s obligations under international human rights law treaties it…
November 19, 2019
Update
Amnesty International Statement for Hearing on “Examining the Human Rights and Legal Implications of DHS’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy”
For PDF, please click here. November 18, 2019 Rep. Kathleen Rice Chair Rep. Clay Higgins Ranking Member House Homeland Security Committee Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations RE: Amnesty International Statement for Hearing on “Examining the Human Rights and Legal Implications of DHS’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy” On behalf of Amnesty International USA and our members and supporters in the United States, we hereby submit this statement for the record. Amnesty International is an international human rights organization with national and regional offices in more than 70 countries, including in the United States. A…
November 19, 2019
Press Release
Pompeo announcement on Israeli Settlements Places Occupied Palestinians At Increased Risk
Responding to an announcement by the United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, that the U.S. will not consider Israeli settlements in the West Bank as illegal under international law, Amnesty International USA’s advocacy director for the Middle East and North Africa, Philippe Nassif, said: “Today, the United States government announced to the rest of the world that it believes the U.S. and Israel are above the law: that Israel can continue to violate international law and Palestinians’ human rights and the U.S. will firmly support it in doing so. “Today’s announcement does not and will not change the law…
November 18, 2019
Press Release
President Trump’s Pardons Send Message That Laws Don’t Matter
Responding to reports that President Donald Trump intervened in three cases involving war crimes, issuing full pardons to two soldiers and reversing disciplinary action against another, Daphne Eviatar, director of the Security with Human Rights program at Amnesty International USA said: “President Trump’s actions send a message that laws don't matter to this administration. Under his command, U.S. wars have had particularly brutal impacts on civilians, killing thousands and raising serious concerns that the military’s practices are systematically violating laws of war, without any transparency or accountability. "These latest pardons are a blow to the families of civilians who have…
November 18, 2019
Press Release
President Trump’s Bullying Makes a Mockery of Asylum
Responding to a new interim final rule that seeks to implement asylum cooperative agreements between the United States, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, Charanya Krishnaswami, the advocacy director for the Americas at Amnesty International USA said: “The administration has bullied the governments of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras into signing agreements that will be deadly for people seeking asylum and is now carrying out their fatal application. This rule is potentially the most dangerous and dramatic step yet that the Trump administration has taken to eviscerate the right to seek asylum here, foreclosing all forms of protection for people who…
November 18, 2019
Press Release
Write For Rights: Amnesty International Launches Global Campaign Championing Youth Activists
Amnesty International has today launched Write for Rights, the world’s biggest human rights campaign, which this year champions children’s rights and youth activists.
November 17, 2019
Press Release
Another Weekend of Shootings Shines A Glaring Light on Inaction By Congress, Mitch McConnell
Responding to shootings this weekend in the United States, in Pleasantville, New Jersey and Paradise Hills, San Diego, Amnesty International USA’s End Gun Violence campaign manager, Ernest Coverson said: “On the heels of the preventable tragedy in Santa Clarita this week, this country is once again in pain as children bear the brunt of inaction in Congress. For our country’s leaders to continue to fail to take any action on gun violence prevention is damning. “Blood from these shootings lies squarely in the hands of Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, who has refused to take any action as children as young as…
November 16, 2019
Press Release
Statement From Amnesty International India on Government Raids
Over the past year, a pattern of harassment has emerged every time Amnesty International India stands up and speaks out against human rights violations in India.
November 15, 2019