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MIAMI, FL - AUGUST 12: Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) waits for the start of a press conference after joining with anti-gun violence activists and victims' families to discuss the impact of gun violence on August 12, 2016 in Miami, Florida. They used the opportunity to also discuss why they support Hillary Clinton's plans to combat gun violence. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Universal Background Checks Are Critical to Addressing Human Rights Crisis of Gun Violence

Legislation introduced today requiring universal background checks for firearm sales presents an important opportunity to address the human rights crisis…

January 8, 2019

AIUSA Executive Director Margaret and AI Secretary General Salil Shetty delivered a letter to the Department of Homeland Security Secretary, outlining numerous personal stories of people who are affected by the Muslim ban, asking DHS to release full information about how the ban has been implemented, and demanding that DHS help roll back the ban. As a part of the protests outside, we projected “No Ban, No Wall” on the building along with photos of refugees in Lebanon and Kenya provided by Magnum Photography.

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It’s Time To Stop Political Posturing And Protect Human Rights At The Border, Says Amnesty

In anticipation of President Trump’s address tonight on his administration’s policies toward asylum-seekers and migrants at the border, Margaret Huang,…

January 8, 2019

Mike Pompeo — Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images

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Failure to Raise Human Rights During Pompeo Visit to Gulf Could Risk Increased Abuses

Amnesty International USA has sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo regarding his current tour of the Middle…

January 8, 2019

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Thailand: Don’t deport Saudi woman in grave danger

Responding to reports that Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, an 18-year-old Saudi woman, faces deportation from the transit zone of Suvarnabhumi Airport…

January 7, 2019

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US Ceases Cooperation with United Nations Over Potential Human Rights Abuses

In response to reports that the Trump administration has stopped cooperating with United Nations (UN) investigators probing potential human rights…

January 4, 2019

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DRC: Authorities must reopen media outlets and end crackdown on internet freedom

Following further closures of media outlets and a mounting crackdown on internet and mobile messaging in the wake of elections…

January 3, 2019

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Saudi Arabia: Censorship of Netflix is latest proof of crackdown on freedom of expression

Responding to news that Netflix have removed an episode from a comedy show in Saudi Arabia, after officials from the…

January 2, 2019

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Amnesty USA Reaction to Use of Tear Gas Along US-Mexico border

In response to reports that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents used tear gas against men, women and children crossing…

January 1, 2019

Crisis Mission - Mexico Border, February 2017

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Statement Responding to Another Child’s Death in Custody of Customs and Border Protection

Responding to news reports of the death of an 8-year-old Guatemalan boy in the custody of a Customs and Border…

December 25, 2018

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega speaks during the commemoration of the 51st anniversary of the Pancasan guerrilla campaign in Managua, on August 29, 2018. - Ortega called the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights "infamous" and "terror instrument", after it denounced Wednesday systematic human rights violations in the framework of opposition protests in which 300 people were killed. (Photo by INTI OCON / AFP) (Photo credit should read INTI OCON/AFP/Getty Images)

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Nicaragua: Report affirms the government of President Ortega has committed crimes against humanity

In response to the publication of the “Report on the Acts of Violence Occurred Between April 18 and May 30, 2018…

December 21, 2018

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Remain in Mexico Plan Could Prove Deadly to Vulnerable Families

In response to a negotiated deal between the United States and Mexico that would require people to remain in Mexico…

December 20, 2018

MIRAMAR, FL - MAY 19: Jenny Martinez hugs her son, William Martinez, as they talk to the media about her trip from El Salvador and her need for asylum in America because of domestic violence and her fear for her life as they join with protesters in front of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services building on May 19, 2017 in Miramar, Florida. The protesters are asking for the Trump Administration to stop the numerous arrests of undocumented immigrants that they say have become too frequent during court appearances and when people show up to immigration offices to renew temporary permits. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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US Must Allow Survivors of Domestic Violence and Gang Violence to Seek Asylum

Judge Emmet Sullivan, on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, today struck down a decision instituted by…

December 19, 2018