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Press Release
Longest Detained Trans Asylum Seeker in New Mexico Detention Center Must Not Be Deported
Amnesty International USA is increasingly concerned by the treatment of Alejandra*, a transgender Salvadorian activist who has been held in ICE detention since 2017. In partnership with the TransLatin@ Coalition, and the National Immigrant Justice Center, Amnesty International is calling on ICE to stop Alejandra's deportation and release her on parole after Alejandra's request for a stay was denied.
April 25, 2019
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Unprecedented investigation reveals US-led Coalition killed more than 1,600 civilians in Raqqa ‘death trap’
The US-led military Coalition must end almost two years of denial about the massive civilian death toll and destruction it unleashed in the Syrian city of Raqqa, Amnesty International and Airwars said today as they launched a new data project on the offensive to oust the armed group calling itself “Islamic State” (IS). The interactive website, Rhetoric versus Reality: How the ‘most precise air campaign in history’ left Raqqa the most destroyed city in modern times, is the most comprehensive investigation into civilian deaths in a modern conflict. Collating almost two years of investigations, it gives a brutally vivid account of more…
April 25, 2019
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Libya: Horrific attack targeting refugees and migrants at detention center must be investigated as a war crime
A violent attack by fighters who opened fire on refugees and migrants at a detention center on the outskirts of Tripoli highlights the urgent need to ensure civilians are protected and perpetrators are held to account, said Amnesty International after speaking to eye witnesses.
April 24, 2019
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Myanmar: Reuters journalists’ rejected appeal a tragic denial of justice
Responding to the decision by Myanmar’s Supreme Court to uphold the conviction and seven year prison sentence of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, Nicholas Bequelin Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southeast Asia said:
April 23, 2019
Update
Amnesty International USA Statement Welcoming The “Enhancing Human Rights Protections in Arms Sales Act of 2019 (S.854)
April 12, 2019 Amnesty International USA Welcomes The “Enhancing Human Rights Protections in Arms Sales Act of 2019 Amnesty International USA welcomes the introduction of the “Enhancing Human Rights Protections in Arms Sales Act of 2019, S. 854 in the Senate. This bill is a strong repudiation of the Trump administration’s irresponsible approach to the oversight and regulation of US arms exports, which has recently led to concerns about the diversion of weapons sold to UAE and US complicity in war crimes by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. Concerns over the use of US made weapons in the commission of…
April 22, 2019
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Sri Lanka: Attacks another grim reminder of the need to tackle hate
The shocking Sunday morning bombing attacks targeting churches and hotels in three cities in Sri Lanka resulting in more than 290 deaths and leaving more than 500 people injured, is yet another grim wake-up to the intolerance and hatred surging through societies across the world, Amnesty International said today. “Amnesty International stands in complete solidarity with Sri Lanka in its time of grief and we extend our deepest sympathy to the victims, to their family, friends and communities. Our hearts go out to all the people of Sri Lanka and we call on the authorities to ensure truth and justice prevail…
April 22, 2019
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Turkey: Love wins as ‘outrageous ban’ on all LGBTI events in Ankara is lifted
Reacting to the news that an Ankara administrative appeals court has today lifted the blanket ban on all Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex events in place in the capital since November 2017, Fotis Filippou, Campaigns Director for Europe at Amnesty International said:
April 19, 2019
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Sudan: Former president Omar Al-Bashir must be tried by ICC for war crimes
Responding to news that former Sudan president Omar Al-Bashir is being detained in Kober prison in Khartoum, Joan Nyanyuki, Amnesty International’s Director for East Africa, the Horn and the Great Lakes, said:
April 17, 2019
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Attorney General Announcement on Asylum-Seekers is Heartless and Cruel
Following the Attorney General’s announcement that those who pass the initial credible fear test for seeking asylum will not be eligible for bond and will be detained indefinitely, Charanya Krishnaswami, Americas advocacy director for Amnesty International USA, made the following statement.
April 16, 2019
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Libya: Release migrants and refugees trapped in detention centers amid escalating clashes
Responding to a news report that more than 700 refugees and migrants in Libya were trapped in a detention center in Qasr bin Ghasher in close proximity to intense armed clashes in Tripoli, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Magdalena Mughrabi, said:
April 15, 2019
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Nicaragua: State must put an end to a year of brutal repression
Ahead of the first anniversary of the Nicaraguan government’s violent crackdown on protests over social security reforms on 18 April 2018 – the beginning of a dark chapter of state repression that continues to this day – Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty International, said:
April 15, 2019
Press Release
Transgender Military Ban is “A Shameful Step Backward”
In response to President Trump’s transgender military ban going into effect, Tarah Demant, director of the gender, sexualtity, and identity program at Amnesty International USA, made the following statement.
April 12, 2019