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Demonstrators gather August 13, 2017 before a statue of Confederate General Albert Pike, the only member of the Confederate military with an outdoor statue in Washington, DC, during a vigil in response to the death of a counter-protestor in the August 12th "Unite the Right" rally that turned violent in Charlottesville, Virginia. A woman died and 19 people were injured in the city of Charlottesville when a car plowed into a crowd of people after a rally by Ku Klux Klan members and other white nationalists turned violent. / AFP PHOTO / ZACH GIBSON (Photo credit should read ZACH GIBSON/AFP/Getty Images)

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Amnesty International USA Statement on Charlottesville Anniversary and Rallies

Ahead of a planned “Unite the Right 2” rally in Washington DC and the anniversary of the Charlottesville tragedy on…

August 10, 2018

LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 29: John Wider carries a welcome sign near arriving international travelers on the first day of the the partial reinstatement of the Trump travel ban, temporarily barring travelers from six Muslim-majority nations from entering the U.S., at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on June 29, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Under a Supreme Court order, foreigners who do not have a so-called "bona fide relationship" with a person or entity in the United States can be banned. The ban effects travelers from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

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270 BIPARTISAN ELECTED OFFICIALS URGE PRESIDENT TRUMP TO ADMIT AT LEAST 75,000 REFUGEES NEXT YEAR

270 local and state elected officials from 42 states expressed their support for resettling refugees in their communities in a…

August 9, 2018

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Senators in Argentina squander an historic opportunity upon rejecting the legalization of abortion

The decision of the Argentine Senate to reject the draft bill to legalize voluntary termination of pregnancy during the first…

August 9, 2018

LAMPEDUSA, ITALY - MAY 24: Refugees and migrants are seen swimming and yelling for assistance from crew members from the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) 'Phoenix' vessel after a wooden boat bound for Italy carrying more than 500 people capsized on May 24, 2017 off Lampedusa, Italy. Numbers of refugees and migrants attempting the dangerous central Mediterranean crossing from Libya to Italy has risen since the same time last year with more than 43,000 people recorded so far in 2017. In an attempt to slow the flow of migrants Italy recently signed a deal with Libya, Chad and Niger outlining a plan to increase border controls and add new reception centers in the African nations, which are key transit points for migrants heading to Italy. MOAS is a Malta based NGO dedicated to providing professional search-and-rescue assistance to refugees and migrants in distress at sea. Since the start of the year MOAS have rescued and assisted 3572 people and are currently patrolling and running rescue operations in international waters off the coast of Libya. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

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Surging death toll in Central Mediterranean laid squarely at Europe’s door

The number of people drowning in the Central Mediterranean or being taken back to squalid detention centres in Libya has…

August 7, 2018

Photos from the court hearing on Oub Titiev, a head of human rights centre "Memorial" in Chechnya arrested on alleged "drug possession". All photos made in Staropromyslovskiy district court in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia

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Russia: Eyes of the world on trial of Chechen human rights defender

Diplomats from four countries and a senior member of Amnesty International will join numerous human rights monitors in Shali tomorrow to observe…

August 7, 2018

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Bangladesh: Release photographer and end violent crackdown on student protests

The Bangladeshi authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Shahidul Alam, a well-known photographer and activist, who was detained by plainclothes…

August 6, 2018

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Saudi Arabia: International community must speak up for human rights defenders after Canadian ambassador expelled

The international community must speak up for detained human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia, Amnesty International said today, after the…

August 6, 2018

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Amnesty International USA Elects New Board Members for 2018-2019

Amnesty International USA announced today the election of six new members to the Board of Directors starting September 2018. The…

August 3, 2018

People hold placards with an appeal to free Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov during a rally in Kiev on July 1, 2018, to demand the release Oleg Sentsov and other Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia. - Oleg Sentsov, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence in Russia, who have spent more than a month on hunger strike in jail to demand Moscow release Ukrainian political prisoners. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP) (Photo credit should read GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images)

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Amnesty International denied access to Oleg Sentsov, on hunger strike for 81 days

Reacting to the Russian authorities’ refusal to grant Amnesty International access to Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, currently 81 days into…

August 2, 2018

A general view taken on April 26, 2018, shows Syrians driving a motorbike past an old house in the northern Syrian enclave of Afrin that Ankara-backed forces captured from Kurdish fighters in recent months. - Tens of thousands of people were displaced by the Turkish-led assault on the Afrin region, whose small towns and villages were home to mostly Syrian Kurds. (Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAMEER AL-DOUMY/AFP/Getty Images)

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Syria: Turkey must stop serious violations by allied groups and its own forces in Afrin

Turkish forces are giving Syrian armed groups free rein to commit serious human rights abuses against civilians in the northern…

August 1, 2018

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Zimbabwe: Investigate the army’s conduct in post-election killings

Authorities must launch a prompt and effective investigation into the army’s killing of three protesters and injury of scores others…

August 1, 2018

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Trump’s Policies Will Place Thousands of Refugee Lives in Grave Danger

Responding to reports that President Donald Trump may seek to cap U.S. refugee admissions at no more than 25,000 refugees…

August 1, 2018