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Family Fleeing Violence Ordered Released from Berks Immigration Center

Eight-year old Antonio* was ordered released with his mother from Berks County Residential Center in Pennsylvania today after being granted…

August 14, 2017

Amnesty International USA activists speak out against a ban and a wall against people
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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Trump Must Condemn Racial and Ethnic Hatred

CONTACT: Mandy Simon, [email protected] NEW YORK – In response to today’s events in Charlottesville, Virginia, Amnesty International USA Deputy Executive…

August 12, 2017

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Trump Administration Attempts to Put Mother and Child Released from Immigration Detention Back in Custody

After over 600 days in immigration detention, Wendy and her three-year-old son Diego were granted bond and released by an…

August 11, 2017

Opposition activists shout slogans while members of the National Orchestra System hold a demonstration in rejection of the recent deaths of young people by security forces -within opposition protests- in Caracas on May 7, 2017. The last death in Venezuela's unrest, of a 22-year-old man, occurred during looting in Valencia, one of Venezuelan cities hardest hit by a worsening economic crisis. Demonstrators blame Maduro for the country's plight and the shortages of food and medicine, and demand elections to remove the leftist president. / AFP PHOTO / JUAN BARRETO (Photo credit should read JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images)

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Venezuela: Wave of arrests as government turns against elected opposition

The arrest of four officials from the opposition in Venezuela, the removal from office of a further 11 and the…

August 11, 2017

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Peaceful protests are not a crime

Responding to the arrest of Medha Patkar, of the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), Asmita Basu, Programmes Director at Amnesty International…

August 10, 2017

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Iran’s shameful execution of man arrested at 15

Following today’s execution of Alireza Tajiki, a young Iranian man who was arrested, convicted and sentenced to death as a…

August 10, 2017

NAIROBI, KENYA - AUGUST 9: A man yells during protest in Kibera, Kenya's biggest slum, on August 9, 2017 in Nairobi, Kenya. The protest started after police allegedly killed two protestors in Mathare, another slum in Nairobi. Tensions remain high as rumors of election fraud surround the presidential election between incumbent president Uhuru Kenyatta and his rival Raila Odinga. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)

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Police must only use force as a last resort in dealing with protests in Kenya

Kenyan police must not use unnecessary force in their handling of any election-related protests, said Amnesty International today amid fear…

August 9, 2017

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Prisoner arrested at just 15 is hours away from execution in Iran

The Iranian authorities must halt the imminent execution of Alireza Tajiki, who was arrested as a child, said Amnesty International…

August 9, 2017

All three photos were made on 18 December 2015 in Sakharov Centre in Moscow, Russia during annual Amnesty Party by AI-Russia campaigner Ivan Kondratenko. Ali Feruz (Khudoberdi Nurmatov) holds a poster in support of Uzbekistani journalist Muhammad Bekzhanov who was a hero of Letter Writing Marathon in 2015. Ali Feruz is an asylum seeker from Uzbekistan, a journalist of Novaya Gazeta and activist of Amnesty International in Moscow

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Russia court halts journalist’s deportation to Uzbekistan but detains him despite abuse claims

In response to Moscow City Court’s decision to suspend the deportation to Uzbekistan of openly gay journalist Khudoberdi Nurmatov (better…

August 8, 2017

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Esperanza Spalding, Jesse & Joy, Moby & More Join Ed Sheeran for ‘Give a Home’ for Refugees

1,000 musicians will perform on Sept. 20 for Amnesty International and Sofar Sounds global refugee solidarity concerts.

August 8, 2017

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Amnesty International USA: Child Held at Berks Immigration Center Ordered Released

In an extraordinary move, three-year old Josué* was ordered released from Berks County Residential Center in Pennsylvania today after being…

August 7, 2017

SYDNEY TOWN HALL, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - 2016/02/08: Protesters at Town Hall Square gathered to demonstrate against offshore detention. With mounting public and political pressure against the Australian Federal Government an estimated 4000 protesters rallied at Sydney Town Hall to demonstrate their opposition to the deportation and detention of asylum seeker children to the offshore processing centers of Manus Island and Nauru. The protesters called for the abandonment of all offshore detention with the vocal message of 'let them stay'. (Photo by Richard Ashen/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) GI_ ID No 509063408

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Tragic death of refugee on Manus Island should have been prevented

Responding to the news of the tragic death of an Iranian refugee on Manus Island, Graham Thom, Refugee Coordinator at…

August 7, 2017