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Press Release
Joe Biden Must Tell Rishi Sunak To Drop ‘Deeply-Misconceived’ Troubles Bill
Commenting on UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s forthcoming trip to Washington for talks with President Joe Biden, Grainne Teggart, Amnesty…
June 5, 2023
Press Release
Global: Misuse of Tear Gas Killing and Injuring Protesters Worldwide – Updated Interactive Website
The horrific misuse of tear gas by security forces during brutal crackdowns on protests in Iran, Peru and Sri Lanka…
May 29, 2023
Press Release
Afghanistan: Taliban’s Treatment of Women and Girls Should Be Investigated as the Crime Against Humanity of Gender Persecution – New Report
The Taliban’s severe restrictions and unlawful crackdown on women and girls’ rights should be investigated as possible crimes under international…
May 25, 2023
Press Release
Peru: Senior Officials Should Face Investigation Over Widespread Lethal Attacks By Security Forces
Peru’s Attorney General’s Office should investigate all those, up to the highest level, who ordered or tolerated the illegitimate use…
May 25, 2023
Press Release
Joint Delegation Report Details Harms of Biden’s New Asylum Ban
The report details the abysmal conditions, grave harms, and barriers to protection suffered by people who are now waiting to…
May 18, 2023
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Applauds Minnesota’s New Common-Sense Gun Legislation
The Minnesota legislature has taken great steps in addressing gun violence.
May 17, 2023
Report
Ukraine Organizational Report: Key Findings and Learnings related to the August 4, 2022 Press Release on Ukraine
The International Board shares today the Ukraine Organizational Report which consolidates the learnings and recommendations drawn from the independent reviews…
May 17, 2023
Press Release
DEATH PENALTY 2022: Recorded Executions Skyrocket to Highest Figure in Five Years
Recorded executions in 2022 reached the highest figure in five years, as the Middle East and North Africa’s most notorious…
May 16, 2023
Press Release
At Border, Humanitarian Delegation Witnesses an End of Title 42 Without Chaos and Cruelty of New Asylum Ban
A delegation bore witness to Title 42 and the implementation of number of punitive policies along the border, including a…
May 12, 2023
Press Release
Report-out from Delegation of Civil and Human Rights Leaders Visiting US-Mexico Border
On Friday, May 12, at 1 pm CT/2 pm ET, members of a senior delegation of human rights leaders led by…
May 12, 2023
Press Release
Global: Amnesty International Calls For Universal Social Protection, As Overlapping Crises Leave Hundreds of Millions Facing Disaster
Amnesty International is today calling for social security to be made available to everyone worldwide after a series of crises…
May 9, 2023
Press Release
Mandatory Use of CBP One Mobile Application Violates Right to Seek Asylum
The mandatory use of the CBP One mobile application as the sole means of entering the United States to seek…
May 9, 2023