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AIUSA Honors Joseph Baker in Memorium
Today, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) honors the life of Joseph E. Baker, former Director of Internet Communications, Grassroots Advocacy Director, and Deputy Director of AIUSA's Western Region. Joe was an important and much-loved part of the AIUSA family.
May 3, 2023
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Widespread Protests in Sri Lanka Highlight Unified Opposition to Anti-Terrorism Act
“The ATA poses an urgent threat to human rights in Sri Lanka. If enacted, the law could be used to levy charges of terrorism against people simply for exercising their human right to protest peacefully."
May 2, 2023
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Israel/Opt: Israeli Authorities Are Using Facial Recognition Technology To Entrench Apartheid
The Israeli authorities are using an experimental facial recognition system known as Red Wolf to track Palestinians and automate harsh restrictions on their freedom of movement, Amnesty International said today.
May 1, 2023
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New Regional Migration Measures Will Protect Some At The Expense Of Exposing Others To Greater Dangers
We remind the Biden administration and governments across the Americas that seeking asylum is a human right. While we applaud the expanded pathways for people seeking safety without having to make the dangerous trek to the border, this must not come at the expense of the United States forgoing its international obligation to uphold the right to seek asylum.
April 27, 2023
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Amnesty Calls for VC Firms to Conduct Human Rights Due Diligence on Investments from Saudi Public Investment Fund
Amnesty International reiterated its call for leading venture capital firms to respect human rights and conduct human rights due diligence on their investments and investors
April 27, 2023
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Amnesty USA and Amnesty Philippines Make Human Rights asks to Biden and Marcos Ahead of White House Visit
Amnesty urges Philippines President Marcos President Biden to discuss human rights
April 27, 2023
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Leading US University Endowments Fail to Ensure Their Billions Aren’t Funding Human Rights Abuses
Today Amnesty International USA released its first Limited Partner Scorecard, grading 10 of the largest university investment offices in the United States on their human rights due diligence processes when it comes to investments in venture capital. Together, investment offices for these universities – Duke, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, the University of California system, the University of Chicago, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Texas and Texas A&M system, and Yale – control over $426 billion dollars in assets under management. Seven of these universities (Duke, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania and the University of…
April 26, 2023
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Amnesty International Calls on ASEAN and US to Act to End Myanmar Crisis
On the two-year anniversary of ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus... Asia Advocacy Director Carolyn Nash said:
April 24, 2023
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Amnesty International Condemns Anti-Trans Youth Bill in US House
This bill is part of a coordinated, vitriolic attack on the rights and lives of transgender youth and LGBTQI+ people across the country.
April 20, 2023
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New Amnesty International Campaign to Free Leonard Peltier in the USA
No one should be locked up, let alone for over 40 years
April 18, 2023
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Sudan: Parties to the Conflict Must Ensure Protection of Civilians as Deaths MountÂ
“The use of heavy weaponry including artillery, tanks and jet aircraft in densely populated areas in Khartoum has caused numerous civilian deaths and massive destruction of property. Civilians are caught in the middle of this conflict and are suffering. The parties to the conflict must immediately stop using explosive weapons with wide area effects in the vicinity of concentrations of civilians."
April 17, 2023
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Sri Lanka: Biden Must Respond to Dangerous Anti-Terrorism Act
“The draft Anti-Terrorism Act categorically fails on every human rights benchmark. If the Biden administration values the rights of the Sri Lankan people, they need to send a clear message to President Ranil Wickremesinghe that this law must be overhauled entirely or scrapped altogether.”
April 14, 2023