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Press Release

U.S. Health, Development & Human Rights Groups: WTO Fails Basic “Do No Further Harm” Test on Eve of Ministerial

On the eve of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Ministerial meeting, U.S. health, human rights, consumer and development organizations denounced the…

June 10, 2022

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“Death Sentences” Against Three Foreign Members of Ukrainian Forces by Separatists’ “Courts” a Blatant Violation of International Law

Responding to the news that a separatist “court” in Russia-occupied Donetsk ordered the death of two captured two British nationals…

June 9, 2022

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Release Salah Hammouri From Unjust Administrative Detention

Responding to the news that the Israeli authorities have extended human rights defender Salah Hammouri’s administrative detention for another three…

June 6, 2022

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President Bukele Engulfs El Salvador in a Human Rights Crisis After Three Years in Government

Under the current state of emergency, the Salvadoran authorities have committed massive human rights violations, including thousands of arbitrary detentions…

June 2, 2022

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Release municipal councilor put on trial for criticizing Russian aggression in Ukraine

Hearings have begun today in the case against Aleksei Gorinov, a Moscow municipal councilor who was charged with disseminating “knowingly…

June 1, 2022

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Military Onslaught in Myanmar’s Eastern States Amounts to Collective Punishment

Myanmar’s military has been systematically committing widespread atrocities in recent months, including unlawfully killing, arbitrarily detaining and forcibly displacing civilians…

May 31, 2022

Press Release

AIUSA Statement on Mass Shooting in Uvalde, Texas

As details emerge from Texas about yet another mass killing, including of school children, Amnesty International USA’s Campaign Manager for…

May 24, 2022

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Death Penalty 2021: State-Sanctioned Killings Rise as Executions Spike in Iran and Saudi Arabia

2021 saw a worrying rise in executions and death sentences as some of the world’s most prolific executioners returned to…

May 23, 2022

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Scrap Plans for Forced Transfer of Palestinian Bedouin Village Ras Jrabah in the Negev/Naqab

Israeli authorities must scrap plans to demolish a Palestinian Bedouin village and forcibly transfer its residents to a segregated Bedouin-only…

May 23, 2022

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UN Human Rights Chief Must Seize Critical Opportunity to Address Crimes Against Humanity in Xinjiang 

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights must address crimes against humanity and gross human rights violations when her…

May 23, 2022

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US Officials Must Lift Title 42 Without Further Delay

Today, expulsions under Title 42 were meant to end, yet this inhumane practice continues due to a recent federal court…

May 23, 2022

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FIFA Should Match $440M World Cup Prize Money to Fund Major Compensation Program for Abused Migrant Workers in Qatar

FIFA should earmark at least $440M to provide remedy for the hundreds of thousands of migrant workers who have suffered…

May 18, 2022