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Prominent Russian Opposition Activist Faces Up to 15 Years in Prison for Sharing Information About the War in Ukraine
Responding to a new criminal investigation launched against Vladimir Kara-Murza, a member of the political opposition and critic of the…
April 22, 2022
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International Community Must Do More to Protect Brave Protesters in Myanmar
Myanmar’s brave activists are still pursuing peaceful protests despite grave danger and numerous challenges, Amnesty International said today, one year…
April 22, 2022
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Amnesty International USA Welcomes “Uniting for Ukraine” But Urges Administration To Do More to Protect Ukrainians and All People Fleeing Conflict
Amnesty International USA welcomes the Biden administration’s initial efforts to welcome Ukrainians through a special parole program, and we urge…
April 21, 2022
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School Bombings in Afghanistan a ‘Reprehensible Attack’ on Religious and Ethnic Minorities
Responding to the deaths of at least six people and the injury of 11 others, including children, following bomb blasts…
April 19, 2022
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Release Russian Journalists Detained Over Critical Coverage of Ukraine Invasion
Responding to the news that Russian authorities have detained an editor-in-chief and a founder of local newspaper from the Russian…
April 14, 2022
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Uyghur Child Among Four ‘Booked for Deportation’ from Saudi Arabia to China Tonight
Amnesty International has received credible information that Buheliqiemu Abula and her teenage daughter, 13, were made to take tests for…
April 13, 2022
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Artist Detained in Russia Amid Clampdown on Anti-War Feminists
The Vasileostrovsky District Court in Saint Petersburg today placed Aleksandra Skochilenko, an activist who replaced price tags in supermarkets with anti-war slogans, into…
April 13, 2022
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The Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus and Amnesty International USA Condemn Georgia Governor Kemp’s Signing of Legislation Eliminating the Concealed Handgun Permitting Process
Today, Governor Brian Kemp signed legislation that will eliminate Georgia’s concealed handgun permitting process.
April 12, 2022
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New Evidence of Abuses in Poland & Belarus Highlights ‘Hypocrisy’ of Unequal Treatment of Asylum-Seekers
The Polish authorities have arbitrarily detained nearly two thousand asylum-seekers who crossed into the country from Belarus in 2021, and…
April 10, 2022
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Authorities Close Down Amnesty International’s Moscow Office
Today, the Russian authorities have closed down representative offices of Amnesty International and other international NGOs. Reacting to the news,…
April 8, 2022
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Amnesty International USA Statement in Response to Senator Rick Scott’s Anti-Amnesty Bill
Amnesty is no stranger to being targeted for its work. Our calls to action to ensure human rights for all…
April 7, 2022
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Russian Forces Extrajudicially Executing Civilians in Ukraine in Apparent War Crimes – New Testimony
Russian military forces have extrajudicially executed civilians in Ukraine in apparent war crimes, Amnesty International said today as it published…
April 7, 2022