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LETTER: AMNESTY AND PARTNERS PRESS CONGRESS FOR COVID SUPPORT AHEAD OF HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS HEARING ON COVID IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Ahead of the March 31, House Foreign Affairs Hearing on COVID in Sub-Saharan Africa, AIUSA and partners sent a letter to House Foreign Affairs Committee leads outlining ongoing risks to citizens in sub-Saharan Africa and the importance of supporting a full TRIPS wavier for vaccines, tests and treatment in order to end the pandemic globally. The letter, signed by Amnesty International USA, Advocacy Network for Africa (AdNA), NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice and Treatment Action Group (TAG) notes that As stated in a WHO February update, only 13% of Africans are fully vaccinated while 18 countries have vaccinated less…
April 26, 2022
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Amnesty International USA Statement on Twitter’s Commitment to Protecting Human Rights
Responding to today's news that Elon Musk has reached a deal to acquire Twitter, Michael Kleinman, Director of Technology and Human Rights at Amnesty International USA, said:
April 25, 2022
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After Almost 1,000 Days of Arbitrary Detention, Steven Donziger’s Release Highlights Urgent Need for Action Against SLAPPs
In response to the news that the unjust six-month sentence of human rights defender and environmental lawyer Steven Donziger has been completed on April 25, 2022, Daniel Joloy, senior policy advisor at Amnesty International, said:
April 25, 2022
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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 Kremlin, simply for sharing information about the actions of the Russian military in Ukraine – dubbed “fake news” by the authorities – Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said:
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 after the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) adopted a Five-Point Consensus that has abjectly failed to stop the violence in the country.
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 the U.S. to do more to adequately address the urgent needs of Ukrainians and all people fleeing conflict, including Afghans and other Black and Brown communities in need of protection and direct support from the U.S. government.
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 in schools in predominantly Hazara Shiite communities in Kabul today, Samira Hamidi, Amnesty International’s South Asia Campaigner, said:
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 Republics of Altay and Khakassia after they published content critical of the war in Ukraine, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said:
April 14, 2022
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – April 2022 Newsletter
Amnesty International released a new on-the-ground investigation on Apr. 1 documenting the Russian military’s wanton disregard for civilian life in Ukraine.
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 Covid-19 today in preparations for their deportation to China. The police told them that they should be prepared to leave the deportation center at 9 pm local time today to board a flight bound for Guangzhou, China.
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 pre-trial detention amid a wider clampdown on a network of feminist-led anti-war activists, Amnesty International said today.
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