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Amnesty Responds to Decision on Third Country Asylum Ban:Â Safety Should Not Depend on Where People Ask for Protection
Responding to the Ninth Circuit’s decision halting the nationwide injunction of the Trump administration’s third country asylum ban, Amnesty International…
September 11, 2019
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361 Bipartisan Elected Officials from 46 States Urge President Trump to Welcome Refugees
361 local and state elected officials from 46 states expressed their strong support for resettling refugees in their communities in…
September 11, 2019
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Amnesty Chief Urges Schools to Let Children Take Part in Climate Strikes
Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Kumi Naidoo, has written a personal plea to more than 27,000 schools around the world today…
September 10, 2019
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Congress Must Pass the Keep Americans Safe Act, the Disarm Hate Act, and the Extreme Risk Protection Act
In advance of this week’s markup of several critical gun violence prevention bills by the House Judiciary Committee, Amnesty International…
September 10, 2019
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Israeli Spyware Firm NSO Must Match Words With Action
Responding to news that Israeli spyware firm NSO Group, whose malicious technology has been used by governments to target activists,…
September 10, 2019
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Trans Asylum Seeker Alejandra is Released, but U.S. Must Guarantee She Remains Safe
Alejandra Barrera, a transgender Salvadorian activist who had been held in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention since November…
September 9, 2019
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District Court Recognizes the Right to Asylum in Case on Trump Administration’s Third Country Asylum Ban
A district court has reinstated the nationwide scope of its decision halting a Trump administration policy which would make people…
September 9, 2019
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Prison and Flogging Sentences For Seven Iranian Journalists and Activists ‘Disgraceful Injustice’
Responding to reports of a Revolutionary Court’s decision on September 7 to hand four journalists and three labor rights activists…
September 9, 2019
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Deal or No Deal, Brexit Poses “Serious Human Rights Concerns”
The on-going uncertainty around Brexit poses serious human rights issues, Amnesty International said today.
September 9, 2019
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Bolivian Government Must Suspend Presidential Decree and Investigate Causes of Forest Fires
In an open letter published today, Amnesty International called on the government of President Evo Morales to suspend the July…
September 9, 2019
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Filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and others freed in prisoner swap
Reacting to the news that Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and dozens of other detainees have been released as a part…
September 7, 2019
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Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Offenders in South Africa Must Face Justice
In response to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address to the nation and hundreds who had gathered in Cape Town to protest…
September 5, 2019