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Media Advisory: End Gun Violence Rally Features Pelosi, Schumer, Activists From Around the Country

Gun violence has become so prevalent in the United States that it amounts to a human rights crisis. The week…

September 25, 2019

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Congress Should Immediately Pass the Assault Weapons Ban

In advance of today’s House Judiciary Committee hearing on the impact of assault weapons, Amnesty International USA submitted this statement…

September 25, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 17: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to the media after attending the Republican weekly policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, September 17, 2019 in Washington, DC. McConnell spoke on several topics including stalled gun control legislation. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

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U.S. House Passes Burma Act – Senate Majority Leader McConnell Should Advance Myanmar Accountability

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the BURMA Act, legislation which would advance efforts to hold senior Myanmar military…

September 24, 2019

Egyptian protesters shout slogans as they take part in a protest calling for the removal of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo's downtown on September 20, 2019. - Protestors also gathered in other Egyptian cities calling for the removal of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi but police quickly dispersed them. In Cairo dozens of people joined night-time demonstrations around Tahrir Square -- the epicenter of the 2011 revolution that toppled the country's long-time autocratic leader. (Photo by STR / AFP) (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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World Leaders Must Act To Stop Egyptian President al-Sisi’s Repressive Crackdown

Ahead of further protests expected on Friday, world leaders must confront President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and utterly condemn the crackdown…

September 24, 2019

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El Salvador Agreement Must Be Condemned Immediately

Responding to reports of a cooperative agreement between the United States and El Salvador, which would potentially force certain asylum-seekers…

September 20, 2019

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 25: People take part in a candle light vigil to remember journalist Jamal Khashoggi outside the Saudi Arabia consulate on October 25, 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey. Jamal Khashoggi, a U.S. resident and critic of the Saudi regime, went missing after entering the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul on October 2. More than two weeks later Riyadh announced he had been killed accidentally during an altercation with Saudi consulate officials, however as investigations continue new information surfaced, pointing to a brutal and planned murder contradicting previous claims. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

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MEDIA ADVISORY: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA TO MARK ANNIVERSARY OF JAMAL KHASHOGGI KILLING

October 2, 2019 marks one year since Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi Arabian journalist who went into self-exile in the United…

September 20, 2019

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Amnesty International to Participate in Hearings and Events at IACHR Sessions

Amnesty International will participate in public hearings on protests and security in Honduras and on limits of access to asylum…

September 20, 2019

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Shocking disregard for civilians as U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan adds to death toll

Responding to the reported killing of numerous farmers in a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan, on the same day that…

September 19, 2019

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Arbitrary Arrests, Brutal Beatings and Torture in Hong Kong Police Detentions Revealed

A new Amnesty International field investigation has documented an alarming pattern of the Hong Kong Police Force deploying reckless and…

September 19, 2019

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Marshall Billingslea Should Not be Confirmed for Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights

As today’s hearing takes place before the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Marshall Billingslea’s nomination to be Under…

September 19, 2019

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Lethal Force Legislation Could Save Lives and Protect Communities

In response to the introduction of the Police Exercising Absolute Care for Everyone (PEACE) Act by Representatives Ro Khanna and…

September 18, 2019

Members and supporters of the Uighur community in the UK mark the 10th anniversary of the 2009 Urumqi riots at a rally outside the Chinese Embassy in London, England, on July 5, 2019. Deadly clashes between Uighur Muslims and Han Chinese broke out in Urumqi (capital of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region in north-west China) on July 5, 2009. According to official figures 197 people died in the violence, most of them Han Chinese. Uighur groups maintain that the death toll was much higher, however, and that the victims were predominantly Uighur. Demonstrations have been organised by the World Uyghur Congress in 23 cities around the world. (Photo by David Cliff/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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UN Secretary-General Must Publicly Denounce Human Rights Violations In Xinjiang

Antonio Guterres should publicly and unequivocally condemn the Chinese authorities’ abusive policies in Xinjiang and call for an immediate closure…

September 17, 2019