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Trump Administration Seeks to Demonize Refugees With New Policy

Responding to reports that the Trump administration is considering a new policy that would allow state and local jurisdictions to deny refugees to be resettled in their community, despite having…

August 21, 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the East Room of the White House
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New Flores Regulations Brazenly Attack Children’s Rights

According to reports, the Trump administration is issuing a final rule that will effectively terminate the 1997 Flores Settlement Agreement, which mandates that children cannot be held in immigration detention…

August 21, 2019
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Planned Parenthood Withdrawal from Title X Demonstrates Cruel Policies

“The Trump administration's restrictions on Title X trample on sexual and reproductive rights, putting the lives of all pregnant people at significant risk, especially low-income women. Over four million people…

August 19, 2019
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 25: Pro-choice activists, politicians and others associated with Planned Parenthood gather for a news conference and demonstration at City Hall against the Trump administrations title X rule change on February 25, 2019 in New York City. The proposed final rule for the Title X Family Planning Program, called the “Gag Rule,” would force a medical provider receiving federal assistance to refuse to promote, refer for, perform or support abortion as a method of family planning. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Six Police Officers Charged Over Killing of Matthew Lee in Jamaica

Reacting to the announcement that the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM), Jamaica’s independent police oversight body, presented charges against six members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) following a six-and-a-half-year…

August 16, 2019
A Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) police officer stands guard in the Half Way Tree neighborhood in Kingston, Jamaica on May 18, 2019. - The JCF is the official police force of Jamaica. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Images)

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Former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir Must Not Escape International Trial

Former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir must face justice for crimes under international law, including genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, that he allegedly committed in Darfur while in power,…

August 16, 2019
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir delivers a speech at the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum on January 3, 2019. (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP) (Photo credit should read ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP/Getty Images)

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Congress Must Immediately Address Gun Violence in the U.S.

Amnesty International USA today made an announcement calling for Congress to cut short its August recess and call an emergency session to immediately address gun violence in the United States.…

August 9, 2019
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