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Amnesty Sends Letter to the National Security Council on Recommendations on Key Human Rights Issues to Raise at U.N. General Assembly
August 21, 2018 Rear Admiral Garry E. Hall Senior Director for International Organizations and Alliances National Security Council The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, First Floor, West Wing…
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Saudi Arabia: International community must speak up for human rights defenders after Canadian ambassador expelled
The international community must speak up for detained human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia, Amnesty International said today, after the Canadian ambassador to the country was expelled after calling for…
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Amnesty International staff targeted with malicious spyware
An Amnesty International staff member has been targeted by a sophisticated surveillance campaign, in what the organization suspects was a deliberate attempt to spy on its staff by a government…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill: July 17, 2018
Human Rights on Capitol Hill published by Amnesty International USA Â July 17, 2018 Â In this edition of Human Rights on Capitol Hill: Family Separation: Amnesty International strongly opposes both Family…
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Disappearances and torture in southern Yemen detention facilities must be investigated as war crimes
Justice remains elusive a year after a network of secret prisons was first exposed in southern Yemen, Amnesty International said in a new report today that documents egregious violations going…
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Trump-Putin Helsinki Summit: Human Rights Must be Front and Center
On July 16, President Trump will meet with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland. No formal agenda for the summit has been released but, given the severity of multiple…
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Amnesty International calls for the release of Toffiq al-Bihani and the closure of Guantanamo Bay
As arguments begin in the case of Toffiq al-Bihani and ten others seeking release from arbitrary detention in Guantanamo Bay, Amnesty International reiterated its call for their release and the…
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Yemen: Restrictions to life-saving supplies putting millions of civilians at risk
Millions of lives are at risk because the entry of essential goods such as food, fuel and medical supplies into war-torn Yemen is being restricted by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition…
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Urgent Action: Qatari National Arbitrarily Held Incommunicado (Saudi Arabia UA: 114.18)
Qatari national Nawaf al-Rasheed was arbitrarily arrested in Kuwait and has been detained incommunicado in Saudi Arabia since 12 May.
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Yemen: Attack on Hodeidah threatens civilian lives and lifesaving humanitarian aid
Responding to the news that Yemeni forces backed by a Saudi Arabia-led coalition have launched an offensive on the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah, Amnesty International’s Middle East Research Director…
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Yemen: ICRC withdrawal marks ‘bleak’ new low in conflict that devastates civilians
In response to a decision by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to pull 71 staff out of Yemen due to ongoing insecurity, threats and blocks to their work, Samah…
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Saudi Arabia: International community cannot afford to remain silent about detained women’s rights activists
The international community and allies of the Saudi Arabian government must speak up to help secure the immediate and unconditional release of the women’s rights defenders currently detained in Saudi…
