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Deadline for evacuations must be extended amid Taliban reprisal attack threats in Afghanistan
The Taliban and the international community must urgently reach an agreement to extend the August 31 deadline for completing evacuations out of Afghanistan, Amnesty International said today, to help protect…
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President Biden should urge Ukraine’s President Zelensky to tackle impunity for security services, LGBTI violent attacks, and gender-based violence
On July 21st, the White House announced that U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet in Washington on August 30th. As the two leaders sit down…
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Amnesty International USA and Amnesty Israel urge President Biden to uphold Palestinian rights and demand the Israeli government end systemic abuses in the OPT during Prime Minister Bennett’s White House visit
On August 25, 2021, Amnesty International USA executive director Paul O'Brien and and Amnesty International Israel executive director Molly Malekar wrote a joint letter to President Joe Biden urging him…
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Taliban responsible for brutal massacre of Hazara men – new investigation
Taliban fighters massacred nine ethnic Hazara men after taking control of Afghanistan’s Ghazni province last month, Amnesty International said today. On-the-ground researchers spoke to eyewitnesses who gave harrowing accounts of…
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Amnesty International’s Statement for the Record on Cuba’s Crackdown on Freedom of Expression – House Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Hearing
On July 20, 2021 Amnesty International USA's Americas Advocacy Director, Amy Fischer, submitted the following statement for the record to the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, Migration…
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Amnesty International Calls on President Biden to Address Repression, Human Rights Abuses in Iraq in Meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Kadhimi
On July 23, 2021, Amnesty International USA wrote to President Joe Biden urging him to raise unlawful repression and worrying human rights abuses in Iraq towards peaceful protesters, press, religious…
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Biden Must Step Up Support for Critical Humanitarian Aid into Syria as Russia Threatens Crossing Closure
The Biden Administration must use every tool at its disposal to prevent this blocking of lifesaving aid - and COVID-19 vaccines - to millions of Syrians, Amnesty International USA said…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – July 2021 Newsletter
HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL Table of Contents Featured International Updates Domestic Updates Welcome News In Case You Missed It JULY 2021 NEWSLETTER Featured: end gun violence CONGRESS SHOULD SWIFLY…
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Amnesty International Statement for the Record on Impacts of COVID-19 in MENA Region, Need for U.S. Action – House Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee
On June 22, 2021, Amnesty International USA’s Middle East and North Africa advocacy director Philippe Nassif and Mustafa Kassem Fellow Amit Dadon submitted the following statement for the record to…
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Executives of surveillance companies Amesys and Nexa Technologies indicted for complicity in torture
Responding to the news that four executives of French surveillance companies Amesys and Nexa Technologies have been indicted for complicity in torture over the sale of surveillance technology to governments…
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Amnesty International USA Calls on President Biden to Raise Human Rights Concerns with President Putin at June 16 Geneva summit
On June 11, 2021, Amnesty International USA wrote to the Biden administration about the swiftly deteriorating human rights situation in Russia ahead of President Biden's meeting with President Putin on…
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Urgent Action: MISSING AND ARBITRARILY DETAINED IN XINJIANG (China: UA 61.21)
More than 60 people from predominantly Muslim ethnic groups have been allegedly interned in camps or sentenced without a fair trial and sent to prison in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous…