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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – July 2022 Newsletter

HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL Table of Contents Featured Domestic Updates International Updates In Case You Missed It july 2022 NEWSLETTER URGENT: CONGRESS MUST PASS LEGISLATION TO PROTECT ABORTION RIGHTS…

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Guantánamo 20th Anniversary Youth Poster Contest

WINNING SUBMISSIONS! Guantánamo 20th Anniversary Youth Poster Contest We are proud to announce these winners in the CVT & Amnesty International Youth Poster Contest, who shared their art to help…

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Guantanamo: The Story of a Former Guard

For nearly 20 years, Amnesty International has campaigned against the ongoing human rights violations at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and the release of those detained. Thirty-nine prisoners remain detained.…

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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – December 2021 Newsletter

HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL Table of Contents Featured Human Rights Day What’s Coming Down the Pike Welcome News DECEMBER 2021 NEWSLETTER Featured: Tigray and Ethiopia: One Year After the…

A woman walks in front of a damaged house which was shelled as federal-aligned forces entered the city, in Wukro, north of Mekele, on March 1, 2021. - Every phase of the four-month-old conflict in Tigray has brought suffering to Wukro, a fast-growing transport hub once best-known for its religious and archaeological sites. Ahead of federal forces' arrival in late November 2020, heavy shelling levelled homes and businesses and sent plumes of dust and smoke rising above near-deserted streets. Since then the town has been heavily patrolled by soldiers, Eritreans at first, now mostly Ethiopians, whose abuses fuel a steady flow of civilian casualties and stoke anger with Nobel Peace Prize-winner Abiy. (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP) (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Joint Letter: The U.S. Must Comply with the Convention against Torture

On December 1, 2021, Amnesty International USA and eight other human rights organizations wrote to the Biden administration to express deep concerns about reports that the U.S. government has submitted…

December 6, 2021
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – November 2021 Newsletter

HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL Table of Contents Featured Legislative Updates U.S. Asylum Updates International Updates NOVEMBER 2021 NEWSLETTER Featured: Human Rights Crisis in Afghanistan Members and supporters of NY’s…

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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – October 2021 Newsletter

HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL Table of Contents Featured U.S. Reproductive Rights International Updates In Case You Missed It Latest Amnesty International Reports OCTOBER 2021 NEWSLETTER Featured: Haitian Asylum Seekers…

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2021 Virtual Activism Conference

Amnesty International USA is excited to be hosting the 2021 Virtual Activism Conference. The theme is Together for Our Future – 60 years of uniting action-takers and change-makers. Dates: October…