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Urgent Action Victory! Tunisian Activist Acquitted of All Charges (Tunisia: UA 125.19)
On 19 September 2019, a court in Tunis acquitted 18-year-old activist Maissa al-Oueslati of all charges after facing trumped-up charges that could have resulted in her imprisonment for up to…
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Tom Steyer
Amnesty International USA asked Tom Steyet 13 questions about some of the most pressing human rights issues of our time. Here is his response exactly as provided: How should the…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill Newsletter – late September edition (9/25/19)
For PDF version click here: Human Rights on Capitol Hill late September Human Rights on Capitol Hill published by Amnesty International USA Â September 25, 2019 Â In this edition of Human…
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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 leaders accountable for crimes against the Rohingya and against other…
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House and Senate Armed Services Committees Must Retain Language That Protects Human Rights in NDAA
As representatives on House and Senate Armed Services Committees work with their counterparts in the Senate to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Amnesty International USA and our more…
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Amnesty International Testifies Before Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Hearing on Access to Asylum in the United States
On September 24, 2019, Amnesty International USA's Advocacy Director for the Americas, Charanya Krishnaswami, offered the following statement in a hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on "Limitations…
Press Release
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 in the United States, as well as side events on…
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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 indiscriminate tactics, including while arresting people at protests, as well…
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Banned Books Week 2019
Journalists
MEXICO - 10 MURDERED IN 2019 SEVERAL IN DIRECT RELATION TO THEIR WORK Mexico: Who will speak out? Death is an occupational hazard for journalists in Mexico, where more than…
Press Release
Years of Impunity for Xenophobic Crimes Driving the Latest Attacks in South Africa
The ongoing and escalating attacks against refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, and looting of foreign owned shops in South Africa, is a direct consequence of years of impunity and failures…
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Two Years since Rohingya Exodus, Impunity Reigns Supreme for Military
With the threat of returns to Myanmar once again looming over Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, Amnesty International warned that Rakhine State remains unsafe while those responsible for atrocities continue to…
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BRIEF-MYANMAR HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS (7.26.19)
Impunity reigns supreme in Myanmar, where the military has committed some of the gravest crimes under international law, in particular against the Rohingya in Rakhine State, and in Kachin and…