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Urgent Action: DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENT TO SOLVE CRISIS (Colombia: UA 62.21)
The national strike that began last April 28, 2021 continues with hundreds of mobilizations across the country. Authorities responded with stigmatization of protestors and excessive use of force causing human…
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Urgent Action: JUSTICE FOR INDIGENOUS CHILDREN (Canada: UA 70.21)
On May 27, 2021 the remains of 215 Indigenous children were found on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia. Remains have also been found…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: SAHRAWI ACTIVIST DETAINED INCOMMUNICADO (Morocco: UA 37.21)
The family and lawyer of imprisoned Sahrawi activist Mohamed Lamine Haddi have not heard from him since April 9, 2021 when he called them each to tell them that the…
Update
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…
Report
The United States and Mexico deporting thousands of unaccompanied migrant children into harm’s way
The US and Mexican governments are forcibly returning tens of thousands of unaccompanied children seeking safety to the countries they just fled, without adequate screenings or protection from the harms…
Urgent Action
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…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: TWO MEN FACE EXECUTION IN SOUTH CAROLINA (USA: 68.21)
Two executions by electric chair in South Carolina have been set over seven days, starting on June 18, 2021. The scheduling of these executions follows the enactment of a law…
Press Release
Advocacy Groups Release Recommendations for Expanded Community Sponsorship Program for Refugees
Today, the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), Amnesty International USA (AIUSA), and the Niskanen Center published a joint paper offering recommendations to the Departments of State (DOS) and Health and Human Services (HHS) as they…
Press Release
Aleksei Navalny’s NGOs Banned as “Extremist,” Depriving Thousands of Their Rights
Reacting to the news that a Russian court designated three organizations founded by Aleksei Navalny as “extremist”, Natalia Zviagina, Amnesty International’s Moscow Office Director, said:
Report
Draconian repression of Muslims in Xinjiang, China, amounts to crimes against humanity
Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region face systematic state-organized mass imprisonment, torture and persecution amounting to crimes against humanity, Amnesty International said…
Event
World Refugee Day – The Last Passenger Film Screening and Panel Discussion with World Relief Southern CA and International Rescue Committee
This year, on World Refugee Day, June 20, 2021 at Noon PDT, please join AmnestyLA for a virtual film screening of the documentary, The Last Passenger by Widad Shafakoj. Register…
Press Release
#WelcomeWithDignity Campaign Responds to Today’s Family Reunification Report
The Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families released an initial progress report today. The Task Force states ‘one child was reunited with their parent in March 2021 and…
