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Closing of Guantánamo Must be a Priority for President Biden
Responding to the Biden administration approving three more detainees at Guantánamo Bay for release, Daphne Eviatar, the director of the Security With Human Rights program said: “It is not enough…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: ABUSED JOURNALIST ACCUSED OF TERRORISM (Egypt: UA 175.19)
Journalist Mohamed Salah has been arbitrarily detained for 20 months without charge or trial. After a court ordered his release, prosecutors detained him pending investigations into a new case on…
Update
House Foreign Affairs Committee – “Statement for the Record” on rights of Afghanistan’s women, human rights defenders (HRDs), and internally displaced persons (IDPs)
On May 18, 2021, Amnesty International USA's advocacy director for Europe and Central Asia, Daniel Balson, submitted the following statement for the record to the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing…
Update
Amnesty International USA urges a vote “YES” for the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act (H.R.1843)
On May 18, 2021, Amnesty International USA wrote to members of the House of Representatives to urge them to vote "YES" on the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act (H.R.1843). Click here…
Press Release
Biden Administration’s Approval of Weapons Sale to Israel Will Put Civilians at Greater Risk
Responding to reports that the Biden Administration has approved a $735 million sale in weapons to Israel, Philippe Nassif, the advocacy director for the Middle East and North Africa at…
Update
Amnesty International urges Vice President Harris to raise human rights concerns on upcoming trip to Guatemala and Mexico
On May 17, 2021, Amnesty International USA wrote to Vice President Kamala Harris urging her to raise human rights concerns during her upcoming visit to Guatemala and Mexico and inviting…
Press Release
Pattern of Israeli Attacks on Residential Homes in Gaza Must Be Investigated As War Crimes
Israeli forces have displayed a shocking disregard for the lives of Palestinian civilians by carrying out a number of airstrikes targeting residential buildings in some cases killing entire families -…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: POET DETAINED FOR ONE YEAR WITHOUT CHARGE (Sri Lanka: UA 54.21)
Ahnaf Jazeem, a 26-year-old Sri Lankan poet and teacher, has been detained by the Sri Lankan authorities since May 16, 2020 under the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), without…
Event
Get on the Bus, 2021 (online)
Get on the Bus for Human Rights will be held next Friday, May 21st from 12-1:30 p.m. Join us for our Get on the Bus for Human Rights 2021 Virtual…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Imminent Execution Based on Faulty Theory (USA: UA 53.21)
Quintin Jones’ execution is scheduled for May 19, 2021. He is on death row in Texas, USA in connection with the 1999 murder of his 83-year-old great aunt when he…
Press Release
Israel/ OPT: Cycle of impunity leaves civilians once again paying the price amid escalation of hostilities
Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza must not repeat violations of international humanitarian law that led to killing and maiming of civilians and destruction of homes and infrastructure…
Update
Amnesty International USA Statement for Senate Hearing on DHS Actions to Address Unaccompanied Minors at the Southern Border
On May 13, 2021 Amnesty International USA submitted a statement for the record ahead of a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs hearing on Department of Homeland Security…