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60 Years of AI: Youth Who Shape the Human Rights Movement
Young people are a force of change in Amnesty International. For many, exposure to human rights and global advocacy came through individual experiences connected to the AI movement. How have…
Update
Amnesty International Calls on Biden Administration to End “China Initiative”
On April 21, 2021, Amnesty International USA wrote a letter urging the White House to combat racial profiling within the federal government. Specifically, Amnesty calls on the Biden administration to…
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Death penalty 2020: Despite Covid-19, some countries ruthlessly pursued death sentences and executions
The unprecedented challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic were not enough to deter 18 countries from carrying out executions in 2020, Amnesty International said today in its annual global review of…
Press Release
Conviction of Derek Chauvin a Measure of Accountability; Police Reform Still Needed
In response to Derek Chauvin being found guilty of murder in the death of George Floyd, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) released the following statement:
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Amnesty International USA Letter on ICE Enforcement Priorities
On April 20, 2021, Amnesty International USA wrote to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas urging him to revise the February 2021 Interim Guidance: Civil Immigration Enforcement and Removal Priorities to…
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Urgent Action: Rural Communities and Environment at Risk (Colombia: UA 42.21)
On April 12, 2021, President Ivan Duque signed decree 380 allowing the spraying of glyphosate for the eradication of illicit crops to resume. This policy, which was stopped in 2015…
Press Release
By Maintaining Lowest Refugee Admissions in United States Resettlement History, President Biden Turns His Back on Refugees Around the World
Responding to reports that President Biden will maintain the 15,000 person refugee cap, the lowest refugee numbers established during the 2020 presidential determination under Donald Trump, Joanne Lin, the National…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – April 2021 Newsletter
HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL Table of Contents Featured Domestic Updates International Updates In Case You Missed It Good News APRIL 2021 NEWSLETTER Featured: U.S. IMMIGRATION AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CALLS…
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Amnesty International USA Responds to Mass Shooting at an Indianapolis FedEx Warehouse
Amnesty International USA released the following statement from End Gun Violence Manager Ernest Coverson after reports emerged of a mass shooting at an Indianapolis FedEx warehouse, which is reported to…
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Letter to Biden Administration on Asylum System Reforms
On April 15, 2021, Amnesty International USA joined more than 75 organizations and 40 professors in a letter to to Attorney General Garland and Secretary Mayorkas urging that the Biden…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: German-Iranian Dissident Arbitrarily Jailed (Iran: UA 41.21)
Jamshid Sharmahd, a 66-year-old German-Iranian political dissident, is at risk of being convicted in a grossly unfair trial and sentenced to death. He has been arbitrarily detained in Iran for…
Press Release
The COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act and NO HATE ACT are critical to ensure the justice system will address hate crimes
In advance of a vote in the Senate on the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act (S.937) and Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act (S.2043), Joanne Lin, National Director of Advocacy and Government Affairs…