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G7 Leaders Are Shooting Themselves in the Foot by Failing to Tackle Global Vaccine Access
Ahead of the virtual meeting of G7 leaders hosted by the UK government on Friday, February 19, Amnesty International has warned that failure to ensure global access to vaccines represents…
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Amnesty International’s Human Rights Priorities for Southeast Asia
On February 18, 2021, Amnesty International USA wrote to Henrietta Levin, Director for Southeast Asia and ASEAN Affairs at the National Security Council, outlining the organization's human rights priorities for…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – February 2021 Newsletter
HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL Table of Contents Featured International Updates National Security and Human Rights Good News In Case You Missed It february 2021 NEWSLETTER Featured: Amnesty International’s…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Two Baluchi Prisoners at Risk of Execution (Iran: UA 22.21)
Death row prisoners from Iran’s Baluchi ethnic minority, Hamed Rigi and Mehran Naru’i, are at risk of execution. They have been subjected to serious human rights violations including enforced disappearance…
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Amnesty International-Missouri February Meeting
Thank you to everyone who came to our January meeting. Alireza Azizi gave an informative and engaging presentation about the situation in Yemen, and our February meeting will be just…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Attacks Against Xinca Leaders Continue (Guatemala: UA 21.21)
On 7 February 2021, Luis Fernando GarcÃa Monroy, member of the Xinca Parliament, received a death threat by a man in Aldea El Volcancito (east Guatemala). Three weeks earlier, another…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Assaulted Peaceful Protester Denied Justice (Russian Federation: UA 19.21)
Margarita Yudina was seriously injured by a police officer in front of cameras on 23 January during a peaceful protest in St. Petersburg in support of Aleksei Navalny. Instead of…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Protect Environmental Defenders at Risk (Colombia: UA 18.21)
On 8 February, unidentified persons distributed threatening pamphlets giving 72 hours for Luis Alberto González López to leave the territory before the military would place a target near his residence…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Protect Human Rights Organization at Risk (Colombia: UA 17.21)
On 10 February, a civil society organization received a verified report of an ongoing plan to kill or displace Association for the Integral and Sustainable Development of the Amazonian Pearl…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Prisoner of Conscience Detained Incommunicado (Egypt: UA 15.21)
Following his arrest on 1 February, researcher and master’s student Ahmed Samir Santawy was subjected to enforced disappearance for five days. During this time, security forces beat him and kept…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: 83-Year-Old Detainee Needs Urgent Medical Care (Saudi Arabia: UA 172.19)
The health of 83-year-old Palestinian national detained in Saudi Arabia, Dr. Mohammed al-Khudari, has been deteriorating due to the lack of access to adequate health care, including care for his…
Report
Government Tactics to Silence Criticism and Social Demands Deepen Human Rights Crisis in Nicaragua
Since the current human rights erupted in Nicaragua in 2018, the government has clamped down on all forms of dissent or criticism. The authorities have pursued a policy of eradicating,…
