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United Nations Review Will Bring U.S. Human Rights Abuses to Light
As the United States’ human rights record is examined under the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review during a two-week session, which begins today, Amnesty International USA issued…
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President-Elect Joe Biden Must Make Human Rights a Priority
Following reports that Joe Biden will become the 46th president of the United States of America, Amnesty International USA’s Interim Executive Director, Bob Goodfellow, released the following statement:
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Fate of Disappeared Lawyer Remains Unknown (Iraq: UA 173.19)
A year has passed since Ali Jaseb’s abduction by armed men suspected of belonging to the Popular Mobilization Unit. Despite the Prime Minister’s promise to investigate his whereabouts, there continues…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Austrian-Iranian Prisoner at Risk (Iran: UA 162.20)
Massud Mossaheb, a 73-year-old Austrian-Iranian dual national, is serving a 10-year prison term imposed after a grossly unfair trial for vague national security offenses. He is being held in Tehran’s…
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Media Briefing 11/5: Monitoring Protests, Potential Human Rights Violations
Good morning -- This is the first of a series of morning updates from Amnesty International focused on protests and potential human rights violations occurring around and in response to…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Woman Human Rights Defender at Risk of Torture (Viet Nam: UA 161.20)
Woman human rights defender Pham Thi Doan Trang was arrested on 6 October 2020 for her peaceful activism. Facing up to 20 years in prison, she is currently being held…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Defenders’ Lives at Risk (Bolivia: UA 159.20)
Human rights defenders Waldo and Franco Albarracin reported that since 19 October 2020, one day after the presidential elections, they have received several death threats from unidentified persons through their…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Life Imprisonment for Missing Kazakh Writer (China: UA 63.20)
Ethnic Kazakh writer Nagyz Muhammed has been convicted of “separatism” for gathering with his friends on Kazakhstan Independence Day, expressing opinions on Xinjiang’s “bilingual education” policy and encouraging Kazakhs living…
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Authorities in Nigeria must stop attempts to cover up Lekki Toll Gate massacre
The Nigerian authorities’ must end their attempts to cover up the Lekki Toll Gate massacre, Amnesty International said, as it released a new timeline investigating the atrocity one week later.…
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ICE doubles down on detention to deter and punish families for seeking safety
Responding to the Department of Homeland Security statement regarding the pending Flores court decision, Denise Bell, the researcher for refugee and migrant rights at Amnesty International USA said: "The administration’s statement…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – October 2020 Newsletter
HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL Table of Contents Featured Issue Congress’s Record on International Human Rights Human Rights Concerns in U.S. Elections International Updates COVID-19 and Human Rights Human…
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#NoMoreNoKnocks: Breonna’s Law in Kentucky
Join us as we speak with State Representative Attica Scott about Breonna's Law, a new law filed in Kentucky that would bring greater police accountability, including a statewide ban on…
