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Amnesty International USA Issues Rare Call for a Halt on Chad Wolf Nomination
Chad Wolf has participated in, and in many cases presided over, DHS’s perpetration of serious human rights violations. From proposing the separation of families to recklessly detaining tens of thousands…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Tortured Kurdish Man at Risk of Execution (Iran: UA 146.20)
Iranian Kurdish prisoner Heidar Ghorbani, 47, is at risk of execution for “armed rebellion against the state” (baghi), despite serious fair trial violations and the trial court confirming that he…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Detained Journalist Accused of Terrorism (Egypt: UA 145.20)
On 30 August 2020, unlawfully detained journalist and human rights defender, Esraa Abdelfattah, was brought in front of the Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP) for questioning on accusations of "joining…
Press Release
Twitter still failing women over online violence and abuse
Twitter is still not doing enough to protect women from online violence and abuse, despite repeated promises to do so, new analysis by Amnesty International reveals. The Twitter Scorecard grades…
Update
Amnesty International Statement for House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on Human Rights in Asia
On September 21, Amnesty International USA submitted its statement for the record ahead of a House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation hearing titled "Stemming a…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Peaceful Protesters Targeted in Inner Mongolia (China: UA 140.20)
At least 23 individuals have reportedly been arrested for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” for participating in, or sharing information about, peaceful protests against a recent “bilingual education policy” in…
Update
Amnesty International USA Statement to Maryland Senate, Judicial Proceedings Committee: Bill Hearing on Police Accountability and Law Enforcement Reform, Use of Force
Senator William Smith Chair Senator Jeff Waldstreicher Vice Chair Maryland Senate: Judicial Proceeding Committee Re: Amnesty International Statement for September 22 Hearing: Bill Hearings on Police Accountability and Law Enforcement…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Covid-19 Activist Faces Five Years in Prison (China: UA 74.20)
Human rights defender Chen Mei remains out of contact with family months after being first detained on 19 April 2020. Despite his family arranging their own lawyer to represent Chen,…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Bahraini Youth Targeted in Family Retaliation (Bahrain: UA 143.20)
Kameel Juma Hasan, a Bahraini secondary school student, has been imprisoned in retaliation against him and his family after he and his mother refused to become informants and his mother…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Young Victim of Videoed Torture Still Missing (Russian Federation: UA 142.20)
On 5 September, 19-year-old Salman Tepsurkaev was abducted from the Krasnodar region in southern Russia. He had moderated 1ADAT, a popular Telegram channel critical of the Chechen authorities. Reports indicate…
Press Release
540 Bipartisan Elected Officials From All 50 States Urge President Trump to Welcome Refugees
Today, 540 local and state elected officials from all 50 states and the District of Columbia expressed their strong support for resettling refugees in their communities in a bipartisan letter…
Press Release
Reports of Forced Sterilization of Women in ICE Detention Deeply Alarming
Responding to reports that there have been hysterectomies performed on immigrant women detained in the Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC) in Georgia, Denise Bell, Researcher on Refugee and Migrant Rights, said:
