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Monthly Membership Call – September
Each month, staff from Amnesty International’s Organizing & Activism Unit coordinate a Monthly Membership Call. These calls are an opportunity for all Amnesty members to learn about our current priority…
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No safe haven: New report highlights Canada’s failure to prosecute individuals accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity
The recent murder of a Liberian national who had settled in Ontario has made one thing clear: Canada is failing to bring those suspected of crimes against humanity and war…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – September 2020 Newsletter
HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL september 2020 NEWSLETTER TABLE OF CONTENTS Featured Issue International Updates Domestic Updates COVID-19 and Human Rights Looking to 2021 Welcome New Staff FEATURED ISSUE…
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Letter to Acting ICE Director Urging Halt to Pastor Steven Tendo’s Deportation
For PDF, click here. Tony H. Pham Acting Director, Immigration and Customs Enforcement 500 12th Street, SW Washington, DC 20536 September 4, 2020 RE: Case of Pastor Steven…
Press Release
Use of Spit Hood in NY Case Illustrates Systemic Issues Within Police Force
Responding to news of the death of Daniel Prude, an unarmed Black man who died in Rochester, New York State in March after being hooded by police and held face…
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Urgent Action Victory! Incommunicado Detainee Released (Venezuela: UA 81.20)
Maury Carrero, detained arbitrarily in April 2020 by officers of the Directorate for Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM) in Caracas, was unconditionally released on 2 September as part of a group of…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Victory! Incommunicado Detainee Released (Venezuela: UA 81.20)
Maury Carrero, detained arbitrarily in April 2020 by officers of the Directorate for Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM) in Caracas, was unconditionally released on 2 September as part of a group of…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Disappeared During Quarantine & Found Dead (Argentina: UA 120.20)
An independent forensic team positively identified the body of Facundo Astudillo Castro on 2 September 2020. His unidentified body was found on 16 August after going missing on 30 April…
Press Release
U.S. Sanctions Against ICC Staff Create Chilling Effect for International Justice
Responding to today's announcement of U.S. sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC), Daniel Balson, advocacy director at Amnesty International USA, said: "The Trump administration's decision to enact sanctions against…
Press Release
Advocates Call for ICE Not to Deport a Pastor to Dangerous, Deadly Conditions
Advocates were informed today that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will deport Pastor Steven Tendo, a Ugandan asylum-seeker who faced torture for his human rights and electoral activism, back to…
Victory
Urgent Action Victory! Charges Dropped and Detainee Released (Venezuela: UA 125.20)
Nicmer Evans, a Venezuelan political scientist and communicator, was unconditionally released on 1 September as part of a group of 110 individuals recently pardoned by Nicolás Maduro. After being arbitrarily…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Victory! Charges Dropped and Detainee Released (Venezuela: UA 125.20)
Nicmer Evans, a Venezuelan political scientist and communicator, was unconditionally released on 1 September as part of a group of 110 individuals recently pardoned by Nicolás Maduro. After being arbitrarily…