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Amnesty International in the Lives of David and Joy Peyton
How did you first come to support Amnesty International? In 1977, Amnesty International won the Nobel Peace Prize. About a year later, David had a chance to hear Sean…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Young Activist Given 24 Year Jail Sentence (Iran: UA 158.19)
Iranian women’s rights defender Saba Kordafshari, 22, learned in May 2020 that judicial authorities had unlawfully and secretly increased her prison sentence from nine to 24 years by altering an…
Update
AIUSA letter to Assistant Secretary of State Tibor Nagy Urging Trump administration to Press Nigeria to protect children in Northeast Nigeria from abuses driven by Boko Haram insurgency and government’s counter insurgency
The Honorable Tibor Nagy Assistant Secretary of State Bureau of African Affairs U.S. Department of State C and 22nd Street Washington DC 20520 June 9, 2020 Dear Assistant Secretary Nagy,…
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Urgent Action Update: Campaign for Prisoner of Conscience Continues (Venezuela: UA 4.20)
Prisoner of conscience and union leader Rubén González has been arbitrarily detained since 29 November 2018. His trial was highly irregular, and in August 2019 he was sentenced by a…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill
JULY 2020 NEWSLETTER FEATURED ISSUE Unlawful Police Violence & Misuse of Tear Gas Against Protesters WIDESPREAD POLICE VIOLENCE AGAINST PROTESTERS FOR BLACK LIVES June, Amnesty International published a new interactive…
Press Release
Court in Turkey deals crushing blow as four human rights activists are convicted
Following a majority court ruling to convict Taner Kılıç for ‘membership of the Fethullah Gülen terrorist organization’ and to convict Özlem Dalkıran, İdil Eser and Günal Kurşun for ‘assisting the Fethullah Gülenterrorist organization’, Andrew Gardner,…
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NGO Letter To House Armed Services Calling For an End to Department of Defense 1033 Program that Transfers Military Surplus Equipment to Police
June 30, 2020 Dear House Armed Services Committee Members: The undersigned civil, human rights, faith, and government accountability organizations, representing millions of our members across the country, write in support…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Veteran Opposition Figure at Risk in Detention (Belarus: UA 113.20)
There are credible reports that long-standing Belarusian political opposition activist, Paval Sieviaryniec, is being ill-treated in detention following his arrest on 7 June. As a prisoner of conscience, he must…
Victory
Urgent Action Victory! Female Activist Released After Incommunicado Detention (China: UA 28.20)
Li Qiaochu, an active defender of the rights of women and workers, has been released on bail and returned home on 19 June 2020. Detained incommunicado since 16 February 2020,…
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Urgent Action Victory! Female Activist Released After Incommunicado Detention (China: UA 28.20)
Li Qiaochu, an active defender of the rights of women and workers, has been released on bail and returned home on 19 June 2020. Detained incommunicado since 16 February 2020,…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Fears of Unfair Trial for “Tacloban 5” (Philippines: UA 19.20)
Five activists were arrested on 7 February 2020, after an alleged illegal raid of their offices. Despite no substantial investigation made by the authorities into the activists’ allegations, on 23…
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Urgent Action Update: Protesters Seeking Relief to Be Arraigned (Philippines: UA 50.20)
Peaceful protesters, who had gathered to demand government aid during the COVID-19 community quarantine, were violently dispersed by the police on 1 April 2020, resulting in 21 protesters being arrested…