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Urgent Action Update: Syrian Kurd Under Threat of Execution in Iran (Iran: UA 151.18)
Kamal Hassan Ramezan Soulo, a Syrian Kurd arbitrarily detained in Iran’s West Azerbaijan province, has been at risk of arbitrary execution for three years because ministry of intelligence officials refuse…
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Amnesty International “State vs. Reed” Film Screening, Discussion, and Action!
"State vs. Reed" is a documentary detailing the murder of Stacey Stites of Bastrop, Texas and the subsequent arrest, conviction and death sentence handed down to Rodney Reed. This story…
Press Release
House Votes to Pass Justice in Policing Act; A Needed First Step in Police Reform
This evening, the House of Representatives passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. In response to the vote, Kristina Roth, Senior Program Officer for Criminal Justice Programs at Amnesty…
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Urgent Action: Land Defenders Threatened (Honduras: UA 109.20)
On 23 June 2020, the Civic Council of Popular Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) publicly denounced threats against the organization. The previous day, they received a digital flyer in which…
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Re-Thinking Freedom: A Documentary Film Screening of 13th
This past Friday we marked Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, celebrating the day the last enslaved people were emancipated in Galveston, Texas, two and a half years after the…
Press Release
Fact-finding mission to investigate crimes in Libya is a welcome step
We call on all parties to the conflict and their allies to fully cooperate with the fact-finding mission’s investigation team and help facilitate their work with a view to bringing all those responsible for these violations to justice.
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Urgent Action Update: Activist Sentenced to “Restricted Freedom” (Kazakhstan: UA 65.20)
On 22 June, Alnur Ilyashev, a Kazakhstani political and human rights activist, was sentenced to three years of “restricted freedom” (a non-custodial sentence) and a ban on political and civic…
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Vote Recommendation to Representatives on the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act (H.R. 7120) – Vote Yes (6-24-2020)
PDF version June 24, 2020 RE: Vote Recommendation on the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act (H.R. 7120) – VOTE YES Dear Representative: On behalf of Amnesty International USA (“AIUSA”),…
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Keeping Families Safe, Together, and Free: Ending the Detention of Families Seeking Safety Webinar
Join us in a webinar discussing ICE policies and practices keeping these families needlessly detained and exposed to COVID-19 without necessary protective measures, and seeking to separate them. We'll hear…
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Urgent Action: Member of Peace Agreement Body Detained (South Sudan: UA 105.20)
Kanybil Noon, a South Sudanese civil society activist in his 30s and a representative of civil society on the Strategic Defense and Security Review Board (SDSR) of the peace agreement,…
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Urgent Action: 70 Year Old Uyghur Editor Held Incommunicado (China: UA 103.20)
Retired editor Qurban Mamut has not been seen or heard from by his son since November 2017. Qurban Mamut visited his son in the US in February 2017. His son,…
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Urgent Action Update: Stop Execution of Two Young Brothers (Belarus: UA 53.20)
On 22 May, the Supreme Court of Belarus upheld the death sentences of young brothers Stanislau and Illia Kostseu, aged 19 and 21 respectively. They have appealed to President Lukashenka…