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Urgent Action Victory! Defender Receives Additional Protection (Mexico: UA 58.20)
Since we took action for Clemencia Adelaida Salas Salazar, women’s rights defender in Yucatán (South), she has not faced further attacks. In May 2020, the Mexican Protection Mechanism for Human…
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Attacks on the International Criminal Court endanger NGO workers
Responding to United States President Donald J. Trump's attack against the International Criminal Court, Daniel Balson, the advocacy director for Amnesty International USA said: "The Trump administration has a well-honed…
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As global protests continue, facial recognition technology must be banned
As protests in the wake of George Floyd's killing spur a ripple effect of change around the country, and around the world, Amnesty International is calling for a ban on…
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Global use of tear gas fuels police abuses
Tear Gas: An investigation is the organization’s interactive, multimedia site looking into what tear gas is, how it is used and documenting scores of cases of its misuse by security forces…
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DEADLY FORCE & POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY WEBINAR
Join Amnesty activists to learn about Amnesty International's research on the use of excessive force by police and what legislative pieces we can support to put an end to police…
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Urgent Action: Jailed Dual National Denied Dental Care (Iran: UA 66.20)
Dual British-Iranian national and retired engineer, Anoosheh Ashoori, is serving a lengthy prison sentence after a grossly unfair trial that relied on torture-tainted “confessions” to convict him of “cooperating with…
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Amnesty International USA Virtual Lobby Day 2022
Lobby from home on May 18! On May 18, AIUSA activists across the U.S. will meet virtually with their Members of Congress and ask them to fund community-led solutions to…
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Sign up to receive an End Gun Violence Lawn Sign!
COVID-19 is exacerbating the homegrown public health crisis that is gun violence in the U.S. Communities that already feel the impact of gun violence the most are being affected…
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Trump Administration Making Clearest Attempt Yet to Redefine Who Qualifies for Asylum Amid National Turmoil
Responding to a new Trump administration regulation that radically restricts who qualifies for asylum, Charanya Krishnaswami, the advocacy director for the Americas, said: “While a rash of recent policies has…
Victory
Urgent Action Victory! Attacks Against Indigenous Communities Investigated (Colombia: UA 70.20)
On 27 May, the Public Prosecutor's Office in Villavicencio (Central Colombia) sent four people from its Technical Investigation Body to the ASEINPOME community to investigate the threats the community has…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Victory! Attacks Against Indigenous Communities Investigated (Colombia: UA 70.20)
On 27 May, the Public Prosecutor's Office in Villavicencio (Central Colombia) sent four people from its Technical Investigation Body to the ASEINPOME community to investigate the threats the community has…
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Urgent Action Victory! Asylum-Seekers Allowed to Disembark (Malta: UA 87.20)
Maltese authorities finally allowed the disembarkment of all asylum-seekers held on four ferry boats off Malta’s territorial waters in the night of 6-7 June. The approximately 425 asylum-seekers had been…