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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…
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Urgent Action: Uyghur Businessman Imprisoned in Secret Trial (China: UA 68.20)
Abuduaini Kadier, a Uyghur businessman who was secretly tried and sentenced to seven years in prison, is believed to have been detained in connection with a 2016 holiday he took…
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Letter to Foreign Relations Committees Supporting the Protecting Human Rights During Pandemic Act (6-8-2020)
PDF version June 8, 2020 The Honorable James E. Risch Chairman Senate Foreign Relations Committee 423 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Eliot L. Engel…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill Newsletter June Edition (6-3-2020)
To view PDF version click here: Human Rights on Capitol Hill June 2020 Human Rights on Capitol Hill   published by Amnesty International USA  June 3, 2020 In this edition of…
Press Release
President Trump tramples right to protest
Responding to remarks by President Donald Trump today in the Rose Garden, Ernest Coverson, the End Gun Violence campaign manager at Amnesty International USA said: “The violence that can no…
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Best Practices for Law Enforcement Officials Policing Demonstrations
Law enforcement authorities have a responsibility to ensure that everyone can enjoy their human right to peaceful assembly. Law enforcement officials should: FACILITATE PEACEFUL PUBLIC ASSEMBLIES It is the legitimate…
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Amnesty International Statement for Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Detention and Incarceration During COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic presents a human rights crisis in detention facilities in the United States, which has one of the largest numbers of detained and incarcerated people in the world…
Press Release
Police Failing to Ensure Right to Protest, Endangering Lives
"U.S. police across the country are failing their obligations under international law to respect and facilitate the right to peaceful protest, exacerbating a tense situation and endangering lives of protesters.…
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Send a solidarity letter to Kelly
After being detained for over 1000 days, Kelly’s morale is very low. Kelly also turns 24 years old on June 24, marking her third birthday spent behind bars, simply…
Press Release
Trump’s Decision To Withdraw Critical Funding from WHO Could Cost Lives
Following President Trump’s announcement this afternoon that the United States is ending its relationship with the World Health Organization, Joanne Lin, the national director for Advocacy and Government Affairs at…
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Urgent Action: Protect Transgender and Intersex People’s Rights (Hungary: UA 92.20)
On 28 May Hungary’s President signed a new law adopted by parliament on 19 May and whose Article 33 bans legal gender recognition for transgender and intersex people in violation…
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Urgent Action Update: Man with Claims of Innocence Executed in Missouri (USA: UA 80.20)
Walter Barton was executed on 19 May 2020. He was on death row in Missouri, USA since 2006 for the 1991 murder of a woman and always maintained his innocence.…