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New hearing confirms ICE chooses family separation over family unity

In the midst of a global pandemic, ICE has a choice to either let families stay together and free or to keep them shut in despite dangerous and life-threatening conditions. ICE…

May 22, 2020
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MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2019/09/14: A total of 76 protesters were arrested after shutting down the Microsoft retail store in Manhattan and blocking traffic on Fifth Avenue on September 14, 2019 in an act of non violent civil disobedience, while more than 500 members of a large coalition of immigration advocates targeting businesses profiting from the crisis in the border rallied outside. (Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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#EndGunViolence WEEK OF ACTION!

Gun violence is a human rights crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic is making it even worse. You can help by joining a week of action leading up to #NationalGunViolenceAwarenessDay! Monday,…

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Criminal Justice Advocate

Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) is seeking a qualified volunteer leader to serve as a Criminal Justice Advocate in their state. The primary role of this volunteer is to serve as…

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Media briefing on family separation during the COVID-19 pandemic

Family residential centers that are detaining families throughout the United States are now weaponizing the public health response to COVID-19 to punish and deter people seeking safety, much as they…

May 19, 2020
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Missouri plans to execute Walter Barton, as he maintains his innocence

The planned execution of Walter Barton demonstrates why the death penalty is far too flawed to ever fix. Barton maintains his innocence after it took five trials which lasted over…

May 18, 2020
Shamini Darshni Kaliemuthu (L) and Brian Yap, representatives from Amnesty International Malaysia, attend the launch of a report on the death penalty in Malaysia, in Petaling Jaya on October 10, 2019. - Malaysian police sometimes use torture to extract confessions from suspects in death penalty cases, who often face unfair trials, Amnesty International said on October 10, piling pressure on the government to abolish capital punishment. (Photo by SADIQ ASYRAF / AFP) (Photo by SADIQ ASYRAF/AFP via Getty Images)