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U.S. military sheds some light on civilian casualties from shadowy war in Somalia
Reacting to the publication today of US Africa Command’s (AFRICOM) first quarterly assessment of civilian casualties resulting from its operations in Africa, which acknowledges that two Somali civilians were killed…
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Amnesty International USA Teleconference Briefing on the Impact of COVID-19 on Human Rights Around the World: Special Updates on COVID-19 in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America
Pre-register by clicking on registration link. While the U.S. has been the most recent epicenter of the raging corona virus, every part of the world has been turned upside down…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Concerns Mount for Detained Lawyer (Sri Lanka: UA 62.20)
Hejaaz Hizbullah, a prominent Sri Lankan lawyer, was arrested on 14 April 2020 and has since been detained without charge or access to a lawyer. His family believes he has…
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Judge to government: promptly and safely release kids from detention centers
Responding to a decision by Judge Dolly M. Gee of the United States District Court directing the government to make every effort to promptly and safely release children currently being…
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Jeff Bezos must address concerns of Amazon workers during COVID-19 crisis
The multinational U.S.-based company Amazon must ensure its workers across the globe receive adequate health and safety protection during the COVID-19 pandemic, Amnesty International said, as hundreds of U.S. Amazon…
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Prisoner of Conscience in Saudi Arabia: Dr. Abdullah al-Hamid Dies While in Detention
Responding to news of the death of Dr Abdullah al-Hamid, a prisoner of conscience who passed away while in detention in Saudi Arabia, Lynn Maalouf, Amnesty International’s Middle East Research…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Prisoner of Conscience at Risk of COVID-19 (Cuba: UA 122.19)
63-year-old independent journalist Roberto Quiñones Haces, imprisoned on 11 September 2019 for “resistance” and “disobedience”, remains in the Provincial Prison of Guantánamo in concerning unsanitary conditions, according to reports. His…
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Amnesty International USA Opposes New Rule Empowering Unlawful Expulsions of Asylum-Seekers
Amnesty International USA submitted the following comment opposing a new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) interim final rule which is currently empowering mass expulsions of asylum-seekers and…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Independent Journalist Imprisoned for a Year (Tajikistan: UA 17.20)
Independent journalist Daler Sharipov was found guilty of trumped up charges of “inciting religious discord” by a court in Tajikistan on 16 April and sentenced to one year in prison.…
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Basic Human Rights Should Be at the Center of COVID-19 Response, UN Report Shows
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has published a report on the need for a human rights centered response to COVID-19, warning that the pandemic risks becoming a human rights crisis. Steve Cockburn,…
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Dr. López-Gatell Must Support the Release of Migrants in Mexico Due to COVID-19
Amnesty International sent an open letter today to the Undersecretary of Prevention and the Promotion of Health, Dr Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez, the maximum authority on the response to COVID-19 in…
Update
Amnesty International USA Teleconference Briefing on the Impact of COVID-19 on Human Rights Around the World (April 29, 1 PM EST)
Amnesty International USA Teleconference Briefing on the Impact of COVID-19 on Human Rights Around the World: Special Updates on COVID-19 in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America WHEN: …