Filter by
Showing 2113-2124 of 11250 Results
Press Release
Killings, Corruption and Censorship Besiege Media Freedom in Somalia
A surge in violent attacks, threats, harassment and intimidation of media workers is entrenching Somalia as one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist, Amnesty…
Update
Statement for the Record on the Muslim Ban Markup (2/12/2020)
To view PDF version click here: Statement for the Record - No Ban Act Markup.AIUSA.02.12.20 February 12, 2020 The Honorable Jerrold Nadler Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary United States…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Migrant Children and Asylum-Seekers Still Denied Healthcare (Greece: UA 2.20)
The Greek government issued a new decision on 31 January granting a ‘temporary number for insurance and healthcare’ to asylum seekers, providing access to free public health care and the…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Prisoner of Conscience in Critical Condition (United Arab Emirates: UA 47.19)
The physical and psychological conditions of human rights defender and prisoner of conscience Ahmed Mansoor have significantly deteriorated, following three months of him being on continuous hunger strike to protest…
Press Release
Explainer: Seven ways the coronavirus affects human rights
The outbreak of the coronavirus (2019-nCov) that started in the Chinese city of Wuhan (Hubei province) in late 2019 has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO).…
Press Release
2020 Could be Shell’s Year of Reckoning in Nigeria
In 2020 Shell will face unprecedented legal scrutiny over decades of human rights abuses in Nigeria, Amnesty International said today, as the oil giant braces itself for conclusions in a…
Press Release
Prominent Investigative Journalist and Lawyer Attacked During Visit to Chechnya
Reacting to news of a mob attack late last night, in the Chechen capital Grozny, on two visiting human rights activists –one of whom is investigative journalist Elena Milashina, who…
Press Release
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA RESPONDS TO TRUMP’S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
During his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Trump touched on issues of national security as well as immigration and asylum, claiming, “we entered into historic cooperation agreements with the Governments…
Update
Human Rights on Capitol Hill Newsletter – February Edition (02/04/2020)
To view PDF version click here: Human Rights on Capitol Hill February 2020 Human Rights on Capitol Hill published by Amnesty International USA February 4, 2020 In this edition of Human Rights…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Four Men at Imminent Risk of Execution (India: UA 5.20)
Mukesh Singh, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Kumar Sharma and Akshay Thakur are at immediate risk of being hanged after they were convicted for the rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman…
Press Release
Statement on Executive Director Margaret L. Huang’s Transition to Southern Poverty Law Center
Amnesty International USA’s Executive Director, Margaret L. Huang, announced today that she will leave the organization to become the new president and chief executive officer of the Southern Poverty Law…
Press Release
Dispatch from Guantanamo: U.S. Must Open Criminal Investigation into Mitchell and Jessen, Two Torture Program Psychologists
Following testimony at Guantanamo over the past two weeks of James E. Mitchell and John “Bruce” Jessen--two contract psychologists who played leading roles in designing and implementing the CIA’s so-called…