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Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Photographer Abducted Outside His Home (Iraq: UA 170.19)
On 6 December 2019, 22-year-old Iraqi photographer Zaid Mohammed Abid al-Khafaji was abducted from the doorsteps of his house in Baghdad, Iraq, by four men in civilian clothes who dragged…
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Calls for Declassification and Full Release of Torture Report
December 9 marks the 5-year anniversary of the release of an executive summary of the United States Senate report on Central Intelligence Agency torture of people who it had detained,…
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Update
AIUSA Board of Directors Letter Calling on Senate Leadership to Pass Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act (S. 178)
To view PDF version click here: McConnell Schumer China letter Dec 2019 December 9, 2019 The Honorable Mitch McConnell Majority Leader United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable…
Press Release
Saudi Arabia Must End Ill-Treatment and Arbitrary Detention of Human Rights Defender, Waleed Abu Al-Khair
Amnesty International has received credible reports that Saudi Arabian prison authorities arbitrarily placed human rights defender and prisoner of conscience Waleed Abu al-Khair in solitary confinement and under tightened security.…
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Victory
Urgent Action Victory! Representative’s Trial Started (Venezuela: UA 160.19)
The trial against Juan Requesens, Venezuelan Representative in the National Assembly who has been in pre-trial detention since his arbitrary detention on 7 August 2018, finally began on 2 December…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Family Seeking Asylum Returns Home Voluntarily (Sri Lanka: UA 80.19)
A Pakistani Catholic family, who arrived in Colombo seeking asylum in July 2013 when their lives were threatened, quietly returned to Pakistan in September. Arrested after overstaying their visa, members…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Victory! Representative’s Trial Started (Venezuela: UA 160.19)
The trial against Juan Requesens, Venezuelan Representative in the National Assembly who has been in pre-trial detention since his arbitrary detention on 7 August 2018, finally began on 2 December…
Press Release
Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act Signals Chinese Government Must Be Held Accountable for its Abuses
Responding to the passage of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act in the United States Senate and House of Representatives, Francisco Bencosme, the Asia Pacific advocacy manager at Amnesty International…
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Press Release
New poll reveals 7 in 10 people want governments to regulate Big Tech over personal data fears
Seven in ten people (73%) want governments to do more to regulate Big Tech, with a clear majority (71%) worried about how tech companies collect and use their personal data,…
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Event
Write for Rights Event in Thompson, CT
Please join Amnesty International Local Group #356's annual Write for Rights event on Saturday, December 14 in Thompson CT. Celebrating International Human Rights Day Write to protect Human Rights Defenders…
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Report
War and Exclusion in Yemen Leave Millions of People with Disabilities in the Lurch
Millions of people with disabilities in Yemen have not only endured years of armed conflict but are also among those most excluded amid what the United Nations has called the…
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Press Release
Death Toll from Bloody Crackdown on Protests in Iran Rises to 208
The number of people believed to have been killed during demonstrations in Iran that broke out on November 15 has risen to at least 208, said Amnesty International, based on…
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