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World Must Strongly Condemn Iran’s Use of Lethal Force Against Protesters as Death Toll Rises to 143
The international community must denounce the intentional lethal use of force by Iranian security forces that has resulted in the killings of at least 143 protesters since demonstrations broke out…
Update
November 22 Testimony for House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on the Humanitarian Crisis at the Border
To view PDF version click here: 11.18.2019 AI Testimony for HFAC Hearing on Humanitarian Crisis at the Border_FINAL Written Testimony of Charanya Krishnaswami Americas Advocacy Director Amnesty International USA…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: NGO Director in Administrative Detention (Israel/OPT: UA 161.19)
Ubai Aboudi, NGO worker and education activist, has been issued a four-month administrative detention order by the Israeli military commander of the West Bank. Ubai Aboudi has been detained since…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Defender’s Body Found After 40 Days Missing (Mexico: UA 162.19)
Authorities found the body of Arnulfo Cerón Soriano, indigenous human rights defender, on 20 November in a clandestine grave near the city of Tlapa, Guerrero state in western Mexico. Arnulfo…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Two Missing Men “Found” In Police Detention (Turkey: UA 111.19)
The whereabouts of Gökhan Türkmen and Mustafa Yılmaz, who were missing for nine and eight months respectively, have been disclosed to their families by the Turkish authorities. Gökhan Türkmen was…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Referendum Called and State of Emergency Ended (Chile: UA 137.19)
On 15 November President Sebastián Piñera announced an agreement among all political parties to hold a referendum in 2020 about a new Constitution, which was part of the main demand…
Victory
Urgent Action Victory! Hajar Raissouni Released (Morocco: UA 121.19)
On 16 October 2019, following a royal pardon, Hajar Raissouni, her fiancé, and the doctor were released from prison after being sentenced to one year in prison for trumped-up charges…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Victory! Hajar Raissouni Released (Morocco: UA 121.19)
On 16 October 2019, following a royal pardon, Hajar Raissouni, her fiancé, and the doctor were released from prison after being sentenced to one year in prison for trumped-up charges…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Withdrawal of Urgent Action (Bahrain: UA 110.19)
In light of new information, Amnesty no longer believes Osama Muhana al-Tamimi has been targeted or harassed by the government in 2019.
Press Release
Exoneration of Scott Warren is a Triumph for Humanity
In response to the humanitarian volunteer Dr. Scott Warren being found not guilty of the charges against him in a court in Arizona today, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty…
Press Release
Facebook and Google’s Pervasive Surveillance Poses An Unprecedented Danger To Human Rights
Facebook and Google’s omnipresent surveillance of billions of people poses a systemic threat to human rights, Amnesty International warned in a new report as it called for a radical transformation…
Report
Facebook and Google’s Pervasive Surveillance Poses An Unprecedented Danger To Human Rights
Facebook and Google’s omnipresent surveillance of billions of people poses a systemic threat to human rights, Amnesty International warned in a new report as it called for a radical transformation…