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Congress Should Immediately Pass the Assault Weapons Ban
In advance of today’s House Judiciary Committee hearing on the impact of assault weapons, Amnesty International USA submitted this statement urging approval of the Assault Weapons Ban of 2019 (H.R.…
Update
Human Rights on Capitol Hill Newsletter – late September edition (9/25/19)
For PDF version click here: Human Rights on Capitol Hill late September Human Rights on Capitol Hill published by Amnesty International USA September 25, 2019 In this edition of Human…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: NGO Worker’s Detention Renewed (Israel/OPT: UA 171.18)
On 11 September 2019, the Israeli Ofer Military Court in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) approved the renewal of Ayman Nasser’s administrative detention for a further four months. His detention…
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Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Share: On This Page China’s top legislature unanimously passed a national security law for Hong Kong on June 30, 2020 and the new law entered into force in the territory…
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Statement for House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Protecting America from Assault Weapons
Statement for the Record from Amnesty International USA House Committee on the Judiciary Hearing On Protecting America from Assault Weapons September 25, 2019 Chairman Jerold Nadler …
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Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the UDHR
“Get Up, Stand Up, Stand Up for Your Rights” The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF Burlington) in partnership with UVM’s Center for Cultural Pluralism is sponsoring a…
Press Release
World Leaders Must Act To Stop Egyptian President al-Sisi’s Repressive Crackdown
Ahead of further protests expected on Friday, world leaders must confront President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and utterly condemn the crackdown he has waged to counter the outbreak of protests in…
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House and Senate Armed Services Committees Must Retain Language That Protects Human Rights in NDAA
As representatives on House and Senate Armed Services Committees work with their counterparts in the Senate to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Amnesty International USA and our more…
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Statement for the record for joint hearing on “Oversight of the Trump Administration’s Muslim Ban” 09.24.2019
In advance of the Committee on the Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship and Committee on Foreign Affairs’ Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Joint Hearing on "Oversight of the Trump…
Update
Amnesty International Testifies Before Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Hearing on Access to Asylum in the United States
On September 24, 2019, Amnesty International USA's Advocacy Director for the Americas, Charanya Krishnaswami, offered the following statement in a hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on "Limitations…
Press Release
El Salvador Agreement Must Be Condemned Immediately
Responding to reports of a cooperative agreement between the United States and El Salvador, which would potentially force certain asylum-seekers to request asylum there, Charanya Krishnaswami, the advocacy director for…
Press Release
MEDIA ADVISORY: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA TO MARK ANNIVERSARY OF JAMAL KHASHOGGI KILLING
October 2, 2019 marks one year since Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi Arabian journalist who went into self-exile in the United States, entered into a Saudi consulate in Istanbul to obtain…
