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Amnesty International Statement for House Foreign Affairs Hearing on Protecting the Amazon
For PDF version, click here. September 10, 2019 Rep. Albio Sires Chair Rep. Francis Rooney Ranking Member House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Victory! Trans Asylum Seeker Freed From Detention (USA: UA 108.18)
Alejandra Barrera, a transgender Salvadorian activist held in USA immigration detention since 2017, was released late Friday 6 September 2019. We will continue to monitor the status of her asylum…
Press Release
Prison and Flogging Sentences For Seven Iranian Journalists and Activists ‘Disgraceful Injustice’
Responding to reports of a Revolutionary Court’s decision on September 7 to hand four journalists and three labor rights activists between six and 18 years in prison and, in one…
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Press Release
Deal or No Deal, Brexit Poses “Serious Human Rights Concerns”
The on-going uncertainty around Brexit poses serious human rights issues, Amnesty International said today.
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Statement in support of the Keep Americans Safe Act, the Disarm Hate Act and the Extreme Risk Protection Act
September 9, 2019 The Honorable Jerry Nadler The Honorable Doug Collins Chairman …
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill Newsletter – September Edition (9/9/2019)
For PDF version click here: Human Rights on Capitol Hill September Human Rights on Capitol Hill published by Amnesty International USA September 9, 2019 In this edition of Human Rights…
Press Release
Bolivian Government Must Suspend Presidential Decree and Investigate Causes of Forest Fires
In an open letter published today, Amnesty International called on the government of President Evo Morales to suspend the July decree that authorized “controlled burns” to extend the agricultural frontier,…
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Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Activist Detained a Year Without Trial (Viet Nam: UA 117.19)
Đoàn Thị Hồng was unlawfully arrested in September 2018 and has been detained without trial. Held incommunicado for eleven months, her family were finally able to meet with her on…
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Urgent Action Update: Activist Released on Bail, Still Facing Charges (Senegal: UA 109.19)
Senegalese activist Guy Marius Sagna was released on bail on 16 August, one month after he was first detained for posting comments on Facebook. Charged with ‘false alert of terrorism’’…
Update
Amnesty International USA Supports Challenge to Indefinite Detention of Children and Families
Following newly announced regulations that would provide for the indefinite detention of families and children and eviscerate basic protections contained in the 1997 Flores settlement, Amnesty International USA and Human Rights…
Press Release
Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Offenders in South Africa Must Face Justice
In response to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address to the nation and hundreds who had gathered in Cape Town to protest against soaring gender-based violence and femicide rates in the country,…
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Urgent Action Victory! Deported Mother Allowed to Return to Family (Argentina: UA 39.19)
Vanessa Gómez Cueva, a Peruvian mother of three who was deported seven months ago from Argentina with her 2-year-old son and forced to leave her other two children behind, received…