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Two Years since Rohingya Exodus, Impunity Reigns Supreme for Military
With the threat of returns to Myanmar once again looming over Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, Amnesty International warned that Rakhine State remains unsafe while those responsible for atrocities continue to…
Press Release
Trump Administration Seeks to Demonize Refugees With New Policy
Responding to reports that the Trump administration is considering a new policy that would allow state and local jurisdictions to deny refugees to be resettled in their community, despite having…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Detained Protesters Denied Medical Care (Nigeria: UA 106.19)
At least 15 members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN)—including two children—are suffering from gunshot wounds and need urgent medical attention. The IMN members were injured when police used…
Update
Congress should improve investigation and reporting of civilian casualties from U.S. lethal actions
Chairman James M. Inhofe Senate Committee on Armed Services 205 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Ranking Member Jack Reed Senate Committee on Armed Services 728 Hart Senate…
Press Release
Planned Parenthood Withdrawal from Title X Demonstrates Cruel Policies
“The Trump administration's restrictions on Title X trample on sexual and reproductive rights, putting the lives of all pregnant people at significant risk, especially low-income women. Over four million people…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Stop the Prosecution of Peaceful Protesters (Russian Federation: UA 112.19)
In July and August, following the disqualification of opposition candidates from local elections in Moscow, tens of thousands of people participated in largely peaceful protests. Participants chanted slogans, held placards…
Press Release
Six Police Officers Charged Over Killing of Matthew Lee in Jamaica
Reacting to the announcement that the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM), Jamaica’s independent police oversight body, presented charges against six members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) following a six-and-a-half-year…
Press Release
Criticism of Israeli Government’s Policies Are Free Speech, Not Anti-Semitism
Responding to Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, and minister of Interior Arye Deri, denying entrance to two U.S. members of Congress and U.S. President Donald Trump’s tweets referring to the…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Jehovah’s Witness Denied Justice (Russian Federation: UA 19.19)
The sentence against Danish Jehovah’s Witness Dennis Christensen was upheld on 23 May. After that he was transported to the correctional penal colony No 3 in Kursk region, some 200…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Jailed Cancer Patient Tortured in Prison (Iran: UA 174.13)
Critically ill prisoner of conscience and human rights defender Arash Sadeghi is being tortured through the intentional and purposeful denial of his access to cancer treatment, causing him severe pain…
Press Release
Police in Hong Kong should exercise restraint to avoid escalating violence
In response to police operations on August 11, where rounds of tear gas and rubber bullets were fired, Man-Kei Tam, Director of Amnesty International Hong Kong said: “Hong Kong police…
Update
Our comment on Asylum Ban 2.0 Submitted 8.9.19
Amnesty International USA Comments on Interim Final Rule Regarding Asylum Eligibility Amnesty International USA submitted the following comments in response to the July 2019 interim final rule (EOIR Docket ID…