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Urgent Action Update: Labor Activists Held in Secret Detention (China: UA 37.19)
Wei Zhili (pictured below) and Ke Chengbing, both editors of labor rights news and advocacy website “New Generation” (xinshengdai), have been held in incommunicado detention since March 2019. Their detention…
Press Release
Demonizing Immigrants and Mental Health Conditions Is Not A Solution to Gun Violence
Responding to President Donald Trump’s speech following a spate of mass shootings over the weekend, Ernest Coverson, Amnesty International USA’s End Gun Violence campaign manager said: “Gun violence reform cannot…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Activist Held Incommunicado for Months (China: UA 67.19)
Yang Zhengjun, a prominent workers’ rights activist has been held incommunicado since 8 January 2019. The editor-in-chief of iLabor.net / “New Generation” (Xinshengdai), an independent website covering workers’ rights stories,…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Activists Released on Bail, Awaiting Trial (Zimbabwe: UA 76.19)
The trial of seven activists, charged with treason for attending a training in the Maldives, has yet to begin due to the authorities’ lack of preparedness. The activists have appeared…
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Response to El Paso Shooting
Responding to a mass shooting that occurred in a mall in El Paso, Amnesty International USA End Gun Violence campaign manager Ernest Coverson issued the following statement:
Press Release
Detention Never in Child’s Best Interest, Says Amnesty International USA
Responding to news that the Homestead facility holding unaccompanied children is being emptied out, Amnesty International researcher for refugee and migrant rights Denise Bell issued the following statement:
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Grassroots Women Activist Held Incommunicado (China: UA 102.19)
Chen Jianfang, a devoted grassroots human rights defender has been held in incommunicado detention since 20 March. A well-known activist, she led a campaign in 2013 with late activist Cao…
Update
Letter to Sec. Pompeo on Human Rights Concerns in Thailand (7.30.19)
July 30, 2019 The Honorable Mike Pompeo Secretary of State U.S. Department of State 2201 C St. N.W. Washington D.C., 20520 Dear Secretary Pompeo: RE: The ASEAN Ministerial Meetings and…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Three Men Executed By Firing Squad in Bahrain (Bahrain: UA 69.17)
On 27 July 2019, Ali Mohamed Hakeem al-Arab, Ahmed Isa Ahmed Isa al-Malali and another man were executed by firing squad at Jaw prison, south of the capital Manama. On…
Victory
Urgent Action Victory! Attacks on Ysati Community Under Investigation (Paraguay: UA 32.19)
The Prosecutor’s Office began an investigation into the March attacks against the Ysati indigenous community “3 de Julio”. The Paraguayan Institute for Indigenous Affairs (INDI) provided them with humanitarian assistance…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Newspaper Editor Detained Without Charge (South Sudan: UA 101.19)
On 15 July 2019, Michael Rial Christopher, a 40-year-old South Sudanese newspaper editor was taken off a flight to Kenya by National Security Service (NSS) agents and arbitrarily arrested in…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Victory! Attacks on Ysati Community Under Investigation (Paraguay: UA 32.19)
The Prosecutor’s Office began an investigation into the March attacks against the Ysati indigenous community “3 de Julio”. The Paraguayan Institute for Indigenous Affairs (INDI) provided them with humanitarian assistance…