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Amnesty International USA Executive Director Margaret Huang’s Testimony for Hearing on the Care of Unaccompanied Children in Custody
For PDF version, click here: 07.22.2019 AIUSA Testimony for Labor-H Hearing Chairwoman DeLauro, Ranking Member Cole, and Members of the Subcommittee: On behalf of Amnesty International USA and our two…
Update
Amnesty International Recommends VOTE YES on TPS for Venezuelans (HR 549)
For PDF version, click here: 07.23.2019 Amnesty International Recommends VOTE YES on HR 549 (Venezuela TPS) July 23, 2019 Amnesty International USA Recommends VOTE YES on the Venezuela TPS Act…
Press Release
Plans to Close Carrizo Springs Demonstrate Conditions That are Not in Children’s Best Interests
Responding to reports that the Department of Health and Human Services will be shutting down the facility in Carrizo Springs, Texas, Denise Bell, the Researcher for Refugee and Migrant Rights…
Update
Human Rights on Capitol Hill Newsletter July Edition (7/23/19)
To view PDF click here: Human Rights on Capitol Hill July Human Rights on Capitol Hill published by Amnesty International USA  July 23, 2019 In this edition of Human Rights…
Press Release
President’s Call to Revive Death Penalty in the Philippines Will Only Worsen Climate of Impunity
President Duterte’s call to revive the death penalty during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) will only worsen the country’s climate of impunity amid the government’s deadly anti-drugs campaign,…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Justice for Survivor of Sexual Harassment (Indonesia: UA 199.18)
On 5 July 2019, the Indonesian Supreme Court rejected the final case review submitted by Baiq Nuril Maknun, a survivor of sexual abuse, and upheld its decision to find her…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Lawyer of Xinca People Still Under Threat (Guatemala: UA 63.19)
Lawyer Quelvin Jimenez reported that on 23 June a group of people, carrying small arms and machetes, disrupted a meeting of the Xinca Indigenous People authorities in Jumaytepeque, Santa Rosa…
Press Release
Refugee Admissions Numbers are a New and Shameful Low
Responding to reports that some in the Trump Administration are considering lowering the number of refugees to be admitted through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program to zero for the coming…
Report
No Home for Children: US Government Detention of Children at Homestead Facility Cruel and Unlawful
The Homestead facility housing children who traveled alone to the United States must be shut down as quickly as possible, a new Amnesty International USA report finds, and children should…
Press Release
Google Must Fully Commit to Never Censor Search in China
Google must now go one step further and commit to never aid China’s large-scale censorship and surveillance. The company’s past evasiveness on this issue leaves the door open to future…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Jailed Journalists on Hunger Strike (Iran: UA 95.19)
Iranian journalists Sanaz Alahyari and Amirhossein Mohammadifar have been on hunger strike since 4 July. They are protesting their continued detention and the authorities’ ongoing crackdown on labor rights activists…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Authorities Unlawfully Restrict Pride Marches (Turkey: UA 86.19)
Pride events planned in June and July in several Turkish cities were prevented by the authorities following unlawful bans in Izmir, Antalya, Mersin and Istanbul. On 30 June, Istanbul Pride…