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Urgent Action Victory! Human Rights Defender Released (Morocco: UA 76.18)
On 5 April 2019, human rights defender Zine El Abidine Erradi was released after serving a one-year sentence in Agadir local prison, following an unfair trial. Zine El Abidine holds…
Press Release
Proposed Immigration Plan Shuts Doors to People in Search of Safety
Reacting to media reports on President Trump’s proposed immigration plan, Joanne Lin, national director of advocacy and government affairs at Amnesty International USA, issued this statement:
Press Release
Statement Responding to Toddler’s Death After Detention at Border
Responding to news reports of the death of a Guatemalan toddler who fell ill after being taken into custody at a Customs and Border Protection facility in El Paso, Ashley…
Update
The Military Should Collect and Release Key Information on the Stability of Afghanistan
May 9, 2019 Honorable Patrick M. Shanahan Acting Secretary of Defense U.S. Department of Defense 1000 Defense Pentagon Washington, DC 20301 Dear Secretary Shanahan: The undersigned groups write to ask…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Journalist Officially Charged with Cyber Libel (Philippines: UA 20.19)
Maria Ressa, human rights defender and executive editor of online news outlet Rappler, was formally charged in court on 14 May for one count of cyber libel. Arrested on 13…
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Libya: Evidence of possible war crimes underscores need for international investigation
Six weeks on, the offensive to take over Tripoli has resulted in unlawful attacks that could amount to war crimes which must be investigated by international prosecutors, Amnesty International said…
Update
Crimes Against Humanity in Myanmar
To view PDF click here: Crimes Against Humanity in Myanmar Early in the morning of 25 August 2017, a Rohingya armed group known as the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA)…
Update
STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD ON THE MAY 15 HEARING “THE CONFLICT IN LIBYA”
Rep. Eliot Engel, Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul, Ranking Member House Foreign Affairs Committee 2170 Rayburn Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Re: May 15 hearing on Libya Dear Chairman Engel,…
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Deadly Abortion Bans Endanger Pregnant People’s Lives
Responding to the Alabama Senate approving a measure on Tuesday that would outlaw almost all abortions in the state, Tarah Demant, the Director of the Gender, Sexuality and Identity Program…
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Israel’s refusal to grant Palestinian refugees right to return has fuelled seven decades of suffering
Israel’s failure to respect the right to return for Palestinians who were forced to flee their homes in 1948 is a flagrant violation of international law that has fuelled decades…
Press Release
Saudi Arabia’s ‘year of shame’: Crackdown on critics and rights’ activists continues
Today marks the first anniversary of the arrests of several prominent women human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia, after a shameful year for human rights in the Kingdom in which…
Report
Venezuela: Crimes against humanity require a vigorous response from the international justice system
Selective extrajudicial executions, arbitrary detentions, and deaths and injuries caused by the excessive use of force by Nicolás Maduro’s government as part of a systematic and widespread policy of repression…
