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Thailand: Don’t deport Saudi woman in grave danger
Responding to reports that Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, an 18-year-old Saudi woman, faces deportation from the transit zone of Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok (Thailand), Samah Hadid, Amnesty’s Middle East Director of…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Activist Sentenced to Two Years In Prison (China: UA 235.17)
Chinese human rights defender Zhen Jianghua was convicted of “inciting subversion of state power” and sentenced to two years in prison on 28 December 2018. The executive director of “Human…
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DRC: Authorities must reopen media outlets and end crackdown on internet freedom
Following further closures of media outlets and a mounting crackdown on internet and mobile messaging in the wake of elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Amnesty International’s Director…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Deported Bahraini at Risk of Ill-Treatment (Bahrain: UA 209.18)
On 20 October 2018, Ali Mohamed al-Showaikh was deported from the Netherlands and arrested upon arrival at Bahrain International Airport. For more than ten weeks since, he has been held…
Press Release
Saudi Arabia: Censorship of Netflix is latest proof of crackdown on freedom of expression
Responding to news that Netflix have removed an episode from a comedy show in Saudi Arabia, after officials from the Kingdom complained that it violated cyber-crime laws, Samah Hadid, Middle…
Press Release
Amnesty USA Reaction to Use of Tear Gas Along US-Mexico border
In response to reports that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents used tear gas against men, women and children crossing the US southern border late last night, Amnesty International deputy…
Press Release
Nicaragua: Report affirms the government of President Ortega has committed crimes against humanity
In response to the publication of the “Report on the Acts of Violence Occurred Between April 18 and May 30, 2018 in Nicaragua," by the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI-Nicaragua)…
Update
AIUSA SUBMITS STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD: House Hearing on Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security
12/20/2018 In advance of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee conducting a hearing, "Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security", Amnesty International USA submitted the below statement for the record. AIUSA urged…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Hunger-Striking Academic In Critical Condition (UAE: UA 183.15)
Dr Nasser bin Ghaith’s health has severely deteriorated. The prominent Emirati economist and academic has been on hunger strike for over 70 days in al-Razeen prison in the United Arab…
Event
Longer Table Event at Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School!
This Amnesty Group is hosting a potluck dinner in support of refugee and migrant rights, with representatives from their local refugee resettlement agency and refugees in their community. Come join…
Press Release
US Must Allow Survivors of Domestic Violence and Gang Violence to Seek Asylum
Judge Emmet Sullivan, on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, today struck down a decision instituted by former Attorney General Jeff Sessions that made it almost impossible…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Indigenous Communities Attacked and at Risk (Venezuela: UA 210.18)
The Pemón Indigenous communities in the Canaima National Park (western Venezuela) were the target of a violent attack during a two-day military operation, for which there was no justification. The…