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Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Several Indigenous Organizations Threatened (Colombia: UA 182.18)
The National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC) reported that several threatening pamphlets against indigenous organizations defending human rights were found on the streets and railroad tracks of the municipality of…
Victory
Urgent Action Victory!: Online Activist Released Without Charge (South Sudan: UA 158.18)
Activist Ahmed Al-Dai Bushara Joudah was released without charge from Kober prison on 18 September. He had spent sixty-four days in detention.
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Victory! Online Activist Released Without Charge (Sudan: UA 158.18)
Activist Ahmed Al-Dai Bushara Joudah was released without charge from Kober prison on 18 September. He had spent sixty-four days in detention.
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: US-Mexico Asylum Deal Appears Unlikely (Mexico: UA 150.18)
Share: On This Page We have received updated information regarding this case and require no further action from the Urgent Action Network. Thank you to all those who sent appeals.…
Press Release
Washington Becomes the 20th State to Abolish the Death Penalty Â
Reacting to news that the Washington State Supreme Court has ruled the death penalty violates its Constitution, Kristina Roth, Senior Program Officer at Amnesty International USA stated: “This is tremendous news…
Report
Catastrophic immigration policies resulted in more family separations than previously disclosed
The US government has deliberately adopted immigration policies and practices that caused catastrophic harm to thousands of people seeking safety in the United States, including the separation of over 6,000…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Councilman Dies in Custody of Intelligence Service (Venezuela: UA 181.18)
Fernando Albán, councilman for Primero Justicia, an opposition party in Venezuela, died while in custody of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN) on Monday 8 October. His body fell from…
Event
Amnesty table at the Aids HealthcareFoundation
In the efforts to launch the new Columbus Ohio group, Amnesty is having a table at the AIDS Healthcare Foundation's fashion show. Out of the Closet will be hosting on…
Event
Write for Rights
In country after country, people’s freedom – to speak out against injustice, to live on their ancestral lands, to not be discriminated against – is under threat. Our letters, words…
Update
Human Rights on Capitol Hill October Edition
To view PDF click here:Â Human Rights on Capitol Hill October Human Rights on Capitol Hill published by Amnesty International USA Â October 9, 2018 Â In this edition of Human Rights on…
Update
End Impunity for Hatred and Violence in Ukraine: Amnesty International USA Letter to Interior Minister Avakov
At Amnesty International, we strongly believe in the power of a letter. Our story began in 1961, when British lawyer Peter Benenson read a newspaper story about two Portuguese students who…
Press Release
Alleged assassination of Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Consulate in Istanbul would set abysmal new low
Responding to reports alleging that Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside his country’s consulate in Istanbul, Amnesty International’s Middle East Research Director Lynn Maalouf said:
