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Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Governor Vetoes Abolition of Death Penalty (USA: UA 84.18)
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
Nicaragua: Governmentโs shameful denial of human rights violations is part of its strategy of repression
In response to the government of President Daniel Ortegaโs outright rejection of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rightsโ report on grave human rights violations committed in the context of the…
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Press Release
Haleyโs hostility towards human rights organizations a sad moment for U.S.
Inย response to a letterย sent by the United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley to human rights groups, accusing them of blocking reform at the United Nations Human Rights…
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Report
Yemen: Restrictions to life-saving supplies putting millions of civilians at risk
Millions of lives are at risk because the entry of essential goods such as food, fuel and medical supplies into war-torn Yemen is being restricted by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition…
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2018 Regional Conferences
Amnesty International USA is excited to announce the 2018 Regional Conferences dates and locations, click on your conference of choice for more details! Program Sessions: Submit a Request for Proposal!…
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Press Release
Turkey: Court defies logic as Amnesty Turkey Chair kept in jail
In response to the continued detention of human rights defender, Taner Kฤฑlฤฑรง,ย after the latest hearing against him,ย Salil Shetty, Amnesty Internationalโs Secretary Generalย said: โTodayโs heart-breaking decision to keep our colleague in…
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Press Release
Nicaragua: Violence and state repression intensify despite numerous efforts at dialogue
Nicaragua remains mired in an ongoing cycle of violence, despite numerous efforts by Nicaraguan civil society for national dialogue and calls from international organizations to stop the grave violations of…
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Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Grave Fears for Missing Uighur PHD Student (China: UA 122.18)
Guligeina Tashimaimaiti has not been heard from since 26 December 2017, when she returned from Malaysia to her hometown in Yili, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. Her family fear that she…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Health Fears for Detainee Without Access to Lawyer (Maldives: UA 118.18)
Lahiru Manikkuadura, a Sri Lankan citizen, has been detained in the Maldives without a trial date since September 2016 and, following recent and restrictive changes in legal procedures, is being…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Trust Fund Boss Goes Missing From Police Custody (Lesotho: UA 113.18)
Head of the Maesaiah Thabane Trust Fund (MTTF), Makarabo Mojakhomoโs whereabouts are unknown after police claim that she escaped from custody on 31 May in Maseru, Lesothoโs capital. She was…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: More At Risk As Thailand Resumes Executions (Thailand: UA 119.18)
Thai prison authorities carried out the countryโs first execution in nearly a decade on 18 June 2018. Amnesty International fears that others on death row may be at imminent risk…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Disappearances Insufficiently Investigated (Mexico: UA 120.18)
From February to May 2018 at least 33 people were reported disappeared in Nuevo Laredo, northern Mexico. Authorities have been losing crucial time to investigate and family members are being…