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Israel: Decision to expel HRW country director exposes growing intolerance of criticism
Responding to Israel’s decision to expel Human Rights Watch’s Country Director Omar Shakir, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Magdalena Mughrabi, said: “We stand in…
Update
Human Rights on Capitol Hill: May 9, 2018
In this edition of Human Rights on Capitol Hill: (1) STATE DEPARTMENT (“DOS”): UNDER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, DOS PUBLISHES ANNUAL REPORT THAT GUTS REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ANALYSIS AND WINNOWS SCOPE OF STATE-OBLIGATED…
Press Release
Release of U.S. Prisoners in North Korea Highlights Pressing Human Rights Concerns
Three U.S. citizens – Kim Dong-chul, Kim Hak-song, and Kim Sang-duk –have been recently released by North Korea after spending months behind bars without a fair trial. Francisco Bencosme, advocacy…
Press Release
The Senate Must Vote Against Haspel’s Appointment as CIA Director
In advance of today’s hearing before the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Gina Haspel’s nomination to Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Amnesty is calling on the…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Civil Activist Released from Psychiatric Facility (Kazakhstan: UA 82.18)
Ardak Ashym, a 52-year-old blogger and civil activist from Shymkent, south Kazakhstan, has been released from the psychiatric facility where she had been detained since 31 March. The criminal investigation…
Event
The Human Rights Crisis in Ethiopia and the Implications for Accountable Government in East Africa
On June 8, 2018, AIUSA, Amnesty International Bronx chapter and a coalition of US-based Africa diaspora groups, have organized a conference in New York City focused on the human rights…
Update
North Korea: Joint Letter to President Trump regarding North Korea Human Rights
Joint Letter to President Trump regarding North Korea Human Rights The United States should press for human rights issues to be included in all discussions with the Democratic People’s Republic…
Victory
Urgent Action Victory! – Israeli Government Stops Forced Deportations (Israel/OPT: UA 64.18)
The Israeli government has declared that it will not pursue forcible deportations of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum-seekers to third countries under the Israeli ‘Procedure for Deportation to Third Countries’. This…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Victory! – Israeli Government Stops Forced Deportations (Israel/OPT: UA 64.18)
The Israeli government has declared that it will not pursue forcible deportations of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum-seekers to third countries under the Israeli ‘Procedure for Deportation to Third Countries’. This…
Update
Amnesty Statement to Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee
As the FY 2019 budget for Homeland Security is considered, this statement was submitted by Amnesty International USA to the Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee. The statement details the FY…
Press Release
Separating asylum-seeking families violates international law
The U.S. government must stop separating asylum-seeking parents from their children and denying them access to asylum procedures through prolonged detention, said Amnesty International today in response to reports of…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Five Years Imprisonment and Fine for Facebook Post (Indonesia: UA 86.18)
Alnoldy Bahari has been sentenced to five years imprisonment for Facebook posts deemed to be insulting of Islam and for allegedly spreading ‘hate speech’ under the country’s repressive Electronic Information…