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School Group Orientation
Welcome to the 2020-2021 school year with Amnesty International USA! All groups are asked to participate in an orientation to help you kick off the year. Whether you’re new to…
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Urgent Action Victory! Security Measures For Defender Implemented (Mexico: UA 169.17)
In recent weeks authorities have implemented some security measures for Mario Luna, human rights defender and leader of the Indigenous Yaquí community in Sonora state, northern Mexico, following an incident…
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Boko Haram’s renewed campaign sparks sharp rise in civilian deaths
A major resurgence in Boko Haram attacks and suicide bombings in Cameroon and Nigeria has left at least 381 civilians dead in the five months since the start of April…
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Urgent Action Update: Detainee Held Incommunicado Again (Venezuela: UA 194.17)
After being disappeared for 23 days, Raúl Isaías Baduel is once again being held incommunicado at the National Intelligence Service facilities in Caracas, denied access to his family and lawyers.…
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Restrictions on international aid to Rohingya and Rakhine state putting thousands at risk
The Myanmar authorities’ restrictions on international aid in Rakhine state is putting tens of thousands of lives at risk in a region where mainly Rohingya people are already suffering horrific…
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Urgent Action Update: Prisoner Of Conscience Sentenced To Death (Iran: UA 212.14)
On 27 August a Revolutionary Court in Tehran sentenced spiritual teacher Mohammad Ali Taheri to death for “spreading corruption on earth” for establishing the spiritual group Erfan-e Halgheh. He has…
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Urgent Action Update: Maldives To Resume Executions By September (Maldives: UA 179.17)
According to statements by the Maldives President, the death penalty would be implemented 'by the end of September'. If carried out, these would be the first executions in the country…
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Amnesty International USA and Texas Groups Urge U.S. Government to Protect Immigrants’ Rights in Harvey’s Wake
A letter from Amnesty International USA, and local Texas groups Grassroots Leadership and Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)…
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Urgent Action: Independent News Director Detained (Azerbaijan: UA 200.17)
Mehman Aliyev, the director of independent news agency Turan, has been arbitrarily detained since 24 August on what appears to be trumped up charges of tax evasion and other offenses…
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Urgent Action: Papuan Prisoner of Conscience Denied Parole (Indonesia: UA 199.17)
Political activist, Oktovianus Warnares was convicted of “rebellion” (makar) in 2013 after peacefully commemorating the 50th anniversary of the handover of Papua to the Indonesian government. He is a prisoner…
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Military Weapons to Local Law Enforcement a Grave Mistake
Following remarks from Attorney General Jeff Sessions stating President Trump’s intention to reverse an executive order by President Obama limiting military weapons to local law enforcement, Justin Mazzola, Amnesty International…
