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Trump’s Defense of Muslim Ban is Out of Step with Americans
Following a filing by the Department of Justice to an appeals court weighing President Trump’s Muslim ban, Naureen Shah, director of Amnesty International USA’s Security With Human Rights program, released…
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Muslim Ban Appeal Shows Trump is Out of Step
Following the Department of Justice filing an appeal in response a federal judge’s ruling temporarily blocking President Trump’s Muslim ban, Eric Ferrero, Amnesty International USA spokesman, released the following statement.
Report
Human slaughterhouse: Mass hangings and extermination at Saydnaya prison, Syria
A chilling new report by Amnesty International exposes the Syrian government’s calculated campaign of extrajudicial executions by mass hangings at Saydnaya Prison. Between 2011 and 2015, every week and often…
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Backlash to Trump’s Muslim Ban Grows, with Protests Across Country Set for Today
Amid growing public, political, and legal opposition to President Donald Trump's order barring many Muslims from entering the U.S., protests against the ban are set for today in cities and…
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During Bodega Protests Today on Muslim Ban, Amnesty International Will Drive Calls to Senate from Across U.S.
‘Today, we're standing with the bodega owners and workers who are refusing to be intimidated and silenced by this cruel and unlawful Muslim ban, and we're demanding that Congress step…
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Trump Australia Call Shows Need for Congress to Act
Following reports of a tense phone call between President Trump and Australian Prime Minister Turnbull centered on refugees and subsequent comments by the president, Margaret Huang, Amnesty International USA executive…
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Amnesty International to Newly Confirmed Secretary of State: We Will Hold You Accountable
Despite concerns from human rights groups, including Amnesty International USA, about his nomination, former Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson was confirmed today as Secretary of State.
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South Africa: Women and girls risk unsafe abortions after being denied legal services
Women and girls risk unsafe abortions that can lead to serious health complications, and even death, due to persistent barriers to legal abortion services, according to research by Amnesty International…
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Amnesty International USA Mobilizes Members to Pressure Congress on Travel Ban
Following President Trump’s executive order banning immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries, Amnesty International USA is mobilizing its over one million U.S. grassroots supporters and activists to tell their senators to…
Report
“If you are poor you are killed”: Extrajudicial Executions in the Philippines’ “War on Drugs”
Acting on instructions from the very top of government, the Philippines police have killed and paid others to kill thousands of alleged drug offenders in a wave of extrajudicial executions…
Update
Ethiopia: Zone 9
At the end of 2016 Amnesty International published a report titled Ethiopia Offline: Evidence of Social Media Blocking and Internet Censorship in Ethiopia. This report documented how social media and…
Update
Trump’s Global Gag Rule a blow for women’s rights and lives.
A mere two days after millions of people marched around the word with and in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington, President Donald J. Trump announced the “Global Gag…