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Executive Action on Refugees is Cruel and Inhumane
Based on reports and remarks made by President Trump, Amnesty International USA had the following reaction to an executive order regarding extreme and unwarranted restrictions on immigrants
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Urgent Action Victory! Not-Guilty Verdict For Men Sentenced To Death (China: UA 256/05)
After more than 13 years since Huang Zhiqiang, Fang Chunping, Cheng Fagen and Cheng Lihe were originally sentenced to death, the Jiangxi Provincial Higher People’s Court has announced a not-guilty…
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Human Rights, Justice and Nigeria’s Security Sector: Will 2017 see the change that is needed?
[caption id="attachment_74149" align="alignleft" width="640"] Protestors gather in Nkpor, Onitsha on 30 May 2016, Nigeria.[/caption] By Adotei Akwei and Miho Mitobe In late November AI released a report on human rights…
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We Will Fight Trump’s Effort to Close U.S. Borders
Today President Donald Trump issued several executive orders related to immigration, including constructing a wall on the border with Mexico, building more detention centers, and stripping sanctuary cities of federal…
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Urgent Action Victory! Cuban Graffiti Artist Released (Cuba: UA 273/16)
Cuban graffiti artist Danilo Maldonado Machado (‘El Sexto’) was released over the weekend. Amnesty International had considered him a prisoner of conscience.
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Urgent Action Victory! Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning’s Sentence (USA: UA 277/16)
With less than a week left in his term, former President Barack Obama commuted Chelsea Manning’s sentence on 17 January. While this welcome move was long overdue, the US government…
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Urgent Action Victory! Unlawfully Detained Hindu Fisherman Out On Bail (Bangladesh: UA 7/17)
Hindu fisherman Rasraj Das was granted bail on 16 January 2017 after spending more than two months in jail for allegedly posting an “offensive” image on Facebook. Although police have…
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Amnesty International USA Responds to DAPL Executive Action
Today, President Trump signed an executive action advancing the completion of the Dakota Access Pipeline. In response to the news, Amnesty International USA's Managing Director of the Individuals at Risk…
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Amnesty International USA Responds to Guantanamo Transfers
In response to reports of transfers from Guantanamo Bay, Margaret Huang, executive director of Amnesty International USA, issued the following statement: “While many detainees have at last been transferred, we…
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Russia: Lawmakers must halt alarming plans to decriminalize domestic violence
Ahead of the second reading of a bill to decriminalize some forms of domestic violence in the Russian State Duma, Anna Kirey, Deputy Director for Campaigns for Russia and Eurasia…
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Native American Activist Leonard Peltier Denied Clemency
Native American activist Leonard Peltier was denied clemency by President Obama today after more than four decades in prison.
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Urgent Action Victory! Four Youth Activists Released On Bail (Angola: UA 188/16)
Four Angolan youth activists who are part of the Benguela Revolutionary Movement (Movimento Revolucionário de Benguela) are out on bail. The youth activists have not been charged.