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Banned Books Week 2023
From September 15 through October 15, 2023, Amnesty International USA will spotlight six cases highlighting individuals or communities whose human rights are under attack because of their work.
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Urgent Action: ARBITRARY DETAINEE DYING FROM NEGLECT(Venezuela: UA 55.23)
Guillermo Zárraga, a 59-year-old Venezuelan engineer and a former oil industry unionist, was arbitrarily detained in November 2020 at his home by officers from the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence.…
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Urgent Action: JAILED EGYPTIAN PHYSICIAN MUST BE RELEASED (Saudi Arabia: UA 71.23)
On May 23, the Supreme Court in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, upheld the 10-year prison sentence of Egyptian national and physician Dr. Sabri Shalaby. The Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) sentenced…
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Annual General Meeting 2024
We are thrilled to announce that next year’s hybrid Annual General Meeting will be held in Washington, D.C. and also online! This highly anticipated event will bring together our extensive…
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Urgent Action: EXECUTION SET OF MAN WITH MENTAL DISABILITY (USA: UA 68.23)
Johnny Johnson, a 45-year-old man long diagnosed with severe mental disabilities, including schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, is scheduled to be executed in Missouri on 1 August 2023 for the 2002…
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Urgent Action: MAN AT RISK OF PROTEST-RELATED EXECUTION (Pakistan: UA 63.23)
On May 11th, 2023, Imran Riaz Khan, a Pakistani YouTuber and TV anchor, was detained and arrested by the Sialkot police, at the Sialkot International Airport. It was only after…
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Amnesty International USA responds to reports of cruel, deadly tactics by Texas troops at the border
In response to reports about Texas DPS troops receiving instructions to push children into the Rio Grande and deny water to asylum seekers, Amy Fischer, Director of Refugee and Migrant…
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2023 Summer Solidarity Postcard Action
Take action for rocky myers and leonard peltier Throughout July-August, send a postcard (hometown or travels) to show solidarity with Rocky Myers and Leonard Peltier! Â Report back on your…
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OIL, GAS AND MINING INDUSTRIES
EXTRACTING RESOURCES. FUELING ABUSES. Oil, gas and mining industry operations too often go hand in hand with allegations of human rights abuses. Extracting resources can contaminate the land, water and…
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BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
PROFIT AT WHAT PRICE? Privatization and economic globalization have given companies unprecedented access to new territories, and expanded their reach across national borders. But all companies, no matter where they…
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CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY
HOLD CORPORATIONS ACCOUNTABLE Globalization has significantly changed the world we live in, presenting new and complex challenges for the protection of human rights. Economic players, especially companies that operate across…
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Maternal Health
Maternal Health is a Human Right Around the world, one woman dies every 90 seconds in pregnancy or childbirth – that’s more than 350,000 women every year. The vast majority…