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Amnesty International USA Calls on Memphis Police Department, Congress to Take Accountability for Systemic Failures that Led to Death of Tyre Nichols
It is imperative that the Memphis Police Department not see this as simply the actions of five individual police officers. Rather, the MPD must acknowledge this as a systemic issue…
Press Release
Meta Must Guard Against Human Rights Risks After Lifting Bans On Trump’s Facebook And Instagram Accounts
Under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, all companies have a responsibility to respect human rights. This means that social media companies, including Meta, cannot allow advocacy…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: NGOS IN VENEZUELA AT RISK (Venezuela: UA 8.23)
On 24 January 2023, the Venezuelan National Assembly took its first step to approve a bill seeking to control, restrict, and potentially criminalize and close NGOs operating in Venezuela. If…
Campaign
Protect the Protest in Sri Lanka
The government of Sri Lanka is ruthlessly crushing peaceful protest. Peaceful protest is a human right, everywhere.
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: PROTECT TWO GAZA WOMEN IN GRAVE DANGER (State of Palestine: UA 7.23)
Two Palestinian women have not been heard from since 6 January after the Palestinian security services in the Gaza Strip forced them back into the custody of their abusive father.…
Press Release
Amnesty International Mourns Victims of Monterey Park Shooting
Amnesty International USA’s Campaign Manager for Ending Gun Violence, Ernest Coverson, issued the following statement in response to a shooting in Monterey Park, Calif., that killed 10 people. "Last night…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: YOUTH WITH MENTAL DISABILITY RISKS EXECUTION (Iran: UA 6.23)
Mohammad Ghobadlou is at grave risk of execution in connection with Iran’s nationwide protests. He has received two death sentences after grossly unfair sham trials, marred by torture-tainted “confessions” and…
Event
Screening and Panel Discussion of “There is a Field”
Join Amnesty International Puget Sound AIPS and Local Group AI-270 on Sunday, January 22, 2023 from 6-8pm PT for a streaming of the film There Is A Field, followed by…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: JUSTICE FOR VICTIM OF TORTURE AT RISK IN CHILE (Chile: UA 4.23)
In October 2019, Moisés Órdenes was attacked by Chilean police officers, Carabineros, while peacefully demonstrating. Over three years since then, on 5 December 2022, the public prosecutor at Santiago’s Eastern…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: 18 KILLED DURING PROTESTS (Peru: UA 105.22)
On 9 January, 18 people were killed during protests in the city of Juliaca, in the Puno region, in Peru. The country continues to experience protests and violence in different…
Case
Toffiq al-Bihani
Toffiq al-Bihani is a 45-year-old Yemeni national who has been held at Guantánamo Bay since early 2003 without being charged with a crime.
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Condemns Biden Administration’s Attack on Asylum
Amnesty International USA condemns the Biden Administration’s attack on the human right to seek asylum.