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Depths of Degradation, Heights of Hypocrisy: USA’s First Execution of 2023
Paul O’Brien, Amnesty International USA A macabre ritual, incompatible with human dignity but enacted over one and a half thousand times in the USA in the past four and a…
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Press Release
Devastating Power Cuts Undermining Civilian Life in Ukraine as Christmas Approaches
The Russian armed forces’ continued attacks against Ukraine’s critical energy infrastructure, are a blatant violation of international humanitarian law and are endangering the lives of civilians with freezing temperatures setting…
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Press Release
Amnesty International USA Outraged Afghan Adjustment Act Not Included in New Spending Bill
Upon the release of the FY23 omnibus spending package that fails to include the bipartisan Afghan Adjustment Act, Amnesty International USA is outraged that Congress has once again failed to…
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Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: 26 PEOPLE RISK EXECUTION IN RELATION TO PROTESTS (Iran: UA 103.22)
At least 26 people are at great risk of execution in connection with nationwide protests after Iranian authorities arbitrarily executed two individuals following grossly unfair sham trials in a bid…
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Amnesty International Urges the Illinois Legislature to Pass the Protect Illinois Communities Act to Prevent Gun Violence
Amnesty International USA’s Campaign Manager for Ending Gun Violence, Ernest Coverson, who is based in Chicago and is available for interview, issued the following statement in support of the Protect…
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Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE CONVICTED AND FINED (Bahrain: UA 100.22)
Danish-Bahraini prisoner of conscience Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja was convicted and fined in two separate cases on 28 November 2022 following an unfair trial. The Bahraini authorities have long targeted Al-Khawaja for…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – December 2022 Newsletter
HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL Table of Contents Featured Domestic Updates International Updates Amnesty Campaigns december 2022 NEWSLETTER FEATURED: New Report from Amnesty on Ukraine An older woman with a…
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Press Conference and Photo Action to Free Leonard Peltier Now!
Please join us for a photo action and press conference with the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, local legislators, indigenous and human rights community members, all calling for the urgent…
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Press Release
Older People Face Heightened Risks, Unable to Access Housing in Displacement Following Russian Invasion – New Report
Older people in Ukraine have been disproportionately impacted by death and injury during Russia’s invasion and are unable to access housing on an equal basis with others after being displaced,…
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Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: JOURNALIST’S HEALTH FURTHER DETERIORATED (China: UA 284.16)
Huang Qi, founder and director of Sichuan-based human rights website “64 Tianwang” was able to speak with his mother on videoconference on 24 November 2022. His health has further deteriorated…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: 28 PEOPLE RISK EXECUTION IN RELATION TO UPRISING (Iran: UA 103.22)
At least 28 people, including three children, could face execution in connection with nationwide protests as the Iranian authorities use the death penalty as a tool of political repression to…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: JORDANIAN MAN AT IMMINENT RISK OF EXECUTION (Saudi Arabia: UA 102.22)
Hussein Abo al-Kheir is at imminent risk of execution in Saudi Arabia as the authorities resume executions for drug-related offences after a two year moratorium announced by the Saudi Arabian…