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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – July 2022 Newsletter
HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL Table of Contents Featured Domestic Updates International Updates In Case You Missed It july 2022 NEWSLETTER URGENT: CONGRESS MUST PASS LEGISLATION TO PROTECT ABORTION RIGHTS…
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Military’s Use of Banned Landmines in Kayah State Amounts to War Crimes
The Myanmar military is committing war crimes by laying antipersonnel landmines on a massive scale in and around villages in Kayah (Karenni) State, Amnesty International said today after an on-the-ground…
Press Release
Amnesty International Launches Global Campaign to Confront Unprecedented Worldwide Threat to the Right to Protest
The right to protest is under unprecedented and growing threat across all regions of the world, Amnesty International said today, as the organization launched a new global campaign to confront…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: PROTECT ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDER AT RISK (Colombia: UA 50.22)
On July 5, 2022, Yuli Velásquez, President of the Federation of Santander Fishers for Tourism and Environment (FEDEPESAN), an environmental organization operating in Barrancabermeja, Colombia, was the victim of an…
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Amnesty International USA Advocacy Asks for New US Special Horn Envoy
On July 15, 2022 Amnesty International USA wrote to Ambassador Hammer with our advocacy asks as he starts his new position as the US Special Envoy for the Horn of…
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The Saturday Mothers
Summary On August, 25th 2018, police in Istanbul used tear gas and water cannons to disperse a peaceful gathering of hundreds of people including relatives of victims of enforced disappearances,…
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Joanah Mamombe, Cecillia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova
Summary Opposition activists Joanah Mamombe, Cecillia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova, were arrested on May, 13th 2020 for leading an anti-government protest over the authorities’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic and…
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Vahid Afkari
Summary Vahid Afkari was arbitrarily arrested for his peaceful participation in protests in his hometown of Shiraz in 2017 and 2018. Slogans chanted at these protests expressed a mix of…
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Protect the Protest Campaign
The right to protest for human rights is under unprecedented and growing threat across all regions of the world.
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: STOP VIOLENT FORCED EVICTION OF THE MAASAI (Tanzania: UA 35.22)
More than 70,000 Indigenous Maasai people are at risk of being evicted from their ancestral grazing lands to make way for a tourism operation after a paramilitary group arrived on…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: INVESTIGATE TORTURE OF WHISTLEBLOWER (Algeria: UA 43.22)
Mohamed Benhlima is an activist, former military official and whistleblower who exposed alleged corruption by high-ranking Algerian military officials online. He sought asylum in Spain but the Spanish authorities refouled…
Press Release
Russian Authorities Must Drop Case Against Ilya Yashin – Latest Victim of Clampdown on War Critics
Reacting to the news that the Russian authorities have opened a criminal investigation against Ilya Yashin, one of the few leading opposition figures criticizing the invasion of Ukraine who remained…
