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Urgent Action Update: STUDENT UNJUSTLY CONVICTED BY SPECIAL COURT (Egypt: UA 15.21)
On July 4, 2022, a Misdemeanours Emergency State Security Court (ESSC) convicted Egyptian researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy of spreading "false news" and sentenced him to three years imprisonment. His conviction…
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Taliban’s ‘Suffocating Crackdown’ Destroying Lives of Women and Girls in Afghanistan – New Report
The lives of women and girls in Afghanistan are being devastated by the Taliban’s crackdown on their human rights, Amnesty International said in a new report published today.
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First Executions in Myanmar in Decades Mark Atrocious Escalation in State Repression Â
Responding to reports that Myanmar’s military authorities have carried out executions for the first time since the late 1980s, Amnesty International’s Regional Director Erwin van der Borght said: 
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Urgent Action: RELEASE ARBITRARILY DETAINED JOURNALIST (Yemen: UA 69.22)
Journalist Younis Abdelsalam has been arbitrarily detained without charge by the Huthi de facto authorities for almost a year. He was falsely accused of communicating with foreign entities. Following his…
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RAC’22 Planning committee application
Planning committee application The Conference Programming Committee (CPC) is a group of AIUSA member leaders who will review the 2022 conference program session proposals and select the final sessions for…
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Immediately Halt Forced Eviction of More Than 1,000 West Bank Residents and Stop Demolitions of Bedouin Homes in the Negev/Naqab
The Israeli authorities must immediately halt the forcible eviction of more than 1,000 residents from Masafer Yatta, a Palestinian community in the occupied West Bank, Amnesty International said today, following…
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Authorities Must Investigate Massacre of Ethnic Amhara in Tole
The Ethiopian authorities must urgently launch an impartial investigation into the summary killing of over 400 Amhara residents of Tole Kebele in Oromia region on June 18, Amnesty International said…
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2022 Regional Activism Conference
Amnesty International USA is announce our first ever fully hybrid conference. Dates: October 21st – 23rd theme: Resilient Activism AIUSA’s Regional Activism Conference will provide a space for people to…
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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…
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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…