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Federal Appeals Court in Denver Rules Transgender Woman from Honduras Should Have Been Granted Asylum Based on “Extensive Evidence” of Violence Against Transgender Individuals
A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that Kelly Gonzalez Aguilar, a transgender woman, should have been granted asylum based on a record of “extensive evidence of widespread violence against transgender…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Woman’s Execution Would Violate International Law (USA: UA 29.22)
Melissa Lucio, a 52-year-old Mexican American woman, is scheduled to be executed in Texas on April 27, 2022. She was convicted in 2008 of the 2007 murder of her two-year-old…
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Kendrick Perkins
Kendrick has been involved with Amnesty International USA for over 10 years with experience in leadership positions at the student group, state, regional, and national level. From 2016 - 2021,…
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Russian Authorities Launch Witch-Hunt to Catch Anyone Sharing Anti-War Views
The Russian authorities have launched a witch-hunt by effectively weaponizing the country’s criminal justice system to prosecute anti-war protesters and influential critics of the state who have expressed their opposition…
Report
Political leaders and corporate titans put profit and power ahead of people, betraying promises for fair recovery from pandemic
Wealthy states colluded with corporate giants in 2021 to dupe people with empty slogans and false promises of a fair recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, in what amounts to one…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: ACTIVIST DEFENDING SAFE ABORTION RISKS JAIL (Poland: UA 28.22)
Woman human rights defender, Justyna Wydrzyńska, faces three years in prison solely for supporting people in need of an abortion. Charges against her appear to be intended to punish her…
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Taliban’s Backtrack on School Re-Opening for Girls Irreversibly Impacts Their Future
Schoolgirls in Afghanistan told Amnesty International that the Taliban’s backtrack on reopening schools for girls has left them “shattered” and “traumatized.”
Event
Reform or Abolition: Transforming the Minneapolis Police Department
Local Group 37, Twin Cities is hosting James Roth, who will speak about his Working Paper on Transforming the Minneapolis Police Department to Comply with the Rule of Law: Reform…
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Amnesty International calls for access to the country to monitor trials of 11J protesters in Cuba
In recent months, Cubans of all ages and walks of life have been charged, put on trial, or sentenced for participating in last July’s nationwide protests, in largely unfair and…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: STOP EXTRADITION OF UYGHUR MEN TO CHINA (Saudi Arabia: UA 27.22)
Uyghur religious scholar Aimidoula Waili and his friend Nuermaimaiti Ruze are at high risk of forcible repatriation to China following their arrest in November 2020. Since this time, they have…
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Federal Government Humanitarian Truce in Tigray is a Positive Step Forward and Must Lead to Humanitarian Access
In response to the humanitarian truce announced by the Ethiopian Federal Government in the conflict-affected Tigray region which Tigrayan authorities have said they will respect if sufficient aid reaches Tigray…
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Critical Thinking Under Fire: Upholding Academic Freedom in the Classroom: Panel Discussion and Q&A
Across the globe efforts are intensifying to censor study of controversial issues, notably those dealing with the study of racism and cultural diversity in public education. Providing education on these…
