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2021 Virtual Activism Conference
Amnesty International USA is excited to be hosting the 2021 Virtual Activism Conference. The theme is Together for Our Future – 60 years of uniting action-takers and change-makers. Dates: October…
Press Release
13 Hazara Killed by Taliban Fighters in Afghanistan’s Daykundi Province According to New Investigation
Taliban forces unlawfully killed 13 ethnic Hazaras, including a 17-year-old girl, in Afghanistan’s Daykundi province after members of the security forces of the former government surrendered, a new investigation by…
Press Release
#WelcomeWithDignity: Court Ruling Will Endanger Families Seeking Safety; Biden Must End Title 42
Yesterday the D.C. Circuit Court granted the government’s request for stay in Huisha-Huisha v. Mayorkas, allowing the Biden administration to continue expelling families and children to danger under its inhumane…
Press Release
Congress’ Passage of Continuing Resolution Is a Critical First Step in Supporting Afghan Refugees
Today, Congress passed a continuing resolution that includes funding to support Afghans arriving to the United States and ensures that Afghans arriving on humanitarian parole have access to refugee resettlement…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: MASS DEPORTATIONS MUST STOP (Mexico: UA 100.21)
Since August, authorities in Mexico have been conducting mass detentions and deportations of migrants and asylum seekers without taking measures to ensure that these individuals are not being returned to…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: THREE SYRIAN REFUGEES AT RISK OF DEPORTATION (Lebanon: UA 101.21)
Three Syrian refugees from Daraa governorate in southern Syria, Ahmad Al Waked, Tarek Al A’lo, and Fares Al Zo’bi, are at risk of forced deportation to Syria after General Security…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: REFUGEE MUST NOT BE FORCIBLY RETURNED TO UZBEKISTAN (Russian Federation: UA 102.21)
Valentina Chupik, a recognized refugee and migrant rights defender, has been held in the transit lounge at Sheremetevo airport in Moscow since September 25, 2021. She has been told that…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: LIFE OF ARBITRARILY DETAINED ACTIVIST IN DANGER (Egypt: UA 132.19)
Concerns are growing over activist Alaa Abdel Fattah’s life and wellbeing after his family and lawyer learned about his suicidal thoughts due to his unjust detention and cruel prison conditions.…
Update
The Human Rights Crackdown in Western Sahara and the Need for Action by the Biden Administration
Classified as a non-self-governing territory by the United Nations, Western Sahara has been under de-facto annexation by Morocco since the late 1970s. Morocco controls three-fourths of Western Sahara via unilateral…
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The Death Penalty: Not In My Name
October 11, 4:30 - 6:00 pm ET Register here! Ray Krone was sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit. Ray's conviction was due in part to…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: THREAT TO SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS (Dominican Republic: UA 36.21)
With the beginning of the new parliamentary term, a preliminary draft of the Criminal Code is being debated by the Dominican Republic’s Congress with the objective of approving a reformed…
Press Release
Biden Administration Must Hold CBP Officers Accountable and Restore Access to Asylum for All Haitian Migrants
In response to the mass deportation of Haitian migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border and horrific reports of Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) inhumane treatment against Black asylum-seekers, Paul O’Brien, Executive…
