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A Fireside Chat with AmnestyLA and UNHCR’s Moh’d Al Taher
Join AmnestyLA for a special conversation with a wonderful guest speaker from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Sunday, August 29, 2021 at 11am PT. The United…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS FACE ADDITIONAL CHARGES (Cambodia: UA 73.21)
Six youth activists from Mother Nature Cambodia, a well-known environmental group that campaigns against environmental destruction and related human rights abuses, continue to face ongoing persecution. Three of the activists,…
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Day of the Disappeared
August 30 is the International Day of the Disappeared. Victims of enforced disappearance are people who have literally disappeared; from their loved ones and their community. They go missing when…
Update
Amnesty International USA and 84 Civil Society Organizations call on Biden Administration to Designate New 18-month TPS For Ethiopia
Amnesty International USA joined over 80 organizations calling on Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas and Secretary of State Blinken to designate a new 18 month TPS for Ethiopia. - A…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: JUSTICE FOR ACTIVISTS, PROTECT RELATIVES (Haiti: UA 90.21)
On June 30, 2021 reporter Diego Charles and activist Antoinette Duclaire were shot dead by unknown armed persons outside Diego Charles’ home in Port au Prince. Both had been previously…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: PEACEFUL ACTIVISTS RELEASED ON BAIL (Democratic Republic of Congo – UA 74.21)
On July 24, 2021, human rights defenders Elisée Lwatumba Kasonia and Eric Muhindo Muvumbu were released on bail. They were arrested on April 19, 2021 while calling for a general…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: OPPOSITION POLITICIANS TRIED BY SPECIAL COURT (Egypt: 107.19)
In July 2021, Egyptian politicians and activists Zyad el-Elaimy, Hossam Moanis and Hisham Fouad were referred to trial in front of an Emergency State Security Court over bogus charges, stemming…
Press Release
Extending Title 42 Will Endanger Refugees, Not Stop COVID-19
Today, the #WelcomeWithDignity campaign responded with deep disappointment to the extension of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) order blocking the entry of people seeking asylum at our…
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Lobby for Human Rights
Meet with Congress on critical human rights issues All are welcome to participate in Amnesty International USA’s grassroots advocacy. You will be provided with the training, materials, and guidance you…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS REMAIN IN DETENTION (Belarus: UA 85.21)
Belarusian human rights defenders Ales Bialiatski, Valyantsin Stefanovich and Uladzimir Labkovich remain in pretrial detention and face trumped up charges in retaliation for their human rights work with the Human…
Press Release
New IRAP Report Recommends Actions to Tackle Climate Displacement
Today, the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) released a new report, “Opportunities to Address Climate Displacement in the U.S.,” which outlines the legal protection gaps that prevent people displaced by…
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Banned Books Week 2021
BANNED BOOKS WEEK 2021 Each year during Banned Books Week, Amnesty International draws attention to people around the world who have been imprisoned, threatened, or murdered because of their writing,…