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Amnesty International’s Statement for the Record on Cuba’s Crackdown on Freedom of Expression – House Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Hearing
On July 20, 2021 Amnesty International USA's Americas Advocacy Director, Amy Fischer, submitted the following statement for the record to the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, Migration…
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Coalition Letter Urges Support for the Break the Cycle of Violence Act (S. 2275, H.R. 4118)
On June 30, Amnesty International USA and 100 human rights, civil rights, racial justice, religiously affiliated, and gun safety organizations wrote to members of Congress in support of the Break…
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Report
Risky Business: Top 10 Leading Venture Capital Firms Failing in their Responsibility to Respect Human Rights
Almost none of the world’s largest venture capitalist (VC) firms have adequate human rights due diligence policies in place, Amnesty International reveals today in a landmark report.
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Press Release
Abbott’s Executive Order GA-37 is an Unconstitutional Attack on Humanitarian Organizations
The #WelcomeWithDignity campaign condemned Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order GA-37 directing Department of Public Safety officials to stop any vehicle suspected of transporting migrants and return it to a port…
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Urgent Action
Urgent Action: ACTIVISTS JAILED FOR ANTI-PRESIDENT T-SHIRTS (Nigeria: UA 89.21)
Activists Larry Emmanuel, Anene Victor Udoka, Samuel Gabriel, Henry Nwodo, and Ben Mannaseh are being arbitrarily detained in connection to their peaceful activism. On July 4, 2021 they attended a…
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Amnesty International Statement for the Record on Lebanon’s Humanitarian Crisis and Need for U.S. Action – House Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee Hearing
On July 28, 2021, Amnesty International USA’s Middle East and North Africa advocacy director Philippe Nassif and Mustafa Kassem Fellow Amit Dadon submitted the following statement for the record to…
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Press Release
#WelcomeWithDignity: Expedited Removal is a Fast Track to Danger
Last evening, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it would begin using a process of rapid deportations known as “expedited removal” for certain families arriving at the border. Today,…
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Press Release
Human rights in Tunisia must be upheld following suspension of parliament
Tunisian President Kais Saied should publicly commit to respecting and protecting human rights, including the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly, after he suspended parliament and assumed…
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Event
5K Run/Walk for Refugees
Join Amnesty International - Chicago activists on Oct. 2 for our 5K run/walk fundraiser along the lakefront. Our group needs to raise about $1,500 for our co-sponsorship of a refugee…
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Amnesty International Calls on President Biden to Address Repression, Human Rights Abuses in Iraq in Meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Kadhimi
On July 23, 2021, Amnesty International USA wrote to President Joe Biden urging him to raise unlawful repression and worrying human rights abuses in Iraq towards peaceful protesters, press, religious…
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Urgent Action
Urgent Action: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER FACES 3 YEARS IN PRISON (Myanmar: UA 87.21)
Prominent human rights defender, Thin Thin Aung is facing three years in prison over materials published and broadcast by the media outlet she co-founded. She is among hundreds facing similar…
Press Release
Telling People Seeking Asylum ‘Do Not Come’ is Heartless and it Doesn’t Work
Yesterday, in a CNN town hall President Biden was asked about his administration’s immigration policy with regards to refugees and people seeking asylum and said: “they should not come.” The…
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