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Human Rights Advocates with Medical and Legal Expertise Call on Governors, State Health Officials to Direct Reduction, Release of Immigration Detainees to Prevent Coronavirus Spread

Calling on governors and state health officials to use their authority to act in the interest of public health and protect immigration detainees, Human Rights First, Amnesty International USA and…

March 17, 2020
19 January 2020, Guatemala, Ceibo: Migrants are guided by the Mexican authorities through the Ceibo border crossing. Dozens of Central American migrants stranded at the Ceibo border crossing between Mexico and Guatemala were taken by the Mexican authorities to detention centers for migrants in Mexico. Photo: Jair Cabrera Torres/dpa (Photo by Jair Cabrera Torres/picture alliance via Getty Images)

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Distant But Together: Responding to COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting all of us around the world. It’s an unsettling time filled with concerns, challenges, and anxieties. As a global organization, Amnesty International knows this pandemic…

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 16: An ambulance sits parked on the plaza outside the U.S. Capitol March 16, 2020 in Washington, DC. After taking the weekend off, the Senate will return on Monday afternoon and will take up the House-passed coronavirus relief bill. The legislation in the House bill includes some provisions for paid emergency leave and free COVID-19 testing. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

Since 2017, the government of China has carried out massive and systematic abuses against Muslims living in Xinjiang, under the guise of what they claim to be “terrorism” and “religious…

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Saudi Arabia Must End Ill-Treatment and Arbitrary Detention of Human Rights Defender, Waleed Abu Al-Khair

Amnesty International has received credible reports that Saudi Arabian prison authorities arbitrarily placed human rights defender and prisoner of conscience Waleed Abu al-Khair in solitary confinement and under tightened security.…

December 6, 2019
Members of Human rights NGO Amnesty International hold up portraits of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi and Saudi human rights activist and lawyer Waleed Abu Alkhair as they demonstrate in front of the embassy of Saudi Arabia in Berlin, on January 8, 2016 to ask for their release. Badawi was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam. / AFP / TOBIAS SCHWARZ (Photo credit should read TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP via Getty Images)

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Elizabeth Warren

Amnesty International USA asked Elizabeth Warren 13 questions about some of the most pressing human rights issues of our time. Here is her response exactly as provided: How should the…

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) campaigns at the Seattle Center Armory
SEATTLE, WA - FEBRUARY 22: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) campaigns at the Seattle Center Armory on February 22, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. Warren is campaigning in Seattle ahead of the Washington Democratic primary taking place on March 10. (Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images)

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Bernie Sanders

Amnesty International USA asked Bernie Sanders 13 questions about some of the most pressing human rights issues of our time. Here is his response exactly as provided: How should the…

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) holds a campaign rally at Salina Intermediate School
DEARBORN, MI - MARCH 07: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

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Cory Booker

Amnesty International USA asked Cory Booker 13 questions about some of the most pressing human rights issues of our time. Here is his response exactly as provided: How should the…

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