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Amnesty International USA Statement on US State Department’s Foreign Policy Strategy and Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2020
March 25, 2019 The Honorable Eliot Engel Chairman Foreign Affairs Committee U.S. House of Representatives 2170 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Michael McCaul Ranking Member Foreign…
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Finalists Announced for Amnesty International USA Media Awards
The finalists for the Amnesty International USA Media Awards have been announced, and winners in each category will be revealed at the awards ceremony on April 3.
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Saudi Arabia: Women activists persecuted under bogus charges. Speaking to Amnesty is not a crime
The prosecution of 11 women activists before a Criminal Court in Riyadh for their human rights work and contact with international organizations is an appalling escalation of the Saudi authorities’…
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Urgent Action Victory! Poet Acquitted and Released (Somaliland: UA 17.19)
Abdirahman Ibrahim Adan, a poet in Somaliland, was released on 25 February. He had been arrested and detained on 12 January after reciting a poem the previous day in which…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Victory! Poet Acquitted and Released (Somaliland: UA 17.19)
Abdirahman Ibrahim Adan, a poet in Somaliland, was released on 25 February. He had been arrested and detained on 12 January after reciting a poem the previous day in which…
Press Release
Yemen: UAE recklessly supplying militias with windfall of Western arms
An open source investigation published by Amnesty International today highlights a growing danger in Yemen’s conflict as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) recklessly arms militias with a range of advanced…
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Iran committing crimes against humanity by concealing fate of thousands of slaughtered political dissidents
By concealing the fate and whereabouts of thousands of political dissidents who were forcibly disappeared and secretly executed in prison 30 years ago, Iranian authorities are continuing to commit crimes…
Press Release
Reports of torture and sexual harassment of detained activists in Saudi Arabia
Several Saudi Arabian activists, including a number of women, who have been arbitrarily detained without charge since May 2018 in Saudi Arabia’s Dhahban Prison, have reportedly faced sexual harassment, torture…
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As Trump Weighs Indefinite Family Detention, Asylum-Seeking Children and Parents Continue to Languish in Limbo
While Trump’s proposal to detain asylum-seeking and migrant families indefinitely remains open to public comment for the next week, families who have already been detained for longer than the 20-day…
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Madagascar: Unjustified, excessive and prolonged pre-trial detention keeps thousands in life-threatening prison conditions
People who have not been found guilty of any crime are dying in Madagascar’s prisons due to appalling conditions, Amnesty International said today, as it released a report highlighting how the…
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Turkey: Abuses Without Borders – Statement before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
On September 26, 2018, Amnesty International USA participated in a briefing hosted by the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on human rights in Turkey. The briefing, titled Turkey: Post-Election Human…
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Amnesty Sends Letter to the National Security Council on Recommendations on Key Human Rights Issues to Raise at U.N. General Assembly
August 21, 2018 Rear Admiral Garry E. Hall Senior Director for International Organizations and Alliances National Security Council The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, First Floor, West Wing…