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Amnesty International Statement for Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Detention and Incarceration During COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic presents a human rights crisis in detention facilities in the United States, which has one of the largest numbers of detained and incarcerated people in the world…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Health Concerns for Detained Blogger (Sri Lanka: UA 85.20)
Ramzy Razeek, a retired government official and social media commentator, has been detained since 9 April 2020 without charge or proper access to a lawyer. Suffering from several medical complications,…
Press Release
Immigrant rights groups call on governors, health officials to release people in immigration detention
We are coming together to amplify pressure on ICE to act. As states address the public health and humanitarian challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, we are urging governors to…
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Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Human Rights Defender Detained and Tortured (Egypt: UA 16.20)
Human rights defender Patrick Zaki George, who suffers from asthma, is at particular risk if exposed to COVID-19 in Tora Investigation Prison. On 5 May 2020, Supreme State Security prosecutors…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Protesters Arrested for Opposing Bigoted Law (India: UA 49.20)
Meeran Haider, Shifa-Ur-Rehman and Safoora Zargar (who is three months pregnant) have been arrested for peacefully protesting the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), a law that legitimizes discrimination on the basis…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill Newsletter – May Edition (5-5-2020)
To view PDF version click here: Human Rights on Capitol Hill May 2020 Human Rights on Capitol Hill published by Amnesty International USA May 5, 2020 In this edition of…
Press Release
Amnesty International Calls for the Release of All Prisoners of Conscience Worldwide
Amnesty International is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of all the prisoners of conscience it is campaigning for worldwide, who are now at heightened risk due to the…
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Sri Lanka & COVID-19
Sri Lankan government’s response to the emergence of COVID-19 in the country has raised several human rights concerns: The government’s use of the pandemic to release those convicted of heinous…
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Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Prisoner of Conscience at Risk of COVID-19 (Cuba: UA 122.19)
63-year-old independent journalist Roberto Quiñones Haces, imprisoned on 11 September 2019 for “resistance” and “disobedience”, remains in the Provincial Prison of Guantánamo in concerning unsanitary conditions, according to reports. His…
Press Release
Torture Trial in Germany a ‘Historic Step’ Towards Justice in Syria
The first trial of two former officials of the Syrian government’s security service charged with crimes against humanity marks an important step towards justice, Amnesty International said.
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Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Journalist Must Be Released (Somaliland: UA 90.19)
Journalist Abdimalik Oldon was arrested one year ago, on 17 April 2019, in Burao, northern Somaliland, for exercising his right to freedom of expression. Despite a country-wide release of prisoners…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Crackdown on Dissent Continues During COVID-19 (India: UA 55.20)
Activists Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde were arrested by the National Investigative Agency (NIA) on 14 April 2020 and charged under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code along with…