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Countries cracked down on asylum and the right to protest in the Americas in 2019
As millions took to the streets to protest rampant violence, inequality, corruption and impunity, or were forced to flee their countries in search of safety, states across the Americas clamped…
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NO MUSLIM BAN
Join our fight against the Muslim ban expansion: take action and register your outrage using our resources below. On January 31, 2020, President Trump took executive action to expand the…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Kurdish Iranian Man at Risk of Execution (Iran: UA 166.18)
Houshmand Alipour, from Iran’s Kurdish minority, is at risk of execution after he was sentenced to death on 29 December 2019 following an unfair trial. Mohammad Ostadghader, also an Iranian…
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Thousands in Iran arbitrarily detained and at risk of torture in chilling post-protest crackdown
Iran’s authorities are carrying out a vicious crackdown following the outbreak of nationwide protests on November 15, arresting thousands of protesters as well as journalists, human rights defenders and students…
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Urgent Action Update: Syrians Still Risk Deportation from Turkey (Turkey: UA 128.19)
Syrian refugees are still at risk of deportation from Turkey, and the Turkish authorities may implement plans to force large numbers of them to a so-called “safe zone” in northern…
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Urgent Action Update: NGO Worker’s Detention Renewed (Israel/OPT: UA 171.18)
On 11 September 2019, the Israeli Ofer Military Court in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) approved the renewal of Ayman Nasser’s administrative detention for a further four months. His detention…
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Lethal Force Legislation Could Save Lives and Protect Communities
In response to the introduction of the Police Exercising Absolute Care for Everyone (PEACE) Act by Representatives Ro Khanna and Lacy Clay, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Amnesty International…
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Urgent Action Victory! Trans Asylum Seeker Freed From Detention (USA: UA 108.18)
Alejandra Barrera, a transgender Salvadorian activist held in USA immigration detention since 2017, was released late Friday 6 September 2019. We will continue to monitor the status of her asylum…
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Urgent Action Victory! Trans Asylum Seeker Freed From Detention (USA: UA 108.18)
Alejandra Barrera, a transgender Salvadorian activist held in USA immigration detention since 2017, was released late Friday 6 September 2019. We will continue to monitor the status of her asylum…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Justice for Survivor of Sexual Harassment (Indonesia: UA 199.18)
On 5 July 2019, the Indonesian Supreme Court rejected the final case review submitted by Baiq Nuril Maknun, a survivor of sexual abuse, and upheld its decision to find her…
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Urgent Action Update: Uyghur Activist’s 30 Relatives Still Detained (China: UA 251.17)
Up to 30 relatives of Uyghur human rights activist Rebiya Kadeer, who currently lives in the United States, have been detained for nearly two years in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous…
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Amnesty International 2019 Northeast Regional Conference (Providence, Rhode Island)
Northeast Regional Conference Saturday, November 16th, 2019 Rhode Island School of Design 20 Washington Place, Providence, Rhode Island 02903 It is our sincere pleasure to invite you to this year’s…
