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Russia and USA must use Putin-Trump summit to take responsibility for human rights
“While both Trump and Putin have drawn justified criticism for their respective human rights records, their meeting presents a chance for both to make a profound difference on several global…
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Update
Trump-Putin Helsinki Summit: Human Rights Must be Front and Center
On July 16, President Trump will meet with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland. No formal agenda for the summit has been released but, given the severity of multiple…
Press Release
Syria: Civilians in Daraa trapped as attacks intensify
Civilians in Syria’s southern Daraa province are facing death and destruction as the government ramps up a merciless campaign of indiscriminate artillery shelling and air strikes that include repeated attacks…
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Press Release
Amnesty International USA Reaction to Supreme Court Ruling on Muslim Ban
The following can be attributed to Ryan Mace, Grassroots Advocacy & Refugee Specialist at Amnesty International USA: “This hateful policy is a catastrophe all around – not only for those who simply…
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Update
Human Rights on Capitol Hill: June 18, 2018
In this edition of Human Rights on Capitol Hill: (1) Family separation: Amnesty International demands that administration immediately halt family separation. (2) North Korea: Amnesty International calls on Trump administration to raise human…
Press Release
Syria: Scores of civilian casualties in suspected Russian air strike on Idlib
Responding to reports that Russian aircraft carried out an attack in Idlib province last night, killing at least 44 people, Lynn Maalouf, Middle East Research Director at Amnesty International, said: “This…
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Report
Syria: Raqqa in ruins and civilians devastated after US-led ‘war of annihilation’
From amid the rubble of Raqqa, civilians are asking why US-led Coalition forces destroyed the city, killing hundreds of civilians in the process of “liberating” them from the armed group…
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Update
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SENATE BRIEFING STATEMENT – TURKEY TARGETING MEDIA AND CIVIL SOCIETY (MAY 16, 2018)
On May 16, Amnesty International co-hosted a briefing on human rights and religious freedom in Turkey. The briefing was cosponsored by the Senate Human Rights Caucus co-chairs Sen. Thom Tillis…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Guantánamo Transfer Policy Under Wraps (USA: UA 42.18)
The US Secretary of Defense has sent the White House his policy recommendations on detainee transfers to Guantánamo. The details have not been made public. Meanwhile, the first detainee transfer…
Update
Amnesty Statement to HFAC: EU Governments are Complicit in Refugee Suffering
Since 2016, European governments implemented a series of measures designed to shut down the Mediterranean Sea routes used by refugees, and outsource their border controls to neighboring countries, most notably…
Press Release
Turkey: Thousands of Afghans swept up in ruthless deportation drive
At least 2,000 Afghans who fled to Turkey to escape conflict and the worst excesses of the Taliban are in detention and at imminent risk of being forced back to…
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Press Release
Syria: Block on Douma chemical attack investigation must be lifted immediately
Responding to news that inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have still not been granted access by the Syrian authorities to the site in Douma where…
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