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Urgent Action Victory! Four of Five Families Freed from Detention (USA: UA 116.20)
Over the course of 2020, Amnesty International campaigned to free five families from immigration detention in the USA, with the broader call for all detained families to be freed. Of…
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Amnesty International USA joins Non-Governmental Organizations, Faith-Based Groups, and Academic Institutions Call for the Biden Administration to Repeal ICC Sanctions
On February 17, Amnesty International USA joined over 70 other organizations to urge the Biden Administration repeal Sanctions imposed on the International Criminal Court by the Trump Administration Call for…
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Domestic Human Rights Policies Biden-Harris Administration Must Address in Early 2021
On February 18, 2021, Amnesty International USA wrote to the Biden-Harris Administration to share the organization's recommendations for domestic human rights policies the U.S. government should advance in early 2021.…
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Amnesty International’s Human Rights Priorities for Southeast Asia
On February 18, 2021, Amnesty International USA wrote to Henrietta Levin, Director for Southeast Asia and ASEAN Affairs at the National Security Council, outlining the organization's human rights priorities for…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – February 2021 Newsletter
HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL Table of Contents Featured International Updates National Security and Human Rights Good News In Case You Missed It february 2021 NEWSLETTER Featured: Amnesty Internationalās…
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Organizations sue Biden administration regarding release of detained children and families
A coalition of nineteen human rights and immigrantsā rights organizations filed suit against the Department of Homeland Security and its Immigration and Customs Enforcement, requesting a federal court in Los…
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Launch of Mustafa Kassem Fellowship in Memory of U.S. Citizen Who Died in Egyptian Prison
Amnesty International USA is launching the Mustafa Kassem Fellowship named after the detained U.S. citizen who died in an Egyptian prison one year ago. Today would have been his 56th…
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Amnesty International’s Human Rights Priorities for South Asia
On February 10, 2021, Amnesty International USA wrote to Sumona Guha, Senior Director for South Asia at the National Security Council, outlining the organization's human rights priorities for South Asia.…
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Free People from ICE Detention
No one should be locked up for seeking safety. The US must respect the human right to seek asylum.
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Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Ailing Professor Arrested After Cancelation of Bail (Pakistan: UA 148.19)
AILING PROFESSOR ARRESTED AFTER CANCELATION OF BAIL Professor Muhammad Ismail, 66 and an Amnesty Prisoner of Conscience, was arrested on 2 February 2021 after his pre-arrest bail was canceled at…
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Aung San Suu KyiĀ ReportedlyĀ Charged forĀ HavingĀ Walkie-TalkiesĀ in Myanmar
Responding to news that Aung San Suu Kyi hasĀ been chargedĀ withĀ breaching import-export lawsĀ for havingĀ walkie-talkies in her home, Amnesty Internationalās DeputyĀ RegionalĀ Director for Research, EmerlynneĀ Gil, said:
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Press Release
Accountability For Rights-Abusing Immigration Policies Must Not be Brushed Aside for Unity
Responding to executive actions addressing regional migration and border processing and creation of an interagency task force on family reunification, Bob Goodfellow, the Interim Executive Director of Amnesty International USA,…
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