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Amnesty International USA Reaction to Senate Deal that Guts Asylum Rights
Human rights are not bargaining chips. People have the human right to seek asylum. Senators must not trade away the human rights of immigrants and people seeking safety.
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Urgent Action: JOURNALIST’S SENTENCE CONFIRMED ON APPEAL (Algeria 37.23)
Share: On This Page On October 12, 2023, the Algerian Supreme Court rejected two appeals made by Ihsane El Kadi’s lawyers, effectively upholding his seven-year sentence, which includes five years…
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Urgent Action: PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE IN NEW MASS TRIAL (UAE 120.23)Â
Human rights defenders and prisoners of conscience Ahmed Mansoor, Mohammed al-Roken, and Nasser bin Ghaith are among 87 Emirati men being prosecuted in a new case on trumped up terrorism-related…
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Global: What Happened at COP28? Essential Need-to-Knows
The COP28 climate summit in Dubai ended after 14 days with an agreement which recognized for the first time the need to move away from fossil fuels.
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COP28 Agreement to Move Away from Fossil Fuels Sets Precedent but Falls Short of Safeguarding Human Rights
COP28 in Dubai has agreed on the need to move away from fossil fuels for the first time at the end of a climate summit marred by restrictions on civil…
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Congress Urged to Not Gut Asylum System
Amnesty International responds to Congress and the White House negotiating the inclusion of nationwide expedited removal and a gutting of the U.S. asylum system in the federal supplemental funding bill.
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Urgent Action: 11 BAHA’IS FORCIBLY DISAPPEARED AT GREAT RISK (Yemen: UA 60.23)
On May 25th 2023, armed Huthi forces stormed a peaceful gathering of Baha’is in Sana’a, Yemen. They detained and forcibly disappeared 17 individuals, among them five women. One individual has…
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Urgent Action: IMPRISONED NURSE’S CONDITION DETERIORATES (Russian Federation: UA 28.23)
Irina Danilovich, a nurse and human rights activist from Russian-occupied Crimea is still being denied healthcare. She was abducted by Russian security officials in April 2022 and sentenced to seven…
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Urgent Action: JAILED EGYPTIAN PHYSICIAN MUST BE RELEASED (Saudi Arabia: UA 71.23)
On May 23, the Supreme Court in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, upheld the 10-year prison sentence of Egyptian national and physician Dr. Sabri Shalaby. The Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) sentenced…
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Urgent Action: 16 BAHA’IS FORCIBLY DISAPPEARED IN YEMEN (Yemen: UA 60.23)
On May 25th 2023, armed Huthi forces stormed a peaceful gathering of Baha’is in Sana’a, Yemen. They detained and forcibly disappeared 17 individuals, among them five women. One individual has…
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Urgent Action: POLITICAL ACTIVISTS UNJUSTLY DETAINED (Tunisia: UA 52.23)
POLITICAL ACTIVISTS UNJUSTLY DETAINED Since February 2023, Tunisian authorities have opened criminal investigations against at least 21 people including political opposition activists, lawyers, and businessmen on unfounded accusations of conspiracy.…
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Elections 2020
On November 03, 2020, the United States held national elections. All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives, 35 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate,…