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Judge to government: promptly and safely release kids from detention centers
Responding to a decision by Judge Dolly M. Gee of the United States District Court directing the government to make every effort to promptly and safely release children currently being…
Update
Amnesty International USA Opposes New Rule Empowering Unlawful Expulsions of Asylum-Seekers
Amnesty International USA submitted the following comment opposing a new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) interim final rule which is currently empowering mass expulsions of asylum-seekers and…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Independent Journalist Imprisoned for a Year (Tajikistan: UA 17.20)
Independent journalist Daler Sharipov was found guilty of trumped up charges of “inciting religious discord” by a court in Tajikistan on 16 April and sentenced to one year in prison.…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Court Sentences Four Journalists to Death (Yemen: UA 27.16)
A Huthi-aligned court in Sana’a handed down death sentences to four journalists following a grossly unfair trial. The four journalists have been detained with six others since 2015. During their…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Activist Arrested for Criticizing the President (Uganda: UA 56.20)
On 13 April, Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, a Ugandan activist, was arrested by military police at his home in Iganga, eastern Uganda. He was charged with trumped-up charges of defamation and cyber…
Press Release
Trump’s Proposal to “Halt Immigration” Is Fueled by Bigotry and Xenophobia
Responding to plans announced by U.S. President Donald J. Trump to sign an executive order “to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States”, Joanne Lin, the national advocacy director of…
Update
Letter to Congressional Appropriators on WHO Funding Cuts (4-20-20)
To view PDF click here: Letter to Cong Appropriators on WHO Funding Cuts (4-20-20) April 20, 2020 Sen. Lindsey Graham …
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Native American Activist At Risk of COVID-19 (USA: UA 16.19)
Share: On This Page This action is no longer active. Please check with the Amnesty office in your country if you wish to send appeals after the deadline. U.S. activists…
Update
Teleconference Briefing on Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the Age of COVID-19
Join Amnesty International USA for a Teleconference Briefing on Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the Age of COVID-19 Refugees, asylum seekers, and displaced people around the world are at heightened risk…
Update
On One-Year Anniversary of US Inaction, Amnesty International USA Demands TPS for Venezuelans Now
For PDF version, click here. In a Public Health Crisis, Protected Status for Venezuelans Is More Urgent Than Ever April 2020 Venezuela is undergoing a massive humanitarian and human rights…
Press Release
Congress Must Halt Administration’s Plan to Suspend Critical Funding to WHO
Responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement that the U.S. will halt funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) pending the administration’s review of the organization’s handling of the COVID-19…
Event
Celebrate Earth Day 2020 by participating in a virtual climate strike!
Throughout the week of April 20-24, Amnesty International invites you to participate in an online climate strike as part of a global virtual action for climate justice! Amnesty is calling…
