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Update
Human Rights on Capitol Hill Newsletter – March Edition (3/2/2020)
To view PDF version click here: Human Rights on Capitol Hill March 2020 Human Rights on Capitol Hill published by Amnesty International USA March 2, 2020 In this edition…
Press Release
The U.S. Government Should Reverse the Remain in Mexico Policy
Responding to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s ruling upholding the preliminary injunction halting the Trump administration’s so-called “Remain in Mexico” policy — under which the U.S.…
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Update
Statement for Lantos Hearing on “Human Rights in Russia on the 5th Anniversary of the Nemtsov Assassination” (2-27-2020)
To view PDF version click here: Balson_LantosCommission_NemtsovTestimony_2020_02_26_FINAL February 27, 2020 The Hon. James P. McGovern and The Hon. Christopher H. Smith Co-Chairs Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission House Committee on…
Report
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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Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Journalist Released on Bail (Nigeria: UA 164.19)
Journalist Agba Jalingo has been released on bail from Calabar Prison, Cross River state, southern Nigeria. However, Agba Jalingo and human rights defenders Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Adebayo Bakare continue…
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MODI-TRUMP MEETING HIGHLIGHTS ANTI-MUSLIM SENTIMENT IN BOTH GOVERNMENTS’ POLICIES
As U.S. President Donald Trump meets Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, Amnesty International India and Amnesty International USA issued the below joint statement: “Anti-Muslim sentiment permeates the policies of…
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Press Release
2020 Presidential Campaigns Pressed on Immigration and Asylum Platforms During Amnesty International USA Forum in Nevada
Las Vegas, NV - On Thursday, February 20th, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA), in partnership with the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN) and 15 national and Nevada-based co-sponsoring organizations, held…
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Press Release
Joint Statement on the Trump Administration’s New Landmine Policy
In response to the January 31st announcement by the White House of the Department of Defense’s new landmine policy, we, the undersigned organizations, strongly condemn the Trump Administration’s decision to lift existing United…
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Osman Kavala and two others face aggravated life sentences in Turkey as landmark verdict expected in Gezi trial
Ahead of tomorrow’s expected verdict in the so-called ‘Gezi trial’ where civil society leader Osman Kavala and 15 others are on trial on trumped-up charges of ‘attempting to overthrow the government’, Amnesty…
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Update
Statement for the Record on the Muslim Ban Markup (2/12/2020)
To view PDF version click here: Statement for the Record - No Ban Act Markup.AIUSA.02.12.20 February 12, 2020 The Honorable Jerrold Nadler Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary United States…
Press Release
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA RESPONDS TO TRUMP’S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
During his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Trump touched on issues of national security as well as immigration and asylum, claiming, “we entered into historic cooperation agreements with the Governments…
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Update
Human Rights on Capitol Hill Newsletter – February Edition (02/04/2020)
To view PDF version click here: Human Rights on Capitol Hill February 2020 Human Rights on Capitol Hill published by Amnesty International USA February 4, 2020 In this edition of Human Rights…