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Jersey City Gun Violence Demonstrates How Guns Exacerbate Hate
In response to reports that the shooter in yesterday’s Jersey City, New Jersey shooting that left six people dead, had published anti-Semitic posts online and targeted a Kosher deli in…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill Newsletter December Edition (12/10/2019)
To view PDF click here: Human Rights on Capitol Hill - December 10, 2019 Human Rights on Capitol Hill published by Amnesty International USA December 10, 2019 In this edition…
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November 22 Testimony for House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on the Humanitarian Crisis at the Border
To view PDF version click here: 11.18.2019 AI Testimony for HFAC Hearing on Humanitarian Crisis at the Border_FINAL Written Testimony of Charanya Krishnaswami Americas Advocacy Director Amnesty International USA…
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Urgent Action Victory! Hajar Raissouni Released (Morocco: UA 121.19)
On 16 October 2019, following a royal pardon, Hajar Raissouni, her fiancé, and the doctor were released from prison after being sentenced to one year in prison for trumped-up charges…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Victory! Hajar Raissouni Released (Morocco: UA 121.19)
On 16 October 2019, following a royal pardon, Hajar Raissouni, her fiancé, and the doctor were released from prison after being sentenced to one year in prison for trumped-up charges…
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Exoneration of Scott Warren is a Triumph for Humanity
In response to the humanitarian volunteer Dr. Scott Warren being found not guilty of the charges against him in a court in Arizona today, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill Newsletter – November Edition
To view the PDF version click here: Human Rights on Capitol Hill November 2019 Human Rights on Capitol Hill published by Amnesty International USA November 20, 2019 In this edition of…
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Billboards for World Children’s Day Call for Freedom for Detained Children in the U.S.
For World Children’s Day on November 20, Amnesty International USA is calling for the United States government to stop detaining children who seek safety in the United States, with new…
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Amnesty International Statement for Hearing on “Examining the Human Rights and Legal Implications of DHS’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy”
For PDF, please click here. November 18, 2019 Rep. Kathleen Rice Chair Rep. Clay Higgins Ranking Member House Homeland Security Committee Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and…
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President Trump’s Pardons Send Message That Laws Don’t Matter
Responding to reports that President Donald Trump intervened in three cases involving war crimes, issuing full pardons to two soldiers and reversing disciplinary action against another, Daphne Eviatar, director of…
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President Trump’s Bullying Makes a Mockery of Asylum
Responding to a new interim final rule that seeks to implement asylum cooperative agreements between the United States, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, Charanya Krishnaswami, the advocacy director for the…
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The U.S. should drop abusive criminal charges against humanitarian volunteer Scott Warren
The United States Department of Justice should immediately drop the spurious criminal charges against humanitarian volunteer Dr. Scott Warren in the state of Arizona on the U.S.–Mexico border, said Amnesty…