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Proposed Changes to Limits on Family Detention Would Inflict Further Harm on Children Fleeing Persecution
According to reports, the Trump administration is preparing to publish regulations that would effectively terminate the 1997 Flores Settlement Agreement, which mandates that children cannot be held in immigration detention…
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Amnesty Sends Letter to the National Security Council on Recommendations on Key Human Rights Issues to Raise at U.N. General Assembly
August 21, 2018 Rear Admiral Garry E. Hall Senior Director for International Organizations and Alliances National Security Council The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, First Floor, West Wing…
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Amnesty International USA calls on the Trump administration to halt possible deportation of Mauritanian asylum seekers in the US
Amnesty International USA calls upon the Trump administration to refrain from deporting Mauritanians who have sought refuge and safety in the United States without renewed and fair consideration of their…
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Stand Up Against The Holocaust Solve the Border Issue
The factors leading to holocausts are not a simple hysteria. There are very few people actively awake to how much closer to the Holocaust we came here at home as…
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HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL: AUG 13, 2018
In this edition of Human Rights on Capitol Hill: (1)USA - Trump Administration Must Not Swap Family Separation – a Human Rights Travesty – for Mass Family Detention, Another Human Rights…
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Amnesty International USA Statement on Charlottesville Anniversary and Rallies
Ahead of a planned “Unite the Right 2” rally in Washington DC and the anniversary of the Charlottesville tragedy on August 12, Amnesty International’s executive director Margaret Huang issued the…
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270 BIPARTISAN ELECTED OFFICIALS URGE PRESIDENT TRUMP TO ADMIT AT LEAST 75,000 REFUGEES NEXT YEAR
270 local and state elected officials from 42 states expressed their support for resettling refugees in their communities in a bipartisan letter sent to President Trump on Tuesday. The letter,…
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Russia: Eyes of the world on trial of Chechen human rights defender
Diplomats from four countries and a senior member of Amnesty International will join numerous human rights monitors in Shali tomorrow to observe the trial on trumped-up drugs charges of prominent human rights…
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Trump’s Policies Will Place Thousands of Refugee Lives in Grave Danger
Responding to reports that President Donald Trump may seek to cap U.S. refugee admissions at no more than 25,000 refugees for Fiscal Year 2019, the lowest goal in the history…
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Trump Administration Brazenly Violates Human Rights of Separated Families
Today marks the court-ordered deadline for the Trump administration to reunite more than 2,500 children forcibly separated from their parents despite seeking protection. More than 900 parents remain separated from…
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House of Representatives Must Reject Funding Increases for ICE and CBP
The House Appropriations Committee must reject all funding increases for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in next year’s budget for the Department of Homeland…
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State Department Gathering on Religious Freedom Must Lead By Example
As the State Department hosts the first Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, Amnesty International USA urges the Trump Administration to examine its own policies of religious discrimination, while at the…