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UN: Myanmar Rohingya exodus exposes abject failure of world leaders to deliver solution to refugee crisis
As almost 400,000 refugees flee ethnic cleansing in Myanmar, world leaders meeting at the UN General Assembly should hang their heads in shame that they have not only failed to…
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Responds to Trump Plan to Drastically Decrease Refugee Admissions
Responding to reports that the White House may drastically reduce the number of refugees admitted to the United States to 40,000 next year, Amnesty International USA is calling on the…
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Press Release
Justice Kennedy Temporarily Reinstates Refugee Ban
The following is a statement from Margaret Huang, executive director of Amnesty International USA, responding to the decision by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy to grant the Trump administration’s…
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Press Release
Amnesty International USA Welcomes Ninth Circuit Decision on Refugee and Muslim Ban
CONTACT: Mandy Simon, [email protected] NEW YORK – Following the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ decision on President Trump's refugee and Muslim ban, Naureen Shah, Amnesty International USA senior director of…
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Report
No one can protect you: Bahrain’s year of crushing dissent
A new report published by Amnesty International today sheds light on the repressive tactics used by the Bahraini government over the past year to crush civil society and violently crack…
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Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Independent News Director Detained (Azerbaijan: UA 200.17)
Mehman Aliyev, the director of independent news agency Turan, has been arbitrarily detained since 24 August on what appears to be trumped up charges of tax evasion and other offenses…
Press Release
Military Weapons to Local Law Enforcement a Grave Mistake
Following remarks from Attorney General Jeff Sessions stating President Trump’s intention to reverse an executive order by President Obama limiting military weapons to local law enforcement, Justin Mazzola, Amnesty International…
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Press Release
Governments completely out of touch with citizens on refugee issues, new survey reveals
A new survey released by the World Economic Foundation (WEF) on young peoples’ attitudes towards refugees exposes just how out of touch governments are with their citizens, Amnesty International said…
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Press Release
Trump’s Transgender Military Policy is Cruel and Discriminatory
Following President Donald Trump’s signing of a new directive banning future transgender individuals serving in the U.S. military, Tarah Demant, Amnesty International USA’s director of Gender, Sexuality, and Identity program…
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Press Release
Amnesty International USA Response to Trump’s Remarks on Hate Groups
In response to President Trump’s comments on the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and white supremacists following this weekend’s violence in Charlottesville — Amnesty International USA Deputy Executive Director of Campaigns…
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Press Release
Trump Must Condemn Racial and Ethnic Hatred
CONTACT: Mandy Simon, [email protected] NEW YORK – In response to today’s events in Charlottesville, Virginia, Amnesty International USA Deputy Executive Director of Campaigns and Membership, Njambi Good, issued the following…
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Press Release
Trump Administration Attempts to Put Mother and Child Released from Immigration Detention Back in Custody
After over 600 days in immigration detention, Wendy and her three-year-old son Diego were granted bond and released by an immigration judge earlier this week. But the Trump administration has…