Press Release
Continued presence of UN mission in Afghanistan essential to monitor and report on abuses
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) must extend the UN’s mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), and the UN must supply the…
September 14, 2021
Blog
Amnesty-Co-Chaired Coalition to End Violence Against Women and Girls Globally calls on President Biden to Urgently Increase Efforts to Support Afghan Women and Girls, Evacuate Women’s Rights Defenders
On August 24th, the Coalition to End Violence Against Women and Girls Globally - co-chaired by Amnesty International USA, Futures…
August 27, 2021
Press Release
Deadline for evacuations must be extended amid Taliban reprisal attack threats in Afghanistan
The Taliban and the international community must urgently reach an agreement to extend the August 31 deadline for completing evacuations…
August 26, 2021
Press Release
Shameful failure of UNHRC special session to address escalating human rights crisis in Afghanistan
The UN Human Rights Council today failed the people of Afghanistan after neglecting to establish an independent mechanism to monitor…
August 24, 2021
Press Release
President Biden Has the Political Support to Close the Guantanamo Detention Center
In response to the news that a Congressional letter was sent to President Biden by 75 Representatives urging him to…
August 4, 2021
Press Release
New IRAP Report Recommends Actions to Tackle Climate Displacement
Today, the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) released a new report, “Opportunities to Address Climate Displacement in the U.S.,” which…
August 2, 2021
Blog
Amnesty International Calls on President Biden to Address Repression, Human Rights Abuses in Iraq in Meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Kadhimi
On July 23, 2021, Amnesty International USA wrote to President Joe Biden urging him to raise unlawful repression and worrying…
July 23, 2021
Press Release
Guantánamo Bay Has Been Allowed to Remain Open Too Long
Responding to the Biden administration transferring its first detainee out of Guantánamo Bay, Daphne Eviatar, the director of the Security…
July 19, 2021
Blog
Amnesty International Statement for the Record on Impacts of COVID-19 in MENA Region, Need for U.S. Action – House Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee
On June 22, 2021, Amnesty International USA’s Middle East and North Africa advocacy director Philippe Nassif and Mustafa Kassem Fellow…
June 24, 2021
Press Release
Executives of surveillance companies Amesys and Nexa Technologies indicted for complicity in torture
Responding to the news that four executives of French surveillance companies Amesys and Nexa Technologies have been indicted for complicity…
June 22, 2021
Report
Draconian repression of Muslims in Xinjiang, China, amounts to crimes against humanity
Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region face systematic state-organized mass imprisonment, torture…
June 10, 2021
Press Release
United States Must Halt Arms Sale to Israel and Commit to Ending Violations in Gaza
Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) supports joint resolutions in the House and Senate, introduced by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Bernie…
May 21, 2021