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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL , CIVICUS AND TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL CALL ON G20 TO ENSURE BETTER POST COVID ECONOMIC FUTURE THROUGH A JUST RECOVERY
Amnesty International, CIVICUS and Transparency International call on G20 Finance Ministers to take concrete for just post COVID future through…
October 15, 2020
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Statement from AIUSA for HFAC Hearing on Democratic Backsliding in Sub-Saharan Africa
AIUSA Statement on The Impact of Eroding Human Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa on Democratic Practices 093020Â Human Rights are essential…
September 30, 2020
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Amnesty International USA Statement on the Passing of Human Rights Activist Yuri Orlov
Amnesty International USA released the following statement from Board Chair Dr. Reza Fakhari following the death of human rights trailblazer…
September 29, 2020
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Amnesty International USA Memo to Congress on Foreign Policy Human Rights Priorities For Next Congress
August 24, 2020 Dear Representative: On behalf of Amnesty International USA, I am writing to share our top foreign…
September 8, 2020
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Alleged poisoning of Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny must be thoroughly investigated
Amnesty International demands that the Russian authorities fully investigate the circumstances of the unexpected and critical deterioration of the health…
August 20, 2020
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Virus-hit prisons still full of human rights defenders, as attacks continue
Governments who were lauded for releasing prisoners in response to COVID-19 outbreaks have excluded human rights defenders from the measures…
August 5, 2020
Press Release
Israel Must Lift Punitive Travel Ban on Amnesty Campaigner
The Israeli authorities must immediately lift the apparently punitive travel ban imposed on Laith Abu Zeyad, Amnesty International’s Campaigner on…
May 28, 2020
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Israeli court sets hearing seeking to lift travel ban on Amnesty campaigner
Laith Abu Zeyad, Amnesty International’s campaigner on Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), a Palestinian living in the occupied West…
May 15, 2020
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Anniversary marks two-year detention of women human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia
Amnesty International is calling on King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia to release several notable women’s rights defenders, two…
May 14, 2020
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Supreme Court’s decision in Kyrgyzstan leaves Azimjan Askarov languishing in prison
The conviction of Azimjan Askarov, an ethnic Uzbek wrongly imprisoned for his work documenting tragic ethnic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan…
May 13, 2020
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Massacre at Guanare Detention Center in Venezuela Must Not Go Unpunished
In response to reports that at least 46 prisoners were killed and more than 70 injured in a violent incident…
May 4, 2020
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Amnesty International Calls for the Release of All Prisoners of Conscience Worldwide
Amnesty International is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of all the prisoners of conscience it is campaigning for…
May 4, 2020