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BEATEN & JAILED

Beaten, imprisoned & facing over a decade in jail for peaceful protest. Myanmar MUST free student activist Phyoe Phyoe Aung now!

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REFUGEES WELCOME

Everyone has a right to seek asylum, and we all have an obligation to help. The US can and MUST do more to support refugees.

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NOWHERE SAFE

Airstrikes and ground attacks in Yemen have killed scores of civilians, including many children, and may amount to war crimes.

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Guantanamo Is Entering Its Fifteenth Year
Guantánamo is perhaps the most infamous icon of abuses resulting from the 'war on terror'. Instead of justice, Guantánamo has given the world torture, indefinite detention and unfair trials.

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US Must Cancel Arms Deal with Saudi Arabia
President Obama must cancel a $1.29 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia. There is overwhelming reason for concern that such arms will be used to commit serious violations in Yemen.

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Gun Violence Is a Human Rights Crisis in the US
Gun violence is a human rights crisis, impacting tens of thousands of Americans each year. Each day 88 people lose their lives to firearms in the United States, and countless other lives are permanently and irrevocably altered.

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Albert Woodfox Is Free

After more than 40 years in solitary confinement, Albert Woodfox is finally free!

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Join hundreds of activists for a day of human rights education & peaceful action at embassies & consulates in New York City, April 8

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My Body, My Rights
It's your body, know your rights! Check out our global campaign to help ensure that everyone has access to their sexual and reproductive rights and to stop criminalization of sexuality and reproduction by governments.

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Amnesty International condemns the excessive, unnecessary or arbitrary use of force and will not rest until all policing in the United States respects human rights.

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State of the World 2015-2016
Amnesty International's annual report reveals a devastating year for human rights defenders around the world.

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