Filter by
Showing 85-96 of 1069 Results
Page
Amnesty International USA’s 2020 Virtual Activism Conference
For more than 40 years, Amnesty International USA has hosted regional conferences in cities across the country. These conferences have provided a space for people to come together to increase…
Report
New evidence shows refugees and migrants in Libya trapped in horrific cycle of abuses
Tens of thousands of refugees and migrants in Libya are trapped in a vicious cycle of cruelty with little to no hope of finding safe and legal pathways out, Amnesty International said…
Update
AIUSA Israel, UAE, Bahrain letter to Trump
President Donald J. Trump 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington DC 20500 Re: Amnesty International urges President Trump to raise human rights concerns in meetings with Bahrain Foreign Minister Dr.…
Page
Human Rights on Capitol Hill – September 2020 Newsletter
HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL september 2020 NEWSLETTER TABLE OF CONTENTS Featured Issue International Updates Domestic Updates COVID-19 and Human Rights Looking to 2021 Welcome New Staff FEATURED ISSUE…
Report
Detainees in Iran flogged, sexually abused and given electric shocks in gruesome post-protest crackdown
Iran’s police, intelligence and security forces, and prison officials have committed, with the complicity of judges and prosecutors, a catalogue of shocking human rights violations, including arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance,…
Press Release
Heavy weaponry used in Libya to disperse peaceful protesters demanding economic rights
At least six peaceful protesters were abducted and several others were wounded after armed men fired live ammunition including from heavy machine-guns to disperse a demonstration in Tripoli on August…
Press Release
Two Kurds in Iran executed amid increasing use of death penalty as weapon of repression
There has been an alarming escalation in use of the death penalty against protesters, dissidents and members of minority groups in Iran, Amnesty International said today, following the executions on…
Page
Human Rights on Capitol Hill
JULY 2020 NEWSLETTER FEATURED ISSUE Unlawful Police Violence & Misuse of Tear Gas Against Protesters WIDESPREAD POLICE VIOLENCE AGAINST PROTESTERS FOR BLACK LIVES June, Amnesty International published a new interactive…
Press Release
Unlawful “annexation” plan for the occupied West Bank must be stopped
International law is crystal clear on this matter – annexation is unlawful. Israel’s continued pursuit of this policy further illustrates its cynical disregard for international law. Such policies do not change…
Press Release
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 Bank, has been barred from traveling abroad by the Israeli…
Press Release
UN must not cut vital aid lifeline to north-west Syria amid Russian and Syrian war crimes
A new Amnesty International report, 'Nowhere is safe for us': Unlawful attacks and mass displacement in north-west Syria, details 18 cases – the majority in January and February 2020 –…
Press Release
Palestine must end arbitrary detention of critics in West Bank and Gaza
The Fatah-led Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and the Hamas de facto administration in the Gaza Strip must halt violations of the right to freedom of expression, in particular arbitrary detentions,…
