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New poll reveals 7 in 10 people want governments to regulate Big Tech over personal data fears
Seven in ten people (73%) want governments to do more to regulate Big Tech, with a clear majority (71%) worried about how tech companies collect and use their personal data,…
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Write For Rights: Amnesty International Launches Global Campaign Championing Youth Activists
Amnesty International has today launched Write for Rights, the world’s biggest human rights campaign, which this year champions children’s rights and youth activists.
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18 Months On, Brazilian Authorities Must Not Let Marielle Franco Killing Remain Unsolved
Six months after authorities in Rio de Janeiro arrested two men accused of killing Marielle Franco and her driver, Anderson Gomes, and committed to continue the investigations in meetings with…
Update
Amnesty International Statement for House Foreign Affairs Hearing on Protecting the Amazon
For PDF version, click here. September 10, 2019 Rep. Albio Sires Chair Rep. Francis Rooney Ranking Member House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on…
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Bolivian Government Must Suspend Presidential Decree and Investigate Causes of Forest Fires
In an open letter published today, Amnesty International called on the government of President Evo Morales to suspend the July decree that authorized “controlled burns” to extend the agricultural frontier,…
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Brazilian Government’s Failures are Fueling Wildfires Across the Amazon
Responding to the news of the wildfires that have been raging in the Amazon rainforest for several weeks, Kumi Naidoo, Secretary General of Amnesty International said: "The responsibility to stop…
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Criticism of Israeli Government’s Policies Are Free Speech, Not Anti-Semitism
Responding to Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, and minister of Interior Arye Deri, denying entrance to two U.S. members of Congress and U.S. President Donald Trump’s tweets referring to the…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Indigenous Community at Risk of Eviction (Paraguay: UA 89.19)
The Tekoha Sauce Indigenous community in Paraguay are, once again, at risk of eviction from their ancestral territory due to legal action being taken against them by the Itaipú Binational…
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Jay Inslee
Amnesty International USA asked Jay Inslee 13 questions about some of the most pressing human rights issues of our time. Here is his response exactly as provided: How should the…
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Climate activists Greta Thunberg and the Fridays for Future movement honored with top Amnesty International award
Climate change activist Greta Thunberg and the Fridays for Future movement of school-children have been honored with Amnesty International’s Ambassador of Conscience Award for 2019, the human rights organization announced…
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Brazil: Risk of bloodshed in the Amazon unless government protects Indigenous peoples from illegal land seizures and logging
There is an imminent risk of violent clashes in Brazil’s Amazon region unless the government protects Indigenous peoples’ traditional lands from increasing illegal land seizures and logging by armed intruders,…
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Amnesty International Statement for March 26 Hearing on “The Department of Homeland Security’s Family Separation Policy: Perspectives from the Border
For PDF version, click here: 2019.03.25 House Homeland Security Committee Hearing on Family Separation March 25, 2019 Rep. Kathleen Rice Chair Rep. Clay Higgins Ranking Member…