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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – October 2021 Newsletter
HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL Table of Contents Featured U.S. Reproductive Rights International Updates In Case You Missed It Latest Amnesty International Reports OCTOBER 2021 NEWSLETTER Featured: Haitian Asylum Seekers…
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Amnesty International USA Northeast Regional Conference (Albany, NY)
21 October 2017 – Albany, New York – Albany Law School, 1928 Building It is our sincere pleasure to invite you to this year’s Northeast Regional Conference. Join us on…
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Russian Parliamentarians Must Reject a Bill that Would Have a Chilling Effect on Human Rights Defenders
Russian parliamentarians must reject ‘Dima Yakovlev’ Bill, Which Would Introduce Severe Restrictions on Non-Governmental Organizations and Ban Adoption of Russian Children by U.S. Citizens.
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Argentina’s Sentence Against a Civilian for Human Rights Abuses is “Another Historic Step Towards Justice”
The first sentence against a civilian for human rights abuses committed during Argentina’s military rule is another historic step towards justice, said Amnesty International today.
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New Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto Must Break with Legacy of Human Rights Violations
Mexico’s President must implement immediate and concrete measures to tackle some of the country’s most pressing human rights issues, including abuses in the context of the public security crisis, said…
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Russia Must Reject Absurd Bill that Targets Homosexuals
Russian politicians must reject a controversial new law that targets what it describes as the “propaganda of homosexuality among minors” when it comes before the country’s Parliament or “Duma” on…
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Historic Ruling on Europe’s Role in CIA Renditions Is a Milestone in the Fight Against Impunity
Today’s ruling on the CIA’s detention and rendition of German national Khaled El-Masri is a historic moment and a milestone in the fight against impunity because for the first time…
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Justice Must Be Served for Victims of Kosovo Civil War
The acquittal of three high-ranking members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) after a retrial on war crimes charges has…
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Fourteen Prisoners Executed in Afghanistan in Two Days
The Afghan government today confirmed it had executed six prisoners on death row, in addition to the eight prisoners already executed on November 20, 2012.
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Amnesty International Calls “Corpus Christi” Prosecution “A Further Tragedy for Greece”
Amnesty International is calling on the Greek authorities to ensure freedom of expression to the organizers, producers and cast of a play called "Corpus Christi," who are reportedly facing prosecution…
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Victims of Killings, Rape and Torture in Timor-Leste Deserve Justice
Perpetrators of killings and other human rights abuses during the Indonesian occupation of Timor-Leste must not be allowed to go unpunished, Amnesty International said as the UN Security Council was…
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Sri Lankan Authorities Must Minimize Death and Injury in Dealing with Violence at Welikada Prison
Clashes between prisoners and guards broke out at Colombo’s Welikada prison today after members of Sri Lanka’s Special Task Force, an elite commando unit, searched the prison for banned items.