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Voices Amidst Conflict: Protecting Journalists on World Press Freedom Day
Date: May 2, 2024 Time: 8pm ET/7pm CT/5pm PT Register: https://amnestyusa-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0tfu2gpzktH9OUj932KELI3FeZos4Ficym Join Amnesty International USA for our 2024 World Press Freedom Day event on May 2nd, 2024. This virtual panel…
Press Release
Americas: States Must Commit to Ending Violence Against Environmental Defenders
The Escazú Agreement is the first binding treaty in Latin America and the Caribbean that includes specific provisions for the protection of environmental human rights defenders.
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More Than 250 Humanitarian and Human Rights Organizations Call to Stop Arms Transfers to Israel, Palestinian Armed Groups
An open call to all UN Member States to stop fueling the crisis in Gaza and avert further humanitarian catastrophe and loss of civilian life.
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Cuba: Amnesty International Launches Book ‘Images of Rebellion’, a Testament to Civil Resistance
Images of Rebellion is a call to action and a vibrant reminder of the ongoing struggle for human rights and freedom of expression in Cuba.
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AIUSA Documents Police Violence Against Protestors for Black Lives
Amnesty International has documented 125 separate examples of police violence against protesters in 40 states and the District of Columbia between May 26 and June 5, 2020, a period when…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: DISAPPEARANCES STRATEGY PUTS SEARCH AT RISK (Mexico 1.24)
On December 14, 2023, president of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador and representatives of the Ministry of the Interior shared the results of the Disappeared Persons Search Strategy. This strategy…
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One Amnesty: Amnesty International Section Directors Attend AIUSA’s Annual General Meeting
By Raina Fox, Consultant, Amnesty International USA Fourteen Amnesty International (AI) Section Directors and leaders from around the world, as well as AI Secretary General Agnès Callamard, and Senior Director…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: JOURNALIST AT RISK (Mexico 17.24)
Mexican journalist, Alberto Amaro, has denounced several serious attacks in the last five years due to his work. In January 2024, he was chased by an unknown person in a…
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Mexico: Killings of Journalists Under State Protection Show Urgent Need to Strengthen Federal Mechanism
New report analyzes the federal Mechanism created in 2012 to protect rights defenders and journalists in the country at extreme risk of threats and attacks due to their work.
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Amnesty International Challenges President Biden to Abandon Cruel Anti-Immigrant ProposalsÂ
President Biden needs to find the political courage to rise above the growing tide of xenophobia and return to his promise to push for common-sense solutions that center safety and…
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Unstoppable Movement: Fight for Reproductive and Sexual Rights in the Americas
Our webinar, titled Unstoppable Movement: Fight for reproductive and sexual rights in the Americas, will take place on March 6 at 14:00 Mexico City Time / 3 pm EST. It is…
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Global: Delay to Establishing the Board of a Fund for People Harmed by Global Warming Threatens to Undermine Human Rights
Amnesty International is urging the rapid operationalization and capitalization of the international Loss and Damage Fund.
