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President Biden Must Condemn Systematic Human Rights Violations During Presidential Visit to the Middle East
President Joe Biden must fulfill his promise to put human rights at the centre of his first visit to the Middle East and North Africa since taking office and do…
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Find abortion advocacy groups in your State
Now that Roe has been overturned and abortion is no longer protected across the country, engaging in advocacy work at the state level is more important than ever. Click on…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: MALDIVIAN ACTIVIST FACES JAIL FOR BLASPHEMY (Maldives: UA 51.22)
Mohamed Rusthum Mujuthaba, 39, a Maldivian religious freedom and human rights activist, faces five months in prison, if convicted, on charges of blasphemy. Accused of posting blasphemous contents on social…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – May 2022 Newsletter
HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL Table of Contents Featured International Updates Domestic Updates What’s Coming Down the Pike MAY 2022 NEWSLETTER CONGRESS MUST PASS LEGISLATION TO PROTECT ABORTION RIGHTS [readmore_expand]…
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Increase in Unlawful Killings and Other Crimes Highlights Urgent Need to End Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians
Israeli authorities must end unlawful killings, willful injury, arbitrary arrests, torture and other ill-treatment, persecution and collective punishment against Palestinians, including many children, Amnesty International said in a public statement…
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Proposed gold mine is ‘recipe for disaster’ amid repression of Indigenous Papuans in Indonesia
Indonesian authorities should immediately halt plans to develop a sprawling gold mine the size of the city of Jakarta in volatile Papua Province, where it risks fueling conflict and violating the land rights of…
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Amnesty International USA Written Testimony on Human Rights in Turkey for Feb. 16 Helsinki Commission Briefing
On February 16, 2022, Amnesty International USA's Turkey Advocacy Specialist Deniz Yuksel addressed members of the U.S. Helsinki Commission during a briefing on "Conflict of Interest? Foreign Policy and Human…
Press Release
Statement on “Freedom Convoy” Blockade
Amnesty International has been following with great concern the developments relating to the “Freedom Convoy” blockade in Ottawa.
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Crime of Apartheid
Amnesty International’s new research report, Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians: Cruel System of Domination and Crime Against Humanity shows that Israeli authorities impose a system of domination and oppression against the…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: TEENAGE GIRL DETAINED FOR FACEBOOK POST (Bangladesh: UA 120.21)
Dipti Rani Das, a 17-year-old girl from the Hindu minority community in Bangladesh, was arrested by the police for a Facebook post and has been held at a correction facility…
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Biden Administration’s U.S.-Egypt Strategic Dialogue Was a Human Rights Failure – Joint Statement from International, Egyptian Human Rights Groups
In a joint statement released today signed by 12 international and Egyptian human rights organizations, Amnesty International USA and other signatories criticized the Biden Administration's failure in its recent U.S.-Egypt…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: IMMINENT THREAT TO PEACEFUL PROTESTERS IN CUBA (Cuba: UA 88.21)
Civil society groups have called for peaceful protests across Cuba on November 15, 2021, to demand respect for human rights and the release of hundreds of people still imprisoned following…