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Comment to USAID regarding Draft Gender Policy
As a human rights organization committed to the advancement of rights for all people, and with the knowledge that gender equality is necessary to achieve that end and is that…
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Amnesty International USA and 100+ Organizations Call on ICE to Free Families Together
On July 17, Amnesty International USA, along with 100+ national, state, and local organizations, called on ICE to free detained families together. The letter is below and available in PDF form…
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Banned Books Week 2020
Each year during Banned Books Week, Amnesty International draws attention to people around the world who have been imprisoned, threatened, or murdered because of what they wrote or published or…
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Police Violence Around the World
From the streets of Minneapolis to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, unlawful use of force by police can end in death, injury, and devastation. As we’ve seen too many…
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Amnesty Statement at UN Human Rights Council on U.S. Police Killings of Black People
Amnesty International statement to the UN Human Rights Council on the killing of George Floyd and other black people by U.S. police.
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Urgent Action: Blogger Prosecuted for Humorous Post (Tunisia: UA 91.20)
On 2 May 2020, 27-year-old Tunisian blogger Emna Chargui shared a Facebook post that she found on social media of text that imitates the verses of Quran to make fun…
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GOVERNMENT MUST TAKE STEPS IN TURKEY TO COMBAT RISING HOMOPHOBIA AND TRANSPHOBIA
Ahead of the May 17 International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOTB) Amnesty International calls on the government of Turkey to take urgent action to counter the increasing number…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Activist Arrested and Detained (Nigeria: UA 73.20)
On 28 April, Mubarak Bala, a prominent Nigerian humanist, was arrested by police officers at his home in Kaduna, north-western Nigeria, and accused of blasphemy after he wrote a post…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Protesters Arrested for Opposing Bigoted Law (India: UA 49.20)
Meeran Haider, Shifa-Ur-Rehman and Safoora Zargar (who is three months pregnant) have been arrested for peacefully protesting the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), a law that legitimizes discrimination on the basis…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Independent Journalist Imprisoned for a Year (Tajikistan: UA 17.20)
Independent journalist Daler Sharipov was found guilty of trumped up charges of “inciting religious discord” by a court in Tajikistan on 16 April and sentenced to one year in prison.…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Journalist Forcibly Disappeared (Mozambique: UA 54.20)
On 7 April 2020, Ibraimo Abú Mbaruco, a journalist at Palma Community Radio, did not return to his home in Palma, northern Mozambique, after work. His family and colleagues fear…
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Urgent Action Victory! Russian Jehovah’s Witness Released (Belarus: UA 47.20)
On 7 April the Prosecutor General’s office in Belarus denied Russia’s request to extradite Jehovah’s Witness Nikolai Makhalichev. Nikolai Makhalichev is facing unfounded charges of ‘extremism’ in Russia, stemming solely…