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National Security Law has created a human rights emergency in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s National Security Law (NSL) has decimated the city’s freedoms and created a landscape increasingly devoid of human rights protections, Amnesty International said in a new research briefing released…
Update
Amnesty International Statement for the Record on Impacts of COVID-19 in MENA Region, Need for U.S. Action – House Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee
On June 22, 2021, Amnesty International USA’s Middle East and North Africa advocacy director Philippe Nassif and Mustafa Kassem Fellow Amit Dadon submitted the following statement for the record to…
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Biden Expands Plan to Bring Back Asylum Seekers Forced to Wait in Dangerous Border Towns Under Trump’s Remain In Mexico Policy
This week, the Biden administration announced that it would take steps to allow additional asylum seekers to come back to the U.S. to safety after they were subjected to the Trump administration’s…
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Global Coalition of Over 200 Groups Call for Permanent End to Global Gag Rule
 A coalition of over 200 international civil society organizations, organized by Planned Parenthood Global and the International Planned Parenthood Federation, released a joint statement today calling for a permanent end to the…
Report
New Report Finds Biden’s Immigration Approach Falls Short of Promises
According to a new report released today by Amnesty International USA (AIUSA), the Biden administration’s approach to people seeking safety not only falls short of expectations but is in urgent…
Update
Amnesty International USA Calls on President Biden to Raise Human Rights Concerns with President Putin at June 16 Geneva summit
On June 11, 2021, Amnesty International USA wrote to the Biden administration about the swiftly deteriorating human rights situation in Russia ahead of President Biden's meeting with President Putin on…
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The United States and Mexico deporting thousands of unaccompanied migrant children into harm’s way
The US and Mexican governments are forcibly returning tens of thousands of unaccompanied children seeking safety to the countries they just fled, without adequate screenings or protection from the harms…
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#WelcomeWithDignity Campaign Responds to Today’s Family Reunification Report
The Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families released an initial progress report today. The Task Force states ‘one child was reunited with their parent in March 2021 and…
Event
Amnesty International Seattle Virtual Write for Rights Event – June 26 2021
Join us to write letters in support of human rights! Amnesty International Seattle will be hosting a virtual Write for Rights event on June 26th. It runs from 6pm to…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – June 2021 Newsletter
HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL Table of Contents Featured Domestic Updates International Updates Welcome News JUNE 2021 NEWSLETTER Featured: Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories [caption id="attachment_71329" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] A Palestinian…
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Amnesty International USA policy recommendations on climate displacement
On May 28, 2021, Amnesty International USA submitted its recommendations to the forthcoming interagency report to President Biden commissioned by Executive Order 14013: Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs to Resettle Refugees…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: JOURNALIST FACING TORTURE AFTER ABDUCTION (Belarus: 57.21)
Exiled Belarusian journalist and government critic, Raman Pratasevich, was unlawfully arrested on May 23, 2021 by the Belarusian authorities along with his partner Sofia Sapega, a Russian national. Their Athens-Vilnius…