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Amnesty International Statement for Lantos Commission Hearing on Enforced Disappearances
On September 30, Amnesty International submitted its statement for a Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission hearing titled "Enforced Disappearance in Latin America: Taking Stock" on October 1, 2020. Click here…
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Amnesty International Statement for House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on Human Rights in Asia
On September 21, Amnesty International USA submitted its statement for the record ahead of a House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation hearing titled "Stemming a…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Uyghur Jailed for Nine Years in Secret Trial (China: UA 135.20)
Maiwulani Nuermaimaiti, an internet technician, was sentenced to nine years in prison for “separatist activities” in August 2017. Taken away in January 2017, his family members only found out about…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – September 2020 Newsletter
HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL september 2020 NEWSLETTER TABLE OF CONTENTS Featured Issue International Updates Domestic Updates COVID-19 and Human Rights Looking to 2021 Welcome New Staff FEATURED ISSUE…
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Virus-hit prisons still full of human rights defenders, as attacks continue
Governments who were lauded for releasing prisoners in response to COVID-19 outbreaks have excluded human rights defenders from the measures and continue to make new arrests of activists, journalists and…
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Amnesty urges State Department to call for release of Turkey’s Osman Kavala on 1,000th Day of Imprisonment
Turkish civil society activist Osman Kavala was arrested in October 2017 and continues to face politically-motivated charges. Kavala has been jailed solely for his nonviolent activism and philanthropy. Since his detention,…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill
JULY 2020 NEWSLETTER FEATURED ISSUE Unlawful Police Violence & Misuse of Tear Gas Against Protesters WIDESPREAD POLICE VIOLENCE AGAINST PROTESTERS FOR BLACK LIVES June, Amnesty International published a new interactive…
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Court in Turkey deals crushing blow as four human rights activists are convicted
Following a majority court ruling to convict Taner Kılıç for ‘membership of the Fethullah Gülen terrorist organization’ and to convict Özlem Dalkıran, İdil Eser and Günal Kurşun for ‘assisting the Fethullah Gülenterrorist organization’, Andrew Gardner,…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Syrian Kurd Under Threat of Execution in Iran (Iran: UA 151.18)
Kamal Hassan Ramezan Soulo, a Syrian Kurd arbitrarily detained in Iran’s West Azerbaijan province, has been at risk of arbitrary execution for three years because ministry of intelligence officials refuse…
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Fact-finding mission to investigate crimes in Libya is a welcome step
We call on all parties to the conflict and their allies to fully cooperate with the fact-finding mission’s investigation team and help facilitate their work with a view to bringing all those responsible for these violations to justice.
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Global use of tear gas fuels police abuses
Tear Gas: An investigation is the organization’s interactive, multimedia site looking into what tear gas is, how it is used and documenting scores of cases of its misuse by security forces…
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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…
