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Urgent Action: Incommunicado Detainee at Risk of Torture (United Arab Emirates: UA 75.19)
Lebanese detainee Ahmad Ali Mekkaoui has been held incommunicado since 11 April 2019. He is at heightened risk of torture and other ill-treatment. Ahmad Ali Mekkaoui is serving a 15-year…
Press Release
Israel: Amnesty International engages in legal action to stop NSO Group’s web of surveillance
Amnesty International is supporting a legal action to take the Israeli Ministry of Defence (MoD) to court, to demand that it revokes the export license of NSO Group, an Israeli…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Prisoner Dies of Cancer in Detention (United Arab Emirates: UA 26.19)
On 4 May 2019, Alia Abdelnoor Mohamed Abdelnoor, who was in the terminal stages of cancer, died while chained to a bed in the Tawam hospital in the Al-Ain Emirate,…
Update
Amnesty International USA Statement for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Review of the FY2020 State Department Budget Request
April 10, 2019 The Honorable James E. Risch The Honorable Bob Menendez Chairman…
Update
Amnesty International USA Statement on US State Department’s Foreign Policy Strategy and Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2020
March 25, 2019 The Honorable Eliot Engel Chairman Foreign Affairs Committee U.S. House of Representatives 2170 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Michael McCaul Ranking Member Foreign…
Update
Statement for the Record on March 6th Hearing “The Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen”
The Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen_ Addressing Current Political and Humanitarian Challenges The human rights situation in Yemen continues to deteriorate amidst continued crackdowns on freedom of expression and freedom of…
Report
Human rights in the Middle East and North Africa: A review of 2018
The international community’s chilling complacency towards wide-scale human rights violations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has emboldened governments to commit appalling violations during 2018 by giving them…
Victory
Urgent Action Victory! Jordanian Journalist Released (United Arab Emirates: UA 112.16)
On 12 February 2019, Jordanian journalist and poet, Tayseer Salman al-Najjar was released from al-Wathba prison in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The UAE authorities…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Victory! Jordanian Journalist Released (United Arab Emirates: UA 112.16)
On 12 February 2019, Jordanian journalist and poet, Tayseer Salman al-Najjar was released from al-Wathba prison in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The UAE authorities…
Update
Human Rights on Capitol Hill February Edition
PDF version: Human Rights on Capitol Hill February Human Rights on Capitol Hill published by Amnesty International USA February 7, 2019 In this edition of Human Rights on Capitol Hill: 1)…
Press Release
Yemen: UAE recklessly supplying militias with windfall of Western arms
An open source investigation published by Amnesty International today highlights a growing danger in Yemen’s conflict as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) recklessly arms militias with a range of advanced…
Update
Statement for the Record on the February 6 Hearing “US Policy in the Arabian Peninsula”
To view PDF click here: Amnesty Intl HFAC letter for record Arabian Peninsula February 5, 2019 Rep. Eliot Engel, Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul, Ranking Member House Foreign Affairs Committee 2170 Rayburn…