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Human Rights on Capitol Hill January Edition
Human Rights on Capitol Hill January Human Rights on Capitol Hill published by Amnesty International USA Â January 16, 2019 Â In this edition of Human Rights on Capitol Hill: 1) Amnesty…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Human Rights Defender’s 10-Year Sentence Upheld (United Arab Emirates: UA 200.15)
On 31 December 2018, prominent human rights defender, Ahmed Mansoor, had his 10-year prison sentence upheld by the State Security Chamber of the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi. He…
Press Release
Failure to Raise Human Rights During Pompeo Visit to Gulf Could Risk Increased Abuses
Amnesty International USA has sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo regarding his current tour of the Middle East, with visits to Jordan, Egypt, Bahrain, the United Arab…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Hunger-Striking Academic In Critical Condition (UAE: UA 183.15)
Dr Nasser bin Ghaith’s health has severely deteriorated. The prominent Emirati economist and academic has been on hunger strike for over 70 days in al-Razeen prison in the United Arab…
Victory
Urgent Action Victory! Syrian Refugee Granted Asylum in Canada (Malaysia: UA 180.18)
Hassan al-Kontar has been granted asylum and arrived in Canada on 26 November 2018 after having been stranded in Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia for about seven months. Arrested…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Victory! Syrian Refugee Granted Asylum in Canada (Malaysia: UA 180.18)
Hassan al-Kontar has been granted asylum and arrived in Canada on 26 November 2018 after having been stranded in Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia for about seven months. Arrested…
Press Release
Israel: ‘Rogue’ NSO Group must have licence revoked over controversial surveillance software
Amnesty International is taking legal advice in order to revoke the export licence of Israel-based NSO Group, after it was revealed the cyber firm’s spyware had been used in an…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Uighur Man Faces Forcible Return to China (UAE: UA 178.18)
Abudujilili Supi, a Uighur man who has been working as a muezzin – a leader and caller of prayers – in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, was taken away by Emirati…
Press Release
Amnesty International staff targeted with malicious spyware
An Amnesty International staff member has been targeted by a sophisticated surveillance campaign, in what the organization suspects was a deliberate attempt to spy on its staff by a government…
Report
Disappearances and torture in southern Yemen detention facilities must be investigated as war crimes
Justice remains elusive a year after a network of secret prisons was first exposed in southern Yemen, Amnesty International said in a new report today that documents egregious violations going…
Press Release
Secretary Tillerson Visit to Gulf Must Not Greenlight More Abuses Against Human Rights Defenders
Today, Secretary Tillerson is meeting with senior foreign officials in Saudi Arabia. This is the latest leg of a week-long tour of the Gulf, and the meeting will include officials…
Press Release
Yemen: Urgent investigation needed into UAE torture network and possible U.S. role
Following an Associated Press investigation alleging that United Arab Emirates (UAE) and its allied Yemeni security forces are arbitrarily detaining and torturing detainees, who are also being interrogated by U.S.…
