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Banned Books Week 2021
BANNED BOOKS WEEK 2021 Each year during Banned Books Week, Amnesty International draws attention to people around the world who have been imprisoned, threatened, or murdered because of their writing,…
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Group 113 (Chicago) presents Livestream Concert with Dylan Connor!
Join Group 113 (Chicago) at 8:00 PM EDT on May 22 for our second Facebook Livestream concert with singer-songwriter Dylan Connor. Dylan is the faculty advisor for the AIUSA student…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Cartoonist Tortured; Writer Dies in Jail (Bangladesh: UA 29.21)
Cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore and writer Mushtaq Ahmed were detained in May 2020 for posting on Facebook satirical cartoons and comments critical of the Bangladeshi government’s response to the COVID-19…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Trial Delay for Detained Australian-Chinese Writer (China: UA 98.20)
Yang Hengjun was scheduled to stand trial in January 2021. However, the reasons of the delay have not made known to the public, and his trial has been delayed by…
Update
December 9 Testimony for House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on International Human Rights and Closing Civic Space
On December 8, 2020, Amnesty International USA's National Director of Advocacy and Government Relations Joanne Lin submitted her written testimony ahead of House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Africa, Global…
Report
Tech giants are complicit in industrial- scale repression in Viet Nam
Tech giants Facebook and YouTube are allowing themselves to become tools of the Vietnamese authorities’ censorship and harassment of its population, in an alarming sign of how these companies could…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Life Imprisonment for Missing Kazakh Writer (China: UA 63.20)
Ethnic Kazakh writer Nagyz Muhammed has been convicted of “separatism” for gathering with his friends on Kazakhstan Independence Day, expressing opinions on Xinjiang’s “bilingual education” policy and encouraging Kazakhs living…
Event
The Death Penalty: Ineffective, Irreversible and Immoral
Please join us for a critical conversation on the World Day Against the Death Penalty. Featuring: Kevin Cooper, Artist, Writer and Abolitionist, currently on Death Row, San Quentin (phoning into…
Update
Amnesty International Letter to Secretary Pompeo Regarding His Oct. 27 Visit to Sri Lanka
On October 19, Amnesty International USA addressed a letter to Secretary of State Michael Pompeo ahead of his Oct. 27 visit to Sri Lanka urging him to call on President…
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Police Violence and Accountability: An Amnesty Concert with Molly Coleman and Shannon McEldowney
Join Amnesty International USA's Chicago Local Group for a Facebook Livestream concert with Chicago-based singer/songwriter, Molly Coleman, and Shannon McEldowney. These actor/musician/activist friends will be sharing songs and Amnesty actions…
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Statement from AIUSA for HFAC Hearing on Democratic Backsliding in Sub-Saharan Africa
AIUSA Statement on The Impact of Eroding Human Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa on Democratic Practices 093020 Human Rights are essential for accountability, transparency and respect for the rule of law,…
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Banned Books, Writers and Human Rights
In many countries, individuals take great risk when expressing ideas or opinions. We applaud brave writers who promote human rights through their words and their activism. In this WEBINAR we…
