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February 9, 2021 • Press Release

At Opened Facility at Donna, Texas, the Best Interests of the Child Must be Respected

Responding to U.S. Customs and Border Protection announcing today the opening of a soft-sided facility in Donna, Texas, Denise Bell, the researcher for refugee and migrant rights at Amnesty International …

February 4, 2021 • Press Release

How Quickly We Welcome New Neighbors Will Decide How Bright our Future Can Be

Responding to executive actions by President Joe Biden today on restarting the U.S. Refugee Admissions program, Bob Goodfellow, the Interim Executive Director of Amnesty International USA said: “The question today before …

February 4, 2021 • Press Release

As Biden Ends Support to Conflict in Yemen, Arms Flows Must Also be Stopped

Responding an announcement today from the Biden administration that the United States will cease support to the Saudi/UAE-led coalition engaged in Yemen, Philippe Nassif, the advocacy director for the Middle East and North Africa said:
February 3, 2021 • Press Release

Aung San Suu Kyi Reportedly Charged for Having Walkie-Talkies in Myanmar

Responding to news that Aung San Suu Kyi has been charged with breaching import-export laws for having walkie-talkies in her home, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Research, Emerlynne Gil, said:
February 2, 2021 • Press Release

Accountability For Rights-Abusing Immigration Policies Must Not be Brushed Aside for Unity

Responding to executive actions addressing regional migration and border processing and creation of an interagency task force on family reunification, Bob Goodfellow, the Interim Executive Director of Amnesty International USA, …

February 2, 2021 • Press Release

Department of Homeland Security Must Stop the Deportations and Free the Families

Over one hundred leading immigration, civil rights, and human rights organizations called on the Department of Homeland Security, currently under the guidance of Acting Secretary Pekoske, to immediately halt the …

February 2, 2021 • Press Release

UN Security Council Must Act Urgently, Hold Military Accountable in Myanmar

Ahead of the UN Security Council’s emergency closed meeting on Myanmar today, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director of Advocacy Sherine Tadros said:

February 1, 2021 • Press Release

Fresh Evidence of Police Misuse of Tear Gas Leading to Protesters’ Deaths and Injuries – Updated Investigative Website

Amnesty International today published new evidence of the misuse of tear gas by security forces in several countries in the second half of 2020, including during protests around the election in Uganda, the Black Lives Matter movement in the USA, and in the repression of protesters in Lebanon.
February 1, 2021 • Press Release

Aung San Suu Kyi, others arrested in Myanmar as military coup underway

Responding to the arrest of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and others amid reports that a military coup is underway in Myanmar, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Campaigns, …

January 28, 2021 • Press Release

Biden temporary freeze of arms sales to Saudi Arabia and UAE is welcome

Responding to President Joe Biden’s decision to temporarily suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Philippe Nassif, advocacy director for the Middle East and North …

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The U.S. is leading a drastic decline in global support for those in search of refuge

Newsweek
As the international community marks World Refugee Day on Thursday, advocacy groups are sounding the alarm of a dramatic decline in global support for refugees, “led by the U.S.,” despite “increasing need.”

Growing Concerns Over Saudi Arabia’s Rights Abuses

VOA
The recent mass execution of dozens of Saudi citizens has drawn wide criticism from rights groups and governments around the world, which have urged Saudi authorities to stop such public executions and put an end to the growing human rights abuses in the Muslim kingdom.

U.S. -- world's top weapons dealer -- will leave Arms Trade Treaty it was not following anyway

Newsweek
President Donald Trump has unsubscribed from a historic international agreement intended to limit the flow of weapons to potential human rights abusers, even though the United States has, for years, been accused of violating the treaty.

How a U.N. Bid to Prevent Sexual Violence Turned Into a Spat Over Abortion

Foreign Policy
The Trump administration pressured Germany into watering down a United Nations resolution aimed at preventing rape in conflict situations, forcing it to remove language on sexual and reproductive health that key Trump administration officials say normalizes sexual activity and condones abortion, according to U.N.-based diplomats and an internal State Department cable reviewed by Foreign Policy.

 

Columbine at 20: how school shootings became 'part of the American psyche'

Guardian
When the US’s glaring failure to respond to gun violence was spotlighted – again – after 50 people were killed and dozens wounded in mass shootings at two mosques in New Zealand, Tom Mauser looked on in pain.

Congress steps in, once more, to fill Trump's silence on human rights in Myanmar

ABC News
Amid ongoing concern about human rights in Myanmar, including the violence against the Rohingya ethnic minority, Congress is again trying to step in to fill a gap left by the Trump administration.
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