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A Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) police officer stands guard in the Half Way Tree neighborhood in Kingston, Jamaica on May 18, 2019. - The JCF is the official police force of Jamaica. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Images)

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Six Police Officers Charged Over Killing of Matthew Lee in Jamaica

Reacting to the announcement that the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM), Jamaica’s independent police oversight body, presented charges against six…

August 16, 2019

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir delivers a speech at the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum on January 3, 2019. (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP) (Photo credit should read ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP/Getty Images)

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Former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir Must Not Escape International Trial

Former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir must face justice for crimes under international law, including genocide, crimes against humanity and war…

August 16, 2019

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Criticism of Israeli Government’s Policies Are Free Speech, Not Anti-Semitism

Responding to Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, and minister of Interior Arye Deri, denying entrance to two U.S. members…

August 15, 2019

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Police in Hong Kong should exercise restraint to avoid escalating violence

In response to police operations on August 11, where rounds of tear gas and rubber bullets were fired, Man-Kei Tam,…

August 12, 2019

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Congress Must Immediately Address Gun Violence in the U.S.

Amnesty International USA today made an announcement calling for Congress to cut short its August recess and call an emergency…

August 9, 2019

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Global Human Rights Movement Issues Travel Warning for the U.S. Due to Rampant Gun Violence

Amnesty International today issued a travel warning calling for possible travelers and visitors to the United States to exercise extreme…

August 7, 2019

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Demonizing Immigrants and Mental Health Conditions Is Not A Solution to Gun Violence

Responding to President Donald Trump’s speech following a spate of mass shootings over the weekend, Ernest Coverson, Amnesty International USA’s…

August 5, 2019

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Amnesty International Votes to Divest From Fossil Fuel Companies

Amnesty International will divest from fossil fuel companies in acknowledgement that investment in an industry whose products are the primary…

August 5, 2019

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Amnesty International USA Response to El Paso Shooting

Responding to a mass shooting that occurred in a mall in El Paso, Amnesty International USA End Gun Violence campaign…

August 3, 2019

Migrant children who have been separated from their families can be seen in tents at a detention center in Homestead, Florida on June 27, 2019. - Public outcry over Trump's handling of the border crisis has increased dramatically after a migrant rights group revealed alarming detention conditions of migrant children in Texas, where children were deprived of showers and clean clothes for weeks. (Photo by RHONA WISE / AFP) (Photo credit should read RHONA WISE/AFP/Getty Images)

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Detention Never in Child’s Best Interest, Says Amnesty International USA

Responding to news that the Homestead facility holding unaccompanied children is being emptied out, Amnesty International researcher for refugee and…

August 3, 2019

Smoke rises above a rebel-held town east of the city of Daraa during airstrikes by Syrian regime forces on June 30, 2018. - At least eight battered rebel-held towns in southern Syria returned to regime control under Russian-brokered deals after nearly two weeks of bombardment, a Britain-based monitor said. (Photo by Mohamad ABAZEED / AFP) (Photo credit should read MOHAMAD ABAZEED/AFP/Getty Images)

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UN Secretary General Orders Investigation Into Atrocities in Idlib, Syria

The plans for a UN investigation into attacks targeting hospitals in Idlib, and other buildings clearly identified as civilian objects…

August 1, 2019

An Egyptian soldier stands on guard near a waving national flag as citizens arrive to cast votes in a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in the capital Cairo's northern neighbourhood of Shubra, on the first day of a three-day poll, on April 20, 2019. - Polls in Egypt opened on April 20 for 62 million eligible voters to make their voice hear on a referendum that could keep President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in power until 2030. On the ballot is a raft of constitutional changes that would extend Sisis current term by two years. He would be eligible to run for six more years in 2024. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo credit should read KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)

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Mass Hunger Strike at al-Aqrab Prison Over Denial of Family Visits and Dire Conditions

The Egyptian authorities must immediately end cruel and inhumane detention conditions and allow regular family visits at al-Aqrab maximum security…

July 31, 2019