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Press Release
Peru: Senior Officials Should Face Investigation Over Widespread Lethal Attacks By Security Forces
Peru’s Attorney General’s Office should investigate all those, up to the highest level, who ordered or tolerated the illegitimate use of lethal force by security forces that resulted in 49…
May 25, 2023
Press Release
Joint Delegation Report Details Harms of Biden’s New Asylum Ban
The report details the abysmal conditions, grave harms, and barriers to protection suffered by people who are now waiting to seek asylum as the Biden administration begins implementation of its…
May 18, 2023
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Applauds Minnesota’s New Common-Sense Gun Legislation
The Minnesota legislature has taken great steps in addressing gun violence.
May 17, 2023
Report
Ukraine Organizational Report: Key Findings and Learnings related to the August 4 press release on Ukraine
ARMED CONFLICT MESSAGE FROM AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL BOARD ON THE RELEASE OF THE UKRAINE ORGANIZATIONAL REPORT: The International Board shares today the Ukraine Organizational Report which consolidates the learnings and recommendations…
May 17, 2023
Press Release
DEATH PENALTY 2022: Recorded Executions Skyrocket to Highest Figure in Five Years
Recorded executions in 2022 reached the highest figure in five years, as the Middle East and North Africa’s most notorious executioners carried out killing sprees, Amnesty International said today as…
May 16, 2023
Press Release
At Border, Humanitarian Delegation Witnesses an End of Title 42 Without Chaos and Cruelty of New Asylum Ban
A delegation bore witness to Title 42 and the implementation of number of punitive policies along the border, including a new asylum ban.Â
May 12, 2023
Press Release
Report-out from Delegation of Civil and Human Rights Leaders Visiting US-Mexico Border
On Friday, May 12, at 1 pm CT/2 pm ET, members of a senior delegation of human rights leaders led by the Haitian Bridge Alliance will brief reporters on their trip…
May 12, 2023
Update
Partner Letter Calls for Congressional Action on Sudan
Amnesty International USA and 20+ partners wrote to Senate Foreign Relations Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee leadership calling for Congress to take action on Sudan. [pdf-embedder url="https://www.amnestyusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Sudan-letter-to-Congress-SFRC.pdf" title="Sudan letter…
May 11, 2023
Press Release
Global: Amnesty International Calls For Universal Social Protection, As Overlapping Crises Leave Hundreds of Millions Facing Disaster
Amnesty International is today calling for social security to be made available to everyone worldwide after a series of crises exposed huge gaps in state support and protection systems, leaving…
May 9, 2023
Press Release
Mandatory Use of CBP One Mobile Application Violates Right to Seek Asylum
The mandatory use of the CBP One mobile application as the sole means of entering the United States to seek international protection is a clear violation of international human rights…
May 9, 2023
Press Release
Free Victor Yeimo and Other Imprisoned Papuan Activists Unconditionally
Indonesian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Papuans and those detained solely for their peaceful expressions, said Amnesty International Indonesia and Amnesty International USA following the guilty verdict and prison…
May 8, 2023
Press Release
Senior Leadership Delegation From Civil And Human Rights Groups To Visit Us-Mexico Border
Led by the Haitian Bridge Alliance, senior leadership of prominent national human, civil and immigrant rights leaders from 11 organizations will travel to the US-Mexico border on May 11 and…
May 5, 2023