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Our team educates, advises, and lobbies U.S. policy makers on human rights issues in the United States and around the world.

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Joanne Lin, National Director, Advocacy & Government Relations
Adotei Akwei, Advocacy Director, Africa
Amy Fischer, Advocacy Director, Americas
Carolyn Nash, Advocacy Director, Asia
Daniel Balson, Advocacy Director, Europe and Central Asia
Philippe Nassif, Advocacy Director, Middle East and North Africa
Amit Dadon, Mustafa Kassem Fellow for Human Rights, Middle East and North Africa
Deniz Yuksel, Turkey Advocacy Specialist

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July 30, 2021

Amnesty International's Statement for the Record on Cuba's Crackdown on Freedom of Expression - House Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Hearing

On July 20, 2021 Amnesty International USA's Americas Advocacy Director, Amy Fischer, submitted the following statement for the record to the House...

July 30, 2021

Coalition Letter Urges Support for the Break the Cycle of Violence Act (S. 2275, H.R. 4118)

On July 30, Amnesty International USA and 100 human rights, civil rights, racial justice, religiously affiliated, and gun safety organizations wrote...

July 28, 2021

Amnesty International Statement for the Record on Lebanon's Humanitarian Crisis and Need for U.S. Action – House Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee Hearing

On July 28, 2021, Amnesty International USA’s Middle East and North Africa advocacy director Philippe Nassif and Mustafa Kassem Fellow Amit Dadon...

July 23, 2021

Amnesty International Calls on President Biden to Address Repression, Human Rights Abuses in Iraq in Meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Kadhimi

On July 23, 2021, Amnesty International USA wrote to President Joe Biden urging him to raise unlawful repression and worrying human rights abuses in...

Advocacy & Government Relations Work






Letter
July 20, 2021

Amnesty International USA Board of Directors urges Congress to pass Break the Cycle of Violence Act (S.2275, H.R.4118)
Letter
July 19, 2021

Amnesty International Urges President Biden to Raise Human Rights Concerns in Jordan in Meeting with King Abdullah II
July 13, 2021

Human Rights on Capitol Hill – July 2021 Newsletter
June 30, 2021

Amnesty International USA calls for co-sponsors of the Break the Cycle of Violence Act
Brief
June 24, 2021

Human Rights and Compounding Crises in Lebanon, 2020-2021 Update
Statement
June 24, 2021

Amnesty International Statement for the Record on Impacts of COVID-19 in MENA Region, Need for U.S. Action – House Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee
June 11, 2021

Amnesty International USA Calls on President Biden to Raise Human Rights Concerns with President Putin at June 16 Geneva summit
June 8, 2021

Amnesty International Policy Recommendations on Technology and Human Rights
June 8, 2021

Amnesty Calls for Co-sponsors of Break the Cycle of Violence Act
June 7, 2021

Human Rights on Capitol Hill – June 2021 Newsletter

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