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HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL: AUG 13, 2018

In this edition of Human Rights on Capitol Hill: (1)USA - Trump Administration Must Not Swap Family Separation – a Human Rights Travesty – for Mass Family Detention, Another Human Rights…

August 13, 2018

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Human Rights on Capitol Hill: July 17, 2018

Human Rights on Capitol Hill published by Amnesty International USA  July 17, 2018  In this edition of Human Rights on Capitol Hill: Family Separation: Amnesty International strongly opposes both Family…

July 17, 2018

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Myanmar: Charging of Reuters journalists a black day for press freedom

Responding to today’s decision by a Yangon court to formally charge Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, with breaching the country’s Official Secrets Act, Tirana Hassan, Amnesty International’s Director…

July 9, 2018
Myanmar police officers escort Reuters journalist Wa Lone (C) as he arrives at the northern district court in Yangon on January 23, 2018. Myanmar police formally filed charges on January 10 against two Reuters reporters, Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone, accused of breaching the Official Secrets Act, a judge said, an offence that carries up to 14 years in prison. / AFP PHOTO / Aung Kyaw HTET (Photo credit should read AUNG KYAW HTET/AFP/Getty Images)

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IT’S WORLD REFUGEE DAY. NOW WHAT?

Ryan Mace, Grassroots Advocacy & Refugee Specialist Today is World Refugee Day. Today is a day that we should pause to honor the millions of refugees who show us the…

June 20, 2018

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Welcoming Refugees and Asylum-Seekers: Every Person Can Make A Difference This World Refugee Day

This World Refugee Day, Amnesty International USA is calling on all people living in the United States to welcome refugees and asylum-seekers into their communities. While some elected leaders would…

June 20, 2018
LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 17: Protesters holding placards listen to speakers in Parliament Square during a demonstration, organised by Amnesty International, to show support for refugees on September 17, 2016 in London, England. Thousands of demonstrators, joined by refugees, actors and musicians took part in a march today calling on the British government to resettle more refugees in the United Kingdom and to protest the government's handling of the refugee crisis. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

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Human Rights on Capitol Hill: June 18, 2018

In this edition of Human Rights on Capitol Hill: (1)   Family separation: Amnesty International demands that administration immediately halt family separation. (2)   North Korea: Amnesty International calls on Trump administration to raise human…

June 18, 2018

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Myanmar Up Close

Myanmar's top-down transition from over 50 years of harsh military rule to an elected government led by long-celebrated democracy and human rights icon Aung San Suu Kyi brought hope that…

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Myanmar: New evidence reveals Rohingya armed group massacred scores in Rakhine State

A Rohingya armed group brandishing guns and swords is responsible for at least one, and potentially a second, massacre of up to 99 Hindu women, men, and children as well…

May 22, 2018
Bina Bala, a 22-year-old woman who survived a massacre of Hindu villagers by the armed group, Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) on 25 August 2017. She is pictured in Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh in September 2017, where she was briefly before being returned to Myanmar in October 2017. She told Amnesty International. “[The men] held knives and long iron rods. They tied our hands behind our backs and blindfolded us. I asked what they were doing. One of them replied, ‘You and Rakhine are the same, you have a different religion, you can’t live here. He spoke the [Rohingya] language. They asked what belongings we had, then they beat us. Eventually I gave them my gold and money.”