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NWSA Report Out Form
Tell us how you took action! Thank you for making National Week of Student Action (NWSA) a success! During NWSA, you joined Amnesty student groups nation-wide in taking action to…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: CRITICAL CHANCE TO DECRIMINALIZE ABORTION (Dominican Republic: UA 36.21)
From March 24, 2021 members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic’s Congress will begin to discuss a reform of the country’s criminal code, including the possibility of…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Attack on Sexual and Reproductive Rights (Honduras: UA 9.21)
On 21 January, the Honduran Congress approved the first reading of a bill that would reform the Constitution to increase the number of votes needed to change the articles that…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – January 2021 Newsletter
HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL Table of Contents U.S. Immigration International COVID-19 Response Regional Updates In Case You Missed It What’s Coming Down the Pike? january 2021 NEWSLETTER U.S.…
Press Release
Biden Rescinding the Global Gag Rule Welcome First Step, Congress Must Now Repeal It
Ahead of executive actions rescinding the Global Gag Rule by United States President Joe Biden, Tarah Demant, Director of the Gender, Sexuality, and Identity Program said: “The rescinding of the…
Update
Top International Human Rights Priorities for Congress in 2021
On January 7, 2021, Amnesty International USA addressed a letter to Members of Congress outlining the organization's top international human rights priorities for Congress in 2021. Click here to read…
Update
AIUSA Letter to HFAC on 2021 International Human Rights Priorities
On December 10, 2020, Amnesty International USA addressed a letter to the House Foreign Affairs Committee outlining the organization’s international human rights priorities for 2021. Click here to read the…
Press Release
Argentina’s Congress must pass historic bill to legalize abortion
Ahead of a vote in the lower chamber of the Argentine Congress on December 10, on Human Rights Day, Tarah Demant, the director of the Gender, Sexuality, and Identity program…
Victory
Urgent Action Victory! Bill Restricting Access to Safe Abortion Rejected (Slovakia: UA 128.20)
On 20 October, the Slovak Parliament rejected a bill that would have further obstructed access to safe abortion care, violating the human rights of women and girls, and endangering the…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Victory! Bill Restricting Access to Safe Abortion Rejected (Slovakia: UA 128.20)
On 20 October, the Slovak Parliament rejected a bill that would have further obstructed access to safe abortion care, violating the human rights of women and girls, and endangering the…
Victory
Urgent Action Victory! Legal Abortion is Closer Than Ever (Argentina: UA 163.20)
In March 2020, Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez publicly committed to present a bill to Congress to legalize abortion before the year’s end. On 17 November 2020, he fulfilled this commitment…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Victory! Legal Abortion is Closer Than Ever (Argentina: UA 163.20)
In March 2020, Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez publicly committed to present a bill to Congress to legalize abortion before the year’s end. On 17 November 2020, he fulfilled this commitment…