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Urgent Action: Uyghur Model Held Incommunicado for Months (China: UA 106.20)
Merdan Ghappar has not been seen or heard from since March 2020, after his messages and photos describing his poor detention conditions were shared on social media. Detained since January…
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Amnesty International Statement for the Record on “Online Platforms and Market Power: Examining the Dominance of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google”
For PDF, click here. July 23, 2020 Congressman David Cicilline Chair, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner Ranking Member, Subcommittee on…
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Banned Books Week 2020
Each year during Banned Books Week, Amnesty International draws attention to people around the world who have been imprisoned, threatened, or murdered because of what they wrote or published or…
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Amnesty International in the Lives of David and Joy Peyton
How did you first come to support Amnesty International? In 1977, Amnesty International won the Nobel Peace Prize. About a year later, David had a chance to hear Sean…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill
JULY 2020 NEWSLETTER FEATURED ISSUE Unlawful Police Violence & Misuse of Tear Gas Against Protesters WIDESPREAD POLICE VIOLENCE AGAINST PROTESTERS FOR BLACK LIVES June, Amnesty International published a new interactive…
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Urgent Action Victory! Female Activist Released After Incommunicado Detention (China: UA 28.20)
Li Qiaochu, an active defender of the rights of women and workers, has been released on bail and returned home on 19 June 2020. Detained incommunicado since 16 February 2020,…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Victory! Female Activist Released After Incommunicado Detention (China: UA 28.20)
Li Qiaochu, an active defender of the rights of women and workers, has been released on bail and returned home on 19 June 2020. Detained incommunicado since 16 February 2020,…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: 70 Year Old Uyghur Editor Held Incommunicado (China: UA 103.20)
Retired editor Qurban Mamut has not been seen or heard from by his son since November 2017. Qurban Mamut visited his son in the US in February 2017. His son,…
Press Release
United States Takes Historic Step In Protecting Uyghurs In China
Responding to President Trump signing the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act into law, Joanne Lin, National Director, Advocacy and Government Affairs for Amnesty International USA, released the following statement. “Today,…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Uyghur Businessman Imprisoned in Secret Trial (China: UA 68.20)
Abuduaini Kadier, a Uyghur businessman who was secretly tried and sentenced to seven years in prison, is believed to have been detained in connection with a 2016 holiday he took…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill Newsletter June Edition (6-3-2020)
To view PDF version click here: Human Rights on Capitol Hill June 2020 Human Rights on Capitol Hill   published by Amnesty International USA  June 3, 2020 In this edition of…
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Amnesty International Statement for Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Detention and Incarceration During COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic presents a human rights crisis in detention facilities in the United States, which has one of the largest numbers of detained and incarcerated people in the world…