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Urgent Action Update: Uyghur Academic Reappears on State Broadcast (China: UA 14.20)
Held incommunicado for three years, prominent Uyghur historian and publisher Iminjan Seydin suddenly reappeared in a video published by state-run English newspaper China Daily on 4 May 2020. In what…
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Urgent Action: 15 Democracy Leaders Arrested (Hong Kong: UA 60.20)
15 prominent pro-democracy leaders and activists were arrested on 18 April 2020 for their role in organizing and joining “unauthorized assemblies” more than six months prior. This is the most…
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Urgent Action Update: Fears for Uyghur Academic Demand Answers (China: UA 119.19)
The whereabouts of prominent Uyghur academic Tashpolat Tiyip remain unknown and the risk of execution cannot be ruled out. Victim of an enforced disappearance in 2017, his family received reports…
Update
Letter to Congressional Appropriators on WHO Funding Cuts (4-20-20)
To view PDF click here: Letter to Cong Appropriators on WHO Funding Cuts (4-20-20) April 20, 2020 Sen. Lindsey Graham …
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Death penalty 2019: Global executions fell by 5%, hitting a 10-year low
Saudi Arabia executed a record number of people in 2019, despite an overall decline in executions worldwide, Amnesty International said in its 2019 global review of the death penalty published…
Update
Human Rights on Capitol Hill in the Age of COVID-19 – April Edition (4/6/2020)
To view PDF version click here: Human Rights on Capitol Hill April 2020 Human Rights on Capitol Hill in the Age of COVID-19 published by Amnesty International USA …
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S 2020 VIRTUAL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting all of us around the world. It’s an unsettling time filled with concerns, challenges, and anxieties. As a global organization, Amnesty International knows this pandemic…
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After this pandemic, we can do better
David Griffiths is Director of the Office of the Secretary General at Amnesty International The pain of the COVID-19 pandemic, a defining event of our times, will continue long after…
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Message from Hong Kong: What SARS taught us about COVID-19
Coffee Ngai works at Amnesty International's Hong Kong Regional Office. Here she reflects on the lessons of the 2003 SARS outbreak, and shares some tips on surviving social distancing. In…
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Together, alone
The world is changing; every day the headlines bring more anxiety. Yet, across the globe, people are coming together. Not in person – in the time of COVID-19, being together…
Press Release
Amnesty International highlights human rights priorities in the Americas for state responses to COVID-19
Amnesty International has published recommendations today for states in the Americas to ensure that their responses to COVID-19 are in line with their international human rights obligations, as well as flagging a…
Update
Achieving A Fair and Effective COVID-19 Response: An Open Letter to Vice-President Mike Pence, and Other Federal, State and Local Leaders from Public Health and Legal Experts in the United States
Sustained human-to-human transmission of the novel coronavirus in the United States (US) appears today inevitable. The extent and impact of the outbreak in the US is difficult to predict and…