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Tiananmen Vigil Convictions Highlight Accelerating Collapse of Freedoms in Hong Kong
Responding to the jailing after convictions for “unauthorized assembly” of 12 people who took part in a peaceful vigil to mark the Tiananmen crackdown on June 4 last year, Amnesty…
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Urgent Action Update: COVID-19 JOURNALIST HOSPITALIZED, GRAVE CONCERNS (China: UA 170.20)
Citizen journalist Zhang Zhan’s life is at risk, as her health continues to deteriorate at a dramatic rate. Admitted to hospital due to severe malnutrition on July 31, 2021 she…
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Day of the Disappeared
August 30 is the International Day of the Disappeared. Victims of enforced disappearance are people who have literally disappeared; from their loved ones and their community. They go missing when…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: BARRISTER CHARGED FOR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS (Hong Kong: UA 86.21)
Chow Hang-tung, a human rights lawyer and an organizer of the annual Hong Kong vigil commemorating the Tiananmen crackdown, was charged for “advertising or publicizing unauthorized assembly”. The arrest came…
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UN Security Council’s compromise resolution on Syria falls short of humanitarian needs
Responding to the UN Security Council vote passing a resolution renewing authorization of the Bab al-Hawa crossing point for the delivery of UN cross-border humanitarian aid from Turkey to north-west…
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Biden Must Step Up Support for Critical Humanitarian Aid into Syria as Russia Threatens Crossing Closure
The Biden Administration must use every tool at its disposal to prevent this blocking of lifesaving aid - and COVID-19 vaccines - to millions of Syrians, Amnesty International USA said…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – July 2021 Newsletter
HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL Table of Contents Featured International Updates Domestic Updates Welcome News In Case You Missed It JULY 2021 NEWSLETTER Featured: end gun violence CONGRESS SHOULD SWIFLY…
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National Security Law has created a human rights emergency in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s National Security Law (NSL) has decimated the city’s freedoms and created a landscape increasingly devoid of human rights protections, Amnesty International said in a new research briefing released…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: TIBETAN MONK JAILED FOR ONLINE MESSAGES (China: UA 72.21)
Tibetan monk Rinchen Tsultrim was sentenced to four years and six months in prison in March 2020 without a fair trial. His family members only learned of the sentencing a…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: MISSING AND ARBITRARILY DETAINED IN XINJIANG (China: UA 61.21)
More than 60 people from predominantly Muslim ethnic groups have been allegedly interned in camps or sentenced without a fair trial and sent to prison in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous…
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Draconian repression of Muslims in Xinjiang, China, amounts to crimes against humanity
Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region face systematic state-organized mass imprisonment, torture and persecution amounting to crimes against humanity, Amnesty International said…
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Governments Must Stop Conniving with Fossil Fuel Industries to Burn Our Rights
The world’s richest governments are effectively condemning millions of people to starvation, drought and displacement through their continued support of the fossil fuel industry, Amnesty International said today. The organization’s…
