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Bernie Sanders
Amnesty International USA asked Bernie Sanders 13 questions about some of the most pressing human rights issues of our time. Here is his response exactly as provided: How should the…
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Cory Booker
Amnesty International USA asked Cory Booker 13 questions about some of the most pressing human rights issues of our time. Here is his response exactly as provided: How should the…
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Viet Nam: Surge in number of prisoners of conscience, new research shows
The number of prisoners of conscience unjustly jailed across Viet Nam has surged by one third to 128 in signs of a growing crackdown on peaceful activism, new research by…
Update
Amnesty International USA Statement for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Review of the FY2020 State Department Budget Request
April 10, 2019 The Honorable James E. Risch                  The Honorable Bob Menendez Chairman…
Update
Amnesty International USA Statement on US State Department’s Foreign Policy Strategy and Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2020
March 25, 2019 The Honorable Eliot Engel Chairman Foreign Affairs Committee U.S. House of Representatives 2170 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Michael McCaul Ranking Member Foreign…
Press Release
Finalists Announced for Amnesty International USA Media Awards
The finalists for the Amnesty International USA Media Awards have been announced, and winners in each category will be revealed at the awards ceremony on April 3.
Press Release
Saudi Arabia: Women activists persecuted under bogus charges. Speaking to Amnesty is not a crime
The prosecution of 11 women activists before a Criminal Court in Riyadh for their human rights work and contact with international organizations is an appalling escalation of the Saudi authorities’…
Victory
Urgent Action Victory! Poet Acquitted and Released (Somaliland: UA 17.19)
Abdirahman Ibrahim Adan, a poet in Somaliland, was released on 25 February. He had been arrested and detained on 12 January after reciting a poem the previous day in which…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Victory! Poet Acquitted and Released (Somaliland: UA 17.19)
Abdirahman Ibrahim Adan, a poet in Somaliland, was released on 25 February. He had been arrested and detained on 12 January after reciting a poem the previous day in which…
Press Release
Yemen: UAE recklessly supplying militias with windfall of Western arms
An open source investigation published by Amnesty International today highlights a growing danger in Yemen’s conflict as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) recklessly arms militias with a range of advanced…
Report
Iran committing crimes against humanity by concealing fate of thousands of slaughtered political dissidents
By concealing the fate and whereabouts of thousands of political dissidents who were forcibly disappeared and secretly executed in prison 30 years ago, Iranian authorities are continuing to commit crimes…
Press Release
Reports of torture and sexual harassment of detained activists in Saudi Arabia
Several Saudi Arabian activists, including a number of women, who have been arbitrarily detained without charge since May 2018 in Saudi Arabia’s Dhahban Prison, have reportedly faced sexual harassment, torture…
