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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – May 2021 Newsletter
HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL Table of Contents Featured Domestic Updates International Updates In Case You Missed It may 2021 NEWSLETTER Featured: PRESIDENT BIDEN’S FIRST 100 DAYS U.S. STILL…
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Amnesty Calls for Co-sponsors of Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act and Freedom for Families Act
On May 4, 2021, Amnesty International USA wrote to members of Congress urging them to co-sponsor the recently introduced Freedom for Families Act (S. 1517, H.R. 2925). As a bill…
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Amnesty International USA Letter on ICE Enforcement Priorities
On April 20, 2021, Amnesty International USA wrote to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas urging him to revise the February 2021 Interim Guidance: Civil Immigration Enforcement and Removal Priorities to…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – April 2021 Newsletter
HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL Table of Contents Featured Domestic Updates International Updates In Case You Missed It Good News APRIL 2021 NEWSLETTER Featured: U.S. IMMIGRATION AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CALLS…
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Urgent Action Update: Health of Death Row Prisoner in Sharp Decline (Pakistan: UA 27.21)
The health of Shafqat Emmanuel, who faces execution, along with his wife Shagufta Kausar, is rapidly deteriorating. Shafqat’s lower body is paralyzed, which means he relies on the help of…
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Urgent Action Update: Human Rights Defender Gets 3 Year Jail Term (Chad: UA 7.20)
On 18 February, Chad’s Criminal Court sentenced human rights defender Baradine Berdei Targuio to three years in prison and a fine for ‘breach of the constitutional order’. He was arrested…
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Statement from Amnesty International USA For the House Africa Subcommittee Hearing Update on COVID-19 in Africa
Statement from Amnesty International USA highlights multiple crises being exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa and why addressing all of them: the economic, political and social human rights and…
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Amnesty International USA Board of Directors letter to Secretary Mayorkas
On March 11, 2021, Amnesty International USA's Board of Directors wrote to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas to urge him to act on the promise of President Biden’s immigration…
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Amnesty International’s Human Rights Priorities for Southeast Asia
On February 18, 2021, Amnesty International USA wrote to Henrietta Levin, Director for Southeast Asia and ASEAN Affairs at the National Security Council, outlining the organization's human rights priorities for…
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Urgent Action: Prisoner of Conscience Detained Incommunicado (Egypt: UA 15.21)
Following his arrest on 1 February, researcher and master’s student Ahmed Samir Santawy was subjected to enforced disappearance for five days. During this time, security forces beat him and kept…
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Government Tactics to Silence Criticism and Social Demands Deepen Human Rights Crisis in Nicaragua
Since the current human rights erupted in Nicaragua in 2018, the government has clamped down on all forms of dissent or criticism. The authorities have pursued a policy of eradicating,…
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Free People from ICE Detention
No one should be locked up for seeking safety. The US must respect the human right to seek asylum.
