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Urgent Action: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER ARBITRARILY DETAINED (Belarus: UA 85.22)
Belarusian human rights defender Nasta Loika has been arbitrarily detained since September 6, 2022, on trumped up charges of “petty hooliganism”. She is being denied access to her lawyer, warm…
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Biden Must Take Action on Promise to End Federal Death Penalty
Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Furman v. Georgia ruling, which temporarily outlawed executions in the USA, Amnesty International reminds President Biden and the federal…
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One year on, ‘State of Siege’ used as a tool to crush dissent in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
A State of Siege, which is similar to a state of emergency, enforced in the North Kivu and Ituri provinces by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) authorities since…
Press Release
Biden Administration Ends Title 42, but People Seeking Safety Need More
Responding to today’s announcement on the termination of Title 42 Expulsions, Amy Fischer, Americas Advocacy Director at Amnesty International USA said: “Today’s announcement is an important step forward to restore…
Press Release
Russian Opposition Leader Aleksei Navalny Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison in Cynical Deprivation of His Human Rights
Responding to the news that Russian opposition leader and prisoner of conscience Aleksei Navalny has been sentenced to 9 years in prison for his overt criticism of Vladimir Putin and…
Press Release
Aleksei Navalny facing up to 15 years behind bars in new ‘sham’ prison trial
Responding to the news that jailed political opposition leader Aleksei Navalny will face a new criminal trial in prison on February 15 for alleged embezzlement and contempt of court, Marie…
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One year after jailing, Aleksei Navalny and his associates in a “living hell”
Over the course of the last 12 months, the Russian authorities have unleashed an unprecedented campaign of repression and reprisals against wrongfully imprisoned opposition leader Aleksei Navalny and his supporters,…
Press Release
End Persecution of Media as Journalists Collect ‘Momentous’ Nobel Peace Prize
Responding to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov collecting the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnes Callamard said: “For the first time in almost a century,…
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Biden Administration Continues to Fail Asylum-Seekers as Title 42 is Extended
Citing concerns over the new Omicron variant, today officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced an extension to Title 42, a clause in public health law…
Press Release
#WelcomeWithDignity Denounces Biden Administration’s Expansion of MPP, Calls for this Unlawful and Cruel Policy to be Ended Once and For All
Today the Biden administration announced it will restart and expand the implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also known as ‘Remain in Mexico’, with the willing cooperation of the…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: TWO MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT DETAINED (Eswatini: UA 113.21)
On July 25, 2021, Members of Eswatini Parliament Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza and Mthandeni Dube were detained amid a wave of pro-democracy protests and charged under the Suppression of Terrorism Act…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – November 2021 Newsletter
HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL Table of Contents Featured Legislative Updates U.S. Asylum Updates International Updates NOVEMBER 2021 NEWSLETTER Featured: Human Rights Crisis in Afghanistan Members and supporters of NY’s…
