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Urgent Action: METU PRIDE MUST BE ALLOWED TO PROCEED (Turkey: UA 52.22)
On June 7, 2022, the rectorship of the Ankara based Middle East Technical University (METU) sent an email to all students, declaring the campus-based Pride march on June 10, 2022…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – May 2022 Newsletter
HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL Table of Contents Featured International Updates Domestic Updates What’s Coming Down the Pike MAY 2022 NEWSLETTER CONGRESS MUST PASS LEGISLATION TO PROTECT ABORTION RIGHTS [readmore_expand]…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: TURKEY: FREE THE GEZI DEFENDANTS (Turkey: UA 37.22)
On April 25, 2022, civil society leader Osman Kavala who has been imprisoned on pretrial detention since November 2017, was convicted for “attempting to overthrow the government” and sentenced to…
Event
Journalism Under Threat
AIUSA’s Country & Thematic Specialist Program invites you to the online event, Journalism Under Threat, May 2nd at 8pm ET/7pm CT/5pm PT to mark World Press Freedom Day. Around the…
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Statement in Response to Senator Rick Scott’s Anti-Amnesty Bill
Amnesty is no stranger to being targeted for its work. Our calls to action to ensure human rights for all have forced us to close our offices in India and…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – April 2022 Newsletter
HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL Table of Contents Featured International Updates Domestic Updates april 2022 NEWSLETTER Featured: Russian Invasion of Ukraine A man rides his bike past buildings destroyed by…
Press Release
UN High Commissioner Must Release Report on China’s Crimes Against Humanity in Xinjiang
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet should release her office’s long-awaited report on the Chinese government’s crimes against humanity in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region without further delay,…
Press Release
International Women’s Day: Dramatic deterioration in respect for women’s rights and gender equality must be decisively reversed
Catastrophic attacks on human rights and gender equality over the past twelve months have lowered protection for and upped threats against women and girls across the globe, Amnesty International said…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – March 2022 Newsletter
HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL Table of Contents Featured International Updates Domestic Updates Amnesty Updates march 2022 NEWSLETTER [readmore_expand] This month’s edition of Human Rights on Capitol Hill focuses on Russia’s invasion…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: ETHNIC UYGHUR AT RISK OF EXTRADITION TO CHINA (Morocco: UA 14.22)
Idris Hasan, an ethnic Uyghur living in Turkey, was arrested in July 2021 in Morocco on the basis of an Interpol red notice, which has since been cancelled. The Chinese…
Update
Amnesty International USA Written Testimony on Human Rights in Turkey for Feb. 16 Helsinki Commission Briefing
On February 16, 2022, Amnesty International USA's Turkey Advocacy Specialist Deniz Yuksel addressed members of the U.S. Helsinki Commission during a briefing on "Conflict of Interest? Foreign Policy and Human…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – February 2022 Newsletter
HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL Table of Contents Update on Ukraine Featured International Updates february 2022 NEWSLETTER UPDATE ON UKRAINE [readmore_expand] As the Russian government continues to amass troops on…