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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…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: ILL-TREATED IRANIAN LGBTI DEFENDER AT RISK (Iran: UA 05.22)
An Iranian gender nonconforming human rights defender Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani, known as Sareh, has been arbitrarily detained in Urumieh, West Azerbaijan province, since October 27, 2021 due to her real or…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – January 2022 Newsletter
HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL Table of Contents Featured Domestic Updates International Updates JANUARY 2022 NEWSLETTER Featured: War Crimes and Civilian Harm in Afghanistan People walk past the ruins of…
Press Release
New evidence of brutal violence from Belarusian forces against asylum-seekers and migrants facing pushbacks from the EU
Asylum-seekers and migrants trying to enter the EU from Belarus and facing pushbacks and other human rights violations on the Polish border, are subjected to horrific torture or other ill-treatment,…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – December 2021 Newsletter
HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL Table of Contents Featured Human Rights Day What’s Coming Down the Pike Welcome News DECEMBER 2021 NEWSLETTER Featured: Tigray and Ethiopia: One Year After the…
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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…
Press Release
A Critical Opportunity to Ban Killer Robots – While We Still Can
Amnesty International and the Stop Killer Robots campaign today unveiled a social media filter which provides a terrifying glimpse of the future of war, policing and border control. Escape the…
Report
Few Routes to Safety for Afghans at Risk of Taliban Reprisals
Nearly two months since airlift operations in Afghanistan ended, those left behind face formidable obstacles to seeking safety outside the country, Amnesty International said today. In an advocacy briefing, the organization…
