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Iftar for Justice!
Amnesty International USA, AIUSA's Local Groups 113 and 1024, and the Downtown Islamic Center of Chicago invite you to take part in this community event to add our voices to…
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Amnesty International USA Xinjiang Exhibit Opening Night
On October 23rd, AIUSA invites you to a reception held in partnership with Senator Merkley, as well as Uyghur Human Rights Project and Atlantic Council Strategic Litigation Project, to launch…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: UYGHUR STUDENT CONVICTED FOR PROMOTING EXTREMISM (China: UA 33.23)
Share: On This Page Kamile Wayit, a 19-year-old Uyghur female university student was sentenced on 25 March 2023 under the charge of “promoting extremism” after posting a video on WeChat…
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Urgent Action: ETHNIC KAZAKH ARTIST AT RISK OF TORTURE (China: UA 26.23)
Zhanargul Zhumatai, an ethnic Kazakh journalist and artist, was taken away from her mother’s house in Urumqi, Xinjiang on 10 February. The state security police detained her after she communicated…
Press Release
Leading US University Endowments Fail to Ensure Their Billions Aren’t Funding Human Rights Abuses
Today Amnesty International USA released its first Limited Partner Scorecard, grading 10 of the largest university investment offices in the United States on their human rights due diligence processes when…
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Annual Report 2022: Response to Russian Invasion of Ukraine Exposes an International System Unfit to Deal With Global Crises
Amnesty International’s Annual Report for 2022 highlights double standards throughout the world on human rights and the failure of the international community to unite around consistently-applied human rights and universal…
Press Release
Long-Delayed UN Report Must Spur Accountability for Crimes Against Humanity in Xinjiang
Responding to the long-awaited release of the UN Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights’ report on serious human rights violations in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès…
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UN Human Rights Chief Must Seize Critical Opportunity to Address Crimes Against Humanity in Xinjiang
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights must address crimes against humanity and gross human rights violations when her team visits China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region this week, Amnesty International said…
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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]…
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Uyghur Child Among Four ‘Booked for Deportation’ from Saudi Arabia to China Tonight
Amnesty International has received credible information that Buheliqiemu Abula and her teenage daughter, 13, were made to take tests for Covid-19 today in preparations for their deportation to China. The…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: UYGHUR TEENAGE GIRL AND MOTHER DETAINED (Saudi Arabia: UA 27.22)
Uyghur woman Buheliqiemu Abula and her 13-year-old daughter were detained near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on March 31, 2022, and told by police they faced deportation to China along with two…
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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…
