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Uyghur Girl, 13, Among Four ‘Facing Deportation’ and Torture in China
Saudi authorities must immediately release four Uyghurs – including a 13-year-old girl and her mother – who are at grave risk of being taken to repressive internment camps if sent…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: STOP EXTRADITION OF UYGHUR MEN TO CHINA (Saudi Arabia: UA 27.22)
Uyghur religious scholar Aimidoula Waili and his friend Nuermaimaiti Ruze are at high risk of forcible repatriation to China following their arrest in November 2020. Since this time, they have…
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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,…
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…
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Biden Administration’s Diplomatic Boycott of Winter Olympics a Blow to the Impunity of the Chinese Government
In response to today’s news that U.S. government officials would not attend the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Joanne Lin, National Director for Advocacy and Government Relations at Amnesty International USA,…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – July 2021 Newsletter
HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL Table of Contents Featured International Updates Domestic Updates Welcome News In Case You Missed It JULY 2021 NEWSLETTER Featured: end gun violence CONGRESS SHOULD SWIFLY…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: MISSING AND ARBITRARILY DETAINED IN XINJIANG (China: UA 61.21)
More than 60 people from predominantly Muslim ethnic groups have been allegedly interned in camps or sentenced without a fair trial and sent to prison in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous…
Report
Draconian repression of Muslims in Xinjiang, China, amounts to crimes against humanity
Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region face systematic state-organized mass imprisonment, torture and persecution amounting to crimes against humanity, Amnesty International said…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: UYGHUR HELD IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR 2 YEARS (China: UA 79.20)
Uyghur tech entrepreneur Ekpar Asat has been held in solitary confinement since January 2019, according to information shared with his family. It is believed that his prolonged isolation, malnutrition and…
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Group 113 (Chicago) presents Livestream Concert with Dylan Connor!
Join Group 113 (Chicago) at 8:00 PM EDT on May 22 for our second Facebook Livestream concert with singer-songwriter Dylan Connor. Dylan is the faculty advisor for the AIUSA student…
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Faith in Action Network: Ramadan 2021 Human Rights Education Webinar
This webinar will provide an overview of the human rights issues and context for each of AIUSA’s featured cases during the month of Ramadan. If you have any questions about…
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Amnesty International Report 2020/21: The State of the World’s Human Rights
The global pandemic has exposed the terrible legacy of deliberately divisive and destructive policies that have perpetuated inequality, discrimination and oppression and paved the way for the devastation wrought by…
