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Amnesty International USA Memo to Congress on Foreign Policy Human Rights Priorities For Next Congress
August 24, 2020 Dear Representative: On behalf of Amnesty International USA, I am writing to share our top foreign policy and human rights policy recommendations. The list of issues…
Update
Amnesty International Memo to Congress on Foreign Policy Human Rights Priorities for Next for Congress
August 24, 2020 Dear Representative: On behalf of Amnesty International USA, I am writing to share our top foreign policy and human rights policy recommendations. The list of issues that…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Uyghur Model Held Incommunicado for Months (China: UA 106.20)
Merdan Ghappar has not been seen or heard from since March 2020, after his messages and photos describing his poor detention conditions were shared on social media. Detained since January…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill
JULY 2020 NEWSLETTER FEATURED ISSUE Unlawful Police Violence & Misuse of Tear Gas Against Protesters WIDESPREAD POLICE VIOLENCE AGAINST PROTESTERS FOR BLACK LIVES June, Amnesty International published a new interactive…
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Urgent Action: 70 Year Old Uyghur Editor Held Incommunicado (China: UA 103.20)
Retired editor Qurban Mamut has not been seen or heard from by his son since November 2017. Qurban Mamut visited his son in the US in February 2017. His son,…
Press Release
United States Takes Historic Step In Protecting Uyghurs In China
Responding to President Trump signing the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act into law, Joanne Lin, National Director, Advocacy and Government Affairs for Amnesty International USA, released the following statement. “Today,…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Uyghur Businessman Imprisoned in Secret Trial (China: UA 68.20)
Abuduaini Kadier, a Uyghur businessman who was secretly tried and sentenced to seven years in prison, is believed to have been detained in connection with a 2016 holiday he took…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill Newsletter June Edition (6-3-2020)
To view PDF version click here: Human Rights on Capitol Hill June 2020 Human Rights on Capitol Hill   published by Amnesty International USA  June 3, 2020 In this edition of…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Uyghur Academic Reappears on State Broadcast (China: UA 14.20)
Held incommunicado for three years, prominent Uyghur historian and publisher Iminjan Seydin suddenly reappeared in a video published by state-run English newspaper China Daily on 4 May 2020. In what…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Fears for Uyghur Academic Demand Answers (China: UA 119.19)
The whereabouts of prominent Uyghur academic Tashpolat Tiyip remain unknown and the risk of execution cannot be ruled out. Victim of an enforced disappearance in 2017, his family received reports…
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S 2020 VIRTUAL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting all of us around the world. It’s an unsettling time filled with concerns, challenges, and anxieties. As a global organization, Amnesty International knows this pandemic…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill Newsletter – March Edition (3/2/2020)
To view PDF version click here: Human Rights on Capitol Hill March 2020 Human Rights on Capitol Hill   published by Amnesty International USA  March 2, 2020  In this edition…