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USA: New Mexico Meta Ruling an Important Step Towards Safer Social Media for Children

Amnesty has been calling for exactly this kind of action. Child safety must be built into platforms from the start, not…

August 7, 2026

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45 International Organizations Join Amnesty International in Urging California Governor Gavin Newsom to Commute Death Sentences Before He Leaves Office 

In his last months in office, Governor Newsom could transform California from a state with the nation's largest death row into…

July 30, 2026

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46 International Organizations Call on Governor Newsom to Commute All Death Sentences

46 organizations ask Governor Newsom to commute death sentences of more than 550 people, which is close to one third…

July 30, 2026

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Nursing Mother of Two Arrested Without Warrant by ICE, Held 700 Miles From Her Children in Violation of the Agency's Own Policy

Maria Perez was breastfeeding when ICE agents detained her in Nashville, separating her from her infant and two-year-old with Down…

July 30, 2026

DILLEY, TX - AUGUST 23 : Immigrant woman and children walk across a field as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) hosts a media tour at the South Texas Family Residential Center, which houses families who are pending disposition of their immigration cases on Friday, Aug 23, 2019 in Dilley, TX.
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How You Can Help End Family Detention in the U.S.

Learn how you can take action, along with Amnesty International USA, and help to end family detention in the U.S.

July 24, 2026

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Ecuador/USA: The Role of the U.S. in the Strike on an Ecuadorian Vessel Must be Investigated

The families of the eight individuals whose whereabouts are unknown fear that this is a case of enforced disappearance at…

July 20, 2026

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Global: States Must Push Back Against Reprehensible US Campaign to Dismantle the ICC

The US Secretary of State’s reprehensible attack on the ICC is the latest assault by the Trump administration on international…

July 14, 2026

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Eswatini: Fourth U.S. Third-Country Removal Operation Raises Fresh Human Rights Concerns

These removals, part and parcel of the Trump administration’s cruel and racist anti-immigrant policies, tear families apart and traumatize both…

July 10, 2026

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U.S. Government Must Take Action to Secure Immediate and Unconditional Release of Palestinian Pediatrician Hussam Abu Safiya

Prominent Palestinian pediatrician facing imminent threat to his life while in Israeli detention.

July 8, 2026

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A Message of Thanks from Leqaa Kordia

On a recent trip to Washington, D.C., Leqaa recorded this message of thanks to Amnesty International members.

July 6, 2026

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A Declaration for the Next 250

The Declaration of Independence made 250 years ago that "all men are created equal" is both true and too limited,…

July 4, 2026

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Lebanon-Israel Framework Agreement Betrays Victims of War Crimes in Lebanon

The Israel-Lebanon framework agreement signed in Washington on June 26, 2026, threatens to betray war crimes victims in Lebanon.

July 3, 2026