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Human Rights Challenges Remain in Biden Executive Actions on Restoring the Right to Seek Safety in the U.S.
Responding to executive actions signed by United States President Joe Biden today on termination of border wall construction, rescission of…
January 20, 2021
Press Release
Government Report Reinforces That Cruelty Drove Family Separations
Responding to a report finding that the Department of Justice – and in particular then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions – was…
January 14, 2021
Blog
Amnesty International USA Board urges USG leadership on Tigray Crisis in Ethiopia
The Board of Amnesty International USA has written to the Trump administration and to the incoming Biden administration to urge…
December 18, 2020
Press Release
ICE To Start Deporting Children Today
ICE plans to begin deporting 26 Black and Brown families with young children who are incarcerated by ICE at the…
December 18, 2020
Press Release
Governments and Police Must Stop Using COVID-19 Pandemic as Pretext for Abuse
Abusive policing and excessive reliance on law enforcement to implement COVID-19 response measures have violated human rights and in some instances…
December 16, 2020
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Hosts Human Rights Day Briefing on the Crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region
In advance of Human Rights Day, Amnesty International will host a virtual briefing on the human rights challenges expected in…
December 7, 2020
Blog
Human Rights and Addressing the Conflict in Ethiopia Statement from Amnesty International USA for the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations
Ethiopia’s internal turmoil reached new heights as the Federal government of Prime Minister Abiy Mohammed launched a full-scale military offensive…
December 2, 2020
Press Release
Immigrant Children and Attorneys’ Plea: Stop Family Deportations
Dilley, TX and Leesport, PA - This weekend, the Trump Administration could move to deport 28 children with their parents,…
November 18, 2020
Press Release
Don’t Forget These Children: Families Belong Together Reminds Lawmakers Children Still Separated
On Monday, November 16, 2020, Families Belong Together — a national coalition fighting to permanently end family separation and incarceration…
November 13, 2020
Press Release
HUMAN RIGHTS SNAPSHOT: 2020 U.S. ELECTION
Good morning -- This is the second in a series of morning updates from Amnesty International focused on protests and…
November 6, 2020
Press Release
Today's report on family separation highlights need for accountability
Responding to the House Judiciary Committee releasing the findings of its 21-month investigation into the development and execution of the…
October 29, 2020
Press Release
ICE doubles down on detention to deter and punish families for seeking safety
Responding to the Department of Homeland Security statement regarding the pending Flores court decision, Denise Bell, the researcher for refugee and…
October 27, 2020