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Letter of Priorities to Incoming US Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

December 22, 2022

An older woman with a disability being evacuated in Kharkiv region, Ukraine. October 2022. To accompany Amnesty Internationals report: ‘I used to have a home’: Older people’s experience of war, displacement, and access to housing in Ukraine, that documents how older people in Ukraine have been disproportionately impacted by death and injury during Russia’s invasion. The report details that older people often remain in dangerous housing or are unable to flee conflict-affected areas. Those who do flee often cannot afford to cover rental costs, and shelters cannot provide appropriate care for older people with disabilities, forcing thousands into overstretched state institutions. A total of 226 people were interviewed for this report, including during in-person visits to seven state institutions during a four-week trip to Ukraine in June and July 2022.

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Human Rights on Capitol Hill &8211; December 2022 Newsletter

On December 6, Amnesty International released a report chronicling the disproportionate risks faced by older civilians in Ukraine in the…

December 12, 2022

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Amnesty Statement for the Record: HFAC Russia War Crimes Hearing

September 21, 2022

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -- AUGUST 30, 2021: A relative throws himself and weeps over the casket of Farzad, 12, who was killed by U.S. drone airstrikes, according to the family, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021.

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Human Rights on Capitol Hill &8211; September 2022 Newsletter

As part of its “global war on terror” the U.S. government has been using lethal force, including drone strikes, to…

September 13, 2022

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Amnesty International USA Advocacy Asks for New US Special Horn Envoy

On July 15, 2022 Amnesty International USA wrote to Ambassador Hammer with our advocacy asks as he starts his new…

July 15, 2022

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Human Rights on Capitol Hill &8211; June 2022 Newsletter

As the tragedies in Ulvade, Texas and Buffalo, New York and too many other communities underscore, gun violence in the United States is a…

June 16, 2022

TOPSHOT - Ethiopian refugees who fled Ethiopia's Tigray conflict arrive by bus from Village Eight transit centre near the Ethiopian border at the entrance of Um Raquba refugee camp in Sudan's eastern Gedaref state, on December 11, 2020. - Thousands of people fled war in Ethiopia with nothing but the clothes on their backs. Now in Um Raquba camp in neighbouring Sudan, dozens of destitute refugees from the fighting in the northern Tigray region flock each day to Omar Ibrahim's makeshift tailor shop. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Human Rights on Capitol Hill &8211; May 2022 Newsletter

Responding to the draft ruling leaked to Politico that shows the Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, Amnesty International USA said:…

May 16, 2022

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Human Rights on Capitol Hill &8211; April 2022 Newsletter

Amnesty International released a new on-the-ground investigation on Apr. 1 documenting the Russian military’s wanton disregard for civilian life in…

April 14, 2022

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Human Rights on Capitol Hill &8211; March 2022 Newsletter

This month’s edition of Human Rights on Capitol Hill focuses on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—a manifest violation of the United…

March 8, 2022

TOPSHOT - Turkish anti-riot police officers try to disperse a rally marking the International Women's Day in Istanbul on March 8, 2019. - Istanbul police fired tear gas at thousands of women who took to the city's central avenue on International Women's Day on March 8 in defiance of a protest ban to demand greater rights and denounce violence. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP) (Photo credit should read YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images)

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Amnesty International USA Written Testimony on Human Rights in Turkey for Feb. 16 Helsinki Commission Briefing

On February 16, 2022, Amnesty International USA's Turkey Advocacy Specialist Deniz Yuksel addressed members of the U.S. Helsinki Commission during…

February 17, 2022

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As millions in Afghanistan suffer from hunger, exposure, and a collapsing economy, the Biden Administration must act immediately to save lives. Here’s how.

Afghanistan’s economy is collapsing. Behind the statistics carefully tracking the rising price of food, the falling value of the currency,…

February 16, 2022

Photograph shows riot police in Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. They stand next to armoured vehicles wearing helmets and holding riot shields.

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Amnesty International Statement for the Record for Feb. 15 Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Hearing on Northern Ireland

On February 14, 2022, Amnesty International USA and UK submitted a statement for the record ahead of a February 15…

February 14, 2022