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A woman embraces her sister-in-law (L) as she arrives with other Afghan refugees on a flight at Dulles International Airport
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Against Collective Punishment: Protecting Human Dignity and Legal Principles

You should prosecute the person who pulled the trigger, not an entire nationality, religion, or refugee population.

December 18, 2025

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A Note from Joan Baez

This Human Rights Day, join Joan Baez and Amnesty to shut down cruel ICE detention facilities.

December 9, 2025

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Torture and Enforced Disappearances in the Sunshine State: Human Rights Violations at Alligator Alcatraz and Krome in Florida

Amnesty International visited “Alligator Alcatraz” and Krome detention centers to document human rights violations.

December 4, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 24: National Guard Members patrol 14th street, working with Washington DC Metro police on August 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. An increased presence of law enforcement has been seen throughout the nation's capital since U.S. President Donald Trump ordered in federal officers and the U.S. National Guard.
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Trump Administration Exploits National Guard Shooting to Push Militarization and Anti-Immigrant Agenda

Exploiting a tragedy to advance anti-immigrant policies and even more militarization in our cities will only cause more harm and…

December 2, 2025

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Trump Administration Fails to Participate in UN Human Rights Review

The UPR is one of the few processes where every government, including the U.S., has an opportunity to both report on its…

November 7, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev at the White House.
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President Trump and Congress Must Address Escalating Repression in Central Asia

The C5+1 Summit offers a chance – and test – for the United States to demonstrate that it can play…

November 5, 2025

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Human Rights Crisis in the U.S.: White Supremacy's Comeback Tour

The Trump administration’s dismantling of the rule of law and civil society attacks, bolstered by the tenets of white supremacy,…

October 30, 2025

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(Marie-Anne Ventoura/ Amnesty International)

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President Trump’s Racist Refugee Cap Abandons Refugees Around the World

Setting this cap at such an absurdly low number and prioritizing white Afrikaners is a racist move that will turn…

October 30, 2025

Attorney General Pam Bondi front of Senate judiciary committee
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What Attorney General Bondi’s Senate Testimony Reveals About the Rule of Law in the U.S.

Amnesty International USA has been monitoring the Department of Justice’s actions and identified multiple attempts to curb the judiciary and…

October 29, 2025

A gray warship on the open seas under a blue sky streaked with white clouds.
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U.S. Airstrikes in Latin America and the Caribbean are Murder. Congress Must Stop Them Now.

In the last two months, the U.S. military’s Southern Command has gone on a murder spree by following the Trump…

October 29, 2025

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Members of Congress Must Have Access to Conduct Unannounced Oversight Visits at ICE Detention Facilities Without Criminalization

Oversight is essential to ensuring that human rights, including to due process, are respected and that ICE is operating within…

October 21, 2025

Mahmoud Khalil smiling in front of a city sunset skyline
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Mahmoud Khalil Must Not Be Deported

Targeting and threatening peaceful protesters and their immigration status for speaking out on the human rights of Palestinians, or any…

October 20, 2025