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Amnesty International USA joins 84 organizations calling on Congress to fully fund United Nations amidst COVID-19 pandemic
(May 15, 2020) Amnesty International USA joined 84 other organizations in calling for Congress to fully honor its financial obligations to the United Nations. The United Nations is at the…
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Amnesty International USA Calls on DHS to Temporarily Halt Deportations
On May 6, 2020, Amnesty International USA wrote to Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf demanding an immediate, temporary moratorium on deportations in light of the dangers presented by…
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Letter to Senators on Kavanaugh October 4th 2018
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Letter to Senators on Kavanaugh September 28th 2018
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Letter to Senators on Kavanaugh September 24th 2018
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Amnesty International: Shareholder Activist
[caption id="attachment_74131" align="aligncenter" width="558"] Emergildo Criollo, a leader from the Cofan tribe in Ecuador and Rita Maldonado, a Guanta community member at the demonstration outside the Chevron shareholder meeting. Behind…
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These Senators are sick of US bombs killing civilians
In a sign of growing concern regarding the U.S.-Saudi Arabia military alliance, 27 U.S. Senators recently backed legislation to stop a $1.15 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia. Sen. Chris…
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Why are these heroes treated like criminals?
[caption id="attachment_69251" align="alignleft" width="4256"] People attend the funeral of murdered indigenous activist Berta Caceres, in La Esperanza, 200 km northwest of Tegucigalpa, on March 5, 2016. (ORLANDO SIERRA/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption] Many…
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“We have become a disposable people”: Why Amnesty went to Cannon Ball, North Dakota
Last Wednesday, August 24, Amnesty International USA sent a delegation of human rights observers to Cannon Ball, North Dakota, to observe protests, led by Indigenous people against construction of the…
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With Whom are Many U.S. Police Departments Training? With a Chronic Human Rights Violator – Israel
U.S. law enforcement agencies need partners for effective training to strengthen their identified weak areas. Israel is not such a partner.
