NEW YORK, March 16, 2017 – In response to President Trump’s proposed federal budget, Amnesty International USA’s executive director, Margaret Huang, released the following statement: With this proposal, President Trump is asking Congress to fund walling off our southern border, locking up more asylum seekers, and expanding the country’s military. Instead of leading on human […]
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US Saudi Arms Deal Would Fan Flames of Conflict, Says Amnesty International USA
March 14, 2017 – Amnesty International this week urged President Trump not to approve impending arms sales to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. The deals would arm members of a military coalition that has attacked thousands of civilians in Yemen and violated international humanitarian law. Amnesty International researchers have already found both unexploded U.S. bombs and […]
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Amnesty Intl. Launches Campaign to Free Young Children and Mothers Detained by ICE for Over 500 Days
March 10, 2017 – Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) is launching a campaign today urging Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to release several families with young children being detained at the Berks County Residential Center in Pennsylvania. Four of the 35 children currently detained at Berks – aged three, four, seven and 16 – have been […]
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Tarah Demant: Trump’s Global Assault on Women’s Rights
March 8, 2017 – Tarah Demant is Senior Director, Identity and Discrimination Unit, Amnesty International USA. This article was first published on Medium: https://medium.com/@amnestyusa/trumps-global-assault-on-women-s-rights-2e33166822e6#.fxsbex35q It’s hard to keep track of the various assaults on human rights coming out of the Trump administration. It’s particularly dizzying for women’s rights defenders — because make no mistake, these assaults are […]
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Young Mother with Brain Tumor Will Be Released from ICE Detention
NEW YORK March 2, 2017 – Sara Beltran Hernandez, a 26-year-old mother who fled violence in El Salvador and has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Texas for 15 months, will be released from detention to be with her family and to seek treatment for a brain tumor. Amnesty International had campaigned for her […]
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Amnesty International USA Launches Campaign to Free Young Mother Detained by ICE for 15 Months
NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2017 – Amnesty International USA is launching a campaign today urging Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to release a 26-year-old woman on parole so she can obtain urgent medical treatment and be with her family. AIUSA is mobilizing its over 1.2 million U.S. members and supporters to call ICE and the […]
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Amnesty International USA, Coalition Partners Launch Campaign to Fight the Assault on Immigrant, Refugee Rights
WASHINGTON, DC, Feb. 6, 2017 – In response to President Trump’s recent executive orders on immigration and refugees, a coalition of leading human rights, civil rights, legal, and faith-based groups launched a joint initiative today to protect the rights of refugees and immigrants at U.S. borders. As a first step, they are demanding President Trump […]
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Margaret Huang, Amnesty International USA: Trump Australia Call Shows Need for Congress to Act
NEW YORK, Feb. 2, 2017 – Following reports of a tense phone call between President Trump and Australian Prime Minister Turnbull centered on refugees and subsequent comments by the president, Margaret Huang, Amnesty International USA executive director, released the following statement: Shutting down the United States’ borders during a humanitarian crisis in unconscionable. President Trump’s […]
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Amnesty International USA to Monitor to North Dakota Pipeline Protests
Oct. 28, 2016 -As tensions escalate at the site of a disputed pipeline close to the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) has sent a delegation of human rights observers to monitor the response of law enforcement to protests by Indigenous communities. AIUSA also has sent a letter to the […]
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Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories: Pattern of unlawful killings reveals shocking disregard for human life
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28, 2016 – Nearly a year on from a bloody spike in violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) Israeli forces continue to display an appalling disregard for human life by using reckless and unlawful lethal force against Palestinians, Amnesty International said today. Amnesty International USA joined 15 other organizations in […]
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Amnesty International USA Urges President Obama to Grant Clemency to Leonard Peltier With New Advocacy Video
WASHINGTON, DC, Sept. 12, 2016 – To mark his 72nd birthday today, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) released a new video urging President Obama to grant clemency to Anishinabe-Lakota Native American activist Leonard Peltier before leaving office. The video highlights Amnesty International’s human rights concerns about Peltier’s case and is narrated by actor Peter Coyote. Amnesty […]
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Delaware Supreme Court Rules Death Penalty Unconstitutional
Aug. 3, 2016 – The Delaware Supreme Court ruled that the state’s death penalty as it currently stands is unconstitutional in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Hurst v. Florida. The Hurst decision required that juries, not judges, must determine whether to impose the death penalty. This decision makes Delaware, which has […]