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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Iraqi authorities must guarantee full due process rights for more than 5,700 detainees transferred to Iraq from north-east Syria, and ensure the urgent protection of child rights ahead of an upcoming trial session on October 5. www.amnestyusa.org/press-releas...
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Iraq: Authorities Must Guarantee Fair Trials for 5,700 Detainees and Protect Child Rights in Mass Trials
Iraqi authorities must guarantee full due process rights for more than 5,700 detainees ahead of an upcoming trial session on October 5.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Indian Constitution protects the right to protest. bit.ly/3VfsYBs
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India: Authorities Trampling on Human Rights in Crackdown on Electoral Roll Protests
The Indian Constitution protects the right to protest.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The African Union must convene an emergency session on the armed conflict in northern Ethiopia. bit.ly/4hsg5fS
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Ethiopia: African Union Must Convene Emergency Session on Ethiopia as New Conflict Expands
The African Union must convene an emergency session on the expanding armed conflict in northern Ethiopia.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Algerian lawmakers must halt all plans to expand use of the death penalty. bit.ly/47092Fd
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Algeria: Upper House of Parliament Must Reject Regressive Legislation Expanding the Death Penalty after 30 Years Without Executions
Algerian lawmakers must halt all plans to expand use of the death penalty.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Once again, a Haitian community is mourning after a brutal attack by armed gangs. bit.ly/4jxlDHg
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Haiti: Attack in Artibonite Underscores Urgent Need to Turn International Commitments into Effective Protection
Once again, a Haitian community is mourning after a brutal attack by armed gangs.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tennessee’s botched attempt to execute Christa Pike, as witnessed by her attorneys, demonstrates why the death penalty truly is the ultimate cruel, inhuman & degrading punishment. All execution methods are inhumane & unacceptable. The death penalty must be abolished, everywhere. bit.ly/47stTB4
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Tennessee unable to carry out the execution by lethal injection of Christa Gail Pike, witnesses say
Media witnesses say Tennessee officials were unable to carry out the execution of Christa Gail Pike for a 1995 murder on Wednesday.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thank you to the 47 Senators who voted YES last night on S. Res 852. We must continue to press the Trump administration to hold the Israeli government accountable for its human rights abuses and violations of international law. bit.ly/4hYgMgb
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U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 2nd Session
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨Action needed🚨 Urge Senators: You must vote YES on S.Res. 852 as an important first step towards holding the Israeli government accountable for its human rights violations. Read more here: www.amnestyusa.org/blog/senator...
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Senators Must Demand Answers on Israeli Government’s Human Rights Abuses and Killing of U.S. Citizens in the Occupied West Bank
Amnesty International USA discusses why senators must VOTE YES on S. Res. 852 to get information on Israel’s human rights abuses.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee should stop the execution of Christa Pike! bit.ly/4htdjHa
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Amnesty International Members Worldwide Urge Tennessee Governor Bill Lee to Stop the Execution of Christa Pike
Amnesty International members are speaking out because the use of the death penalty remains a human rights failure.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨 2026 is already the deadliest fiscal year on record for ICE. It must be completely dismantled. Your voice matters. Take 30 seconds to add your name to our new advocacy letter: bit.ly/3Tjai35 Help us abolish ice.⚡ Artwork by Chris Piascik. (@ chrispiascik on IG)
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Christa Pike, aged 50, is scheduled to be executed in Tennessee on September 30, 2026. The state failed to protect her as a child despite having knowledge of what she was facing. Call on Governor Bill Lee to stop this execution and grant clemency. Take action now: bit.ly/4hgiuJ6
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Our latest report documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE and other federal agencies. Based on our findings, we're calling for ICE to be abolished, immediately. bit.ly/4iNlmzH
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Amnesty International Calls for ICE to Be Abolished After Documenting Widespread Human Rights Violations in Anti-Immigrant Operations
New report documents a chilling pattern of human rights violations across the U.S. intended to instill fear within migrant, asylum seeker and refugee communities.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEW REPORT: Amnesty International documented a wide range of human rights violations committed by ICE, Border Patrol and other federal agents during immigration enforcement operations. Read the full report → bit.ly/4yg3DWC
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Huthi de facto authorities in Yemen must immediately and unconditionally release lawyer Abdul Majid Sabra. bit.ly/4yNolNo
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Yemen: One Year On, Huthis Must Release Arbitrarily Detained Lawyer Abdul Majid Sabra
The Huthi de facto authorities in Yemen must immediately and unconditionally release Abdul Majid Sabra.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Ecuador's armed forces are not cooperating with criminal investigations into the enforced disappearance of ten people last year. bit.ly/4jk0qjW
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Ecuador: Militarization Continues and the Armed Forces Still Refuse to Cooperate
Ecuador's armed forces are not cooperating in criminal investigations into the enforced disappearance of ten people last year.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Human rights must be at the center of recovery efforts from Venezuela's earthquakes. bit.ly/4hIFbXS
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Venezuela: Three Months after the Earthquakes, Human rights-Centered Response Absent
Human rights must be at the center of recovery efforts from the earthquakes.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
38 civil society groups filed a brief in a lawsuit challenging US sanctions on the International Criminal Court. bit.ly/4AItXdE
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We said it before, we are going to say it again: A threat to annihilate an entire country may amount to a threat of genocide. www.amnestyusa.org/press-releas...
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200 Organizations and Experts Call for an End to Trump’s Threats of War Crimes and Commit to Pursuing Accountability
A threat to wipe out “a whole civilization” may amount to a threat of genocide.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
South Sudanese authorities must ensure that a conducive environment exists for people to vote and stand in elections. bit.ly/4yM9IK8
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South Sudan: Authorities Must Protect Civic Space Ahead of Scheduled National Elections
South Sudanese authorities must ensure that a conducive environment exists for people to vote and stand in elections.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
UEFA and FIFA should have suspended the Israel Football Association long ago, for its refusal to exclude clubs based in illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. bit.ly/4iHtmSX
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Europe: Israel’s Participation in the UEFA Nations League is a Betrayal of Palestinians, Football's Own Rules and Human Rights
UEFA and FIFA should have suspended the Israel Football Association long ago, for its refusal to exclude clubs based in illegal settlements.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🚨We need your help! 🚨 ⚠️ ICE intends to open another family detention center located on a toxic waste site in Alexandria, Louisiana, where children will be detained. We have a small and urgent window to stop it. ➡️ Send a letter to your lawmakers in Congress now: bit.ly/42MCLPP
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Laws like this create a chilling effect on free expression and undermine students' right to learn. Students have a right to learn, and we all have a right to free expression, including criticizing governments. www.columbiamissourian.com/opinion/gues...
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New Missouri law restricts what schools, students can say about Palestine and Israel
Complaints filed against schools would go to state education officials and then potentially to federal officials.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Pakistani authorities must stop misusing the justice system to target Imaan and Hadi. They must be released immediately and unconditionally, with no further charges to prolong their detention. bit.ly/4xyoovk
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Pakistan: Re-Arrest of Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha Is a Terrible Injustice
Imaan and Hadi must be released immediately and unconditionally, with no further charges to prolong their detention.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This decision is designed to punish the State of Palestine for pursuing international justice and accountability at international institutions. It must be reversed! bit.ly/4cRPkip
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U.S. State Department Must Reverse Decision to Ban Palestine Delegation from Attending UNGA Session in New York
This decision is designed to punish the State of Palestine for pursuing international justice and accountability at international institutions.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
These convictions give hope to thousands of victims of the Kosovo war who have waited for more than two decades to get justice. www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/k…
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Kosovo: War Crimes Convictions of Former President 'Shows Senior Officials Are Not Above the Law'
These convictions give hope to thousands of victims of the Kosovo war who have waited for more than two decades to get justice.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
No one should be silenced for speaking out against genocide.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The death penalty is a human rights failure. In this moment, we add our voice to people around the world who are asking Governor Lee to grant clemency to Christa Pike. bit.ly/4htdjHa
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Amnesty International Members Worldwide Urge Tennessee Governor Bill Lee to Stop the Execution of Christa Pike
Amnesty International members are speaking out because the use of the death penalty remains a human rights failure.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Algeria’s authorities must immediately abandon any plans to expand the scope of the death penalty or resume executions. bit.ly/4hqCOZE
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Algeria: Threats to Resume Executions after 30 Years Severe Blow to Human Rights
Algeria’s authorities must immediately abandon any plans to expand the scope of the death penalty or resume executions.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Al-Qaeda’s September 11th attacks were a crime against humanity that killed nearly 3000 people. The U.S. government responded with a campaign of widespread abuses against Muslim, Brown, and Black communities. www.amnestyusa.org/press-releas...
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25 Years Since 9/11, 25 Years of Injustice
Al-Qaeda’s September 11th attacks were a crime against humanity. The U.S. responded with a campaign of widespread abuses.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The persecution of the Tiananmen activists exposes the profound fear of dissenting voices that defines Hong Kong’s ‘national security’ regime. bit.ly/4r5PKYd
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Hong Kong: Sentencing of Tiananmen Activists a ‘Triple Tragedy’ and Affront to History
The persecution of the Tiananmen activists exposes the profound fear of dissenting voices that defines Hong Kong's ‘national security’ regime.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Al-Qaeda’s September 11th attacks were a crime against humanity that killed nearly 3000 people. The U.S. government responded with a campaign of widespread abuses against Muslim, Brown and Black communities. bit.ly/4xOjLOC
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25 Years Since 9/11, 25 Years of Injustice
Al-Qaeda’s September 11th attacks were a crime against humanity. The U.S. responded with a campaign of widespread abuses.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We call on Russia to immediately end all abusive practices involving the military recruitment of foreign nationals and their treatment in training centers and at the front line. bit.ly/3TsjWQR
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Russia: Recruitment of Foreign Nationals to Fight in Ukraine Amounts to Human Trafficking
Russia must end all abusive practices involving the military recruitment of foreign nationals and their treatment in training centers and at the front line.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Tunisian authorities must release prominent opposition politician Rached Ghannouchi, quash his convictions and end the politically motivated prosecutions against him. bit.ly/4gWiWfx
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Tunisia: Authorities Must Immediately Release Rached Ghannouchi Amid Severe Fair Trial Violations and Serious Health Concerns
Tunisian authorities must release prominent opposition politician Rached Ghannouchi.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
All states must make absolutely clear that they will no longer provide political, financial and military support that contributes to Israel’s serious and systematic violations of international law. bit.ly/4dbPEsf
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Israel/OPT: Settlement Trade Restrictions Must Be Followed by Further Concrete Measures to End Israel’s Unlawful Occupation and Apartheid
To truly tackle the violations stemming from illegal settlements states must go further; they must target the very infrastructure that funds, sustains and supports Israel’s unlawful occupation.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Following years of advocacy by civil society organizations, journalists and activists, Lebanon has passed a new media law that introduces important human rights-based reforms, but falls short of bringing all the changes needed. bit.ly/4hi6c4g
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Lebanon: New Media Law Makes Progress But Leaves Serious Free Expression Gaps
Lebanon has passed a new media law that introduces important human rights-based reforms, but falls short of bringing all the changes needed.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The reported abduction and brutal assault of Kananelo Boloetse raises serious concerns for the safety of journalists and human rights defenders in Lesotho. bit.ly/4iMqeFe
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Lesotho: Authorities Must Investigate Reported Abduction and Assault of Journalist Kananelo Boloetse
The reported abduction and brutal assault of Kananelo Boloetse is deeply alarming.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Meta contributed to adverse human rights impacts experienced by LGBTI people in Hungary through its policy decisions, and failed to take adequate steps to prevent the resulting harm. Read our new report below. bit.ly/4d1k800
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Hungary: Meta Failed to Stop Anti-LGBTI Content on Facebook
Risks to LGBTI people in Hungary were foreseeable and well documented, yet Meta did not adequately act on them.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The U.S./Israeli strikes in Tehran may constitute indiscriminate attacks and amount to war crimes. They must be the object of independent, impartial, effective and transparent investigations. bit.ly/4qXLGZU
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USA/Israel/Iran: Investigation into U.S.-Israeli Strikes on Tehran Neighborhoods Reveals Devastating Civilian Harm
These strikes may constitute indiscriminate attacks and amount to war crimes. They must be the object of independent, impartial, effective and transparent investigations.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This Labor Day, a reminder: Workers' rights are human rights. ✊ Every worker deserves fair pay, safe conditions, and respect.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This is a pivotal moment in human rights history. Rights are under attack around the world. But attacks on rights don’t have to win. We won’t back down. #HumanityMustWin
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The Tunis Court of Cassation’s decision to uphold these unjust convictions is a devastating blow to justice and an appalling indictment of the Tunisian justice system. bit.ly/3UCFTgn
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Tunisia: Upheld Convictions in Mass ‘Conspiracy Case’ a Travesty of Justice
The Tunis Court of Cassation’s decision to uphold these unjust convictions is a devastating blow to justice.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Israel’s shameless use of land seizure orders to dispossess Palestinians and accelerate the annexation of the occupied Palestinian territory must be stopped immediately. bit.ly/4gDydla
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Israel/ OPT: Israel Steps up Annexation Measures with Unlawful Land Seizure Orders in the Occupied West Bank
Israel’s shameless use of land seizure orders to dispossess Palestinians and accelerate the annexation of the occupied Palestinian territory must be stopped immediately.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
For one year, the U.S. military has carried out a campaign of extrajudicial killings at sea that has left more than 225 people dead. These murders must stop. Sign on to send your letter Congress in one click: bit.ly/4i93xeg
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Angolan women and children displaced by drought into Namibia face serious human rights abuses arising from a lack of safe and legal migration pathways for people forced across borders by natural disasters. bit.ly/4yeIKdO
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Namibia: Drought Displaced Angolans Face Human Rights Abuses
Angolan women and children displaced by drought into Namibia face human rights abuses from lack of safe migration pathways.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Belarusian authorities must remove the absurd and detrimental label of ‘extremist organizations’ from the European Humanities University (EHU) and other civil society groups. bit.ly/4zUaExy
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Belarus: Authorities Targeting European Humanities University Students Abroad and Their Families in Intensifying Crackdown
The Belarusian authorities must remove the absurd and detrimental label of ‘extremist organizations’ from the EHU and other civil society groups.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
For one year, the U.S. military has carried out a campaign of extrajudicial killings at sea that has left more than 225 people dead. We look forward to the day when the architects and perpetrators of this campaign are investigated and face justice. bit.ly/4yc7EuG
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Congress Must Stop Murderous Year-Long Campaign of Air Strikes at Sea
For nearly a year, the U.S. military has carried out a campaign of extrajudicial killings at sea that has left more than 225 people dead.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Meta's $18 billion settlement in a landmark child online safety case should be a turning-point for sweeping social media reforms. Major social media platforms have been designed to maximize engagement and profit, while failing to protect children's rights.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Luis Manuel should never have spent a single day in prison for his art, his activism, or for peacefully expressing his views. These letters are a reminder of what happens when a community refuses to let an artist’s voice disappear. bit.ly/4xn6757
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Cuba: More than 27,000 Solidarity Letters Reach Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara
Luis Manuel should never have spent a single day in prison for his art, his activism, or for peacefully expressing his views.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This settlement is a turning point not just for Meta, but all social media. Social media platforms must now change how they operate and fix their harmful features to protect children and young people. bit.ly/4qGifLY
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USA: Meta’s 18 Billion Dollar Settlement Should Be a Turning Point that Leads to Sweeping Social Media Reforms to Protect Children Online
Social media platforms must now change how they operate and fix their harmful features to protect children and young people.
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Amnesty International USA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The President is threatening to sue an organization unless they retract a report he doesn’t like. This tactic is a page pulled straight from the authoritarian playbook, and it must be called out and stopped. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...
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Trump Threatens Suit Over Report He Doesn’t Like, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic
It was the latest example of President Trump’s bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment.
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