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Press Release
Tunisia: Repressive Crackdown on Civil Society Organizations Following Months of Escalating Violence Against Refugees and Migrants
The Tunisian government has launched an unprecedented repressive clampdown against migrants, refugees, and human rights defenders working to protect their rights, as well as journalists.
May 16, 2024
Press Release
CBP One Mobile Application Violates the Rights of People Seeking Asylum in the United States
Mandatory use of the CBP One app as the sole means of seeking asylum in the U.S. is a violation of international human rights and refugee law.
May 9, 2024
Report
CBP One – A Blessing or a Trap?
Amnesty International examined the human rights issues associated with the use of CBP One, a mobile application launched by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
May 9, 2024
Press Release
Amnesty International Challenges President Biden to Abandon Cruel Anti-Immigrant ProposalsÂ
President Biden needs to find the political courage to rise above the growing tide of xenophobia and return to his promise to push for common-sense solutions that center safety and human rights.
February 28, 2024
Press Release
Executive Action Restricting the Right to Seek Asylum Would Lead to More Death, Suffering, and Chaos at the Border
These proposed changes by the Biden Administration would undoubtedly violate both U.S. and international human rights law.
February 22, 2024
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Reaction to Senate Deal that Guts Asylum Rights
Human rights are not bargaining chips. People have the human right to seek asylum. Senators must not trade away the human rights of immigrants and people seeking safety.
February 5, 2024
Press Release
Global: Amnesty International Publishes an Introduction to Defending the Rights of Refugees and Migrants in the Digital Age
Technology developments in asylum and migration management systems becoming key human rights concern; have discriminatory impact on refugees, migrants and asylum seekers.
February 5, 2024
Report
Defending the Rights of Refugees and Migrants in the Digital Age
Digital technology interventions are increasingly shaping and delivering the migration management and asylum policies of states.
February 5, 2024
Press Release
Urgently Investigate Inhumane Treatment and Enforced Disappearance of Palestinian Detainees from Gaza
Amnesty International is deeply concerned for the fate of Palestinians from the occupied Gaza Strip detained by Israeli forces amid reports of mass enforced disappearances.
December 20, 2023
Press Release
Congress Urged to Not Gut Asylum System
Amnesty International responds to Congress and the White House negotiating the inclusion of nationwide expedited removal and a gutting of the U.S. asylum system in the federal supplemental funding bill.
December 8, 2023
Press Release
Report-out from Delegation of Civil and Human Rights Leaders Visiting US-Mexico Border
On Friday, May 12, at 1 pm CT/2 pm ET, members of a senior delegation of human rights leaders led by the Haitian Bridge Alliance will brief reporters on their trip to the U.S.-Mexico border during the lifting of Title 42 and replacement with a new Biden administration asylum ban.
May 12, 2023
Press Release
Mandatory Use of CBP One Mobile Application Violates Right to Seek Asylum
The mandatory use of the CBP One mobile application as the sole means of entering the United States to seek international protection is a clear violation of international human rights law, Amnesty International said today.
May 9, 2023