#amnesty USA

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President Biden is running out of time to change course on human rights before his legacy is sealed.

Before his term ends, there are five crucial things he can do without Congress or anyone else. And WE can apply the pressure needed to make them happen!

Sign on to our letter urging President Biden to take action while he still can:

. Change course on Gaza: Stop all U.S. arms transfers to the government of Israel to protect civilians, ensure a ceasefire, and free all hostages

. Commute the death sentences of the 44 people on federal and military death row

. Rectify a long-standing case of injustice: free Indigenous elder and activist Leonard Peltier

. Transfer the 16 people cleared for release out of Guantánamo Bay to countries where their human rights will be respected

Take a human rights-first approach at the border: Prioritize, protect and fulfill the right to seek asylum

[kharmii]

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8c0ukBPJ6P/?igsh=MWlodHE0cjZ2MmZxcw==

Surprise surprise, the Pro Palis are partly paid for joining those disgusting rallies. I knew some of them were, but seeing this just… god I’m disgusted. Fucking @amnestyusa

Looks like Amnesty USA has a tumblr that stopped being active in 2019. Their last post was on Valentine's Day with caption: 'Love Trumps Hate' (Get it! Donald Trump is full of hate! -And they are full of looooooove. Ya know, when (x non-profit) rent-a-thugs go into any given city from out-of-state after a cop puts down a scumbag-of-color, they are full of loooove when they loot and burn local businesses).

My guess is they, -and entities like them- are operating with fake accounts now. They might be the ones putting out those stupid posts that make the dumb college kids' hearts bleed like, "Help me find a beautiful name for this puppy! We'll call it Hope! Oops it died! I should have called it Loooove..."

These non-profits must have powerful backers if they are allowed to work worldwide and be so highly organized, they are flooding every first world nation with 'cultural enrichers' plus rallying the cause heads in the exact same way no matter where in the world you go. What malicious entity bent on civilizational collapse is funding it all? Hopefully one day they get more loooove heaped on them than has ever been seen. It's only fair to get what you give.

[humanrightsupdates]

Urgent Action: ARBITRARILY DETAINED CRITIC RISKS HARSH SENTENCE (Egypt: UA 89.23)

Hisham Kassem, a prominent Egyptian opposition politician and publisher, is facing a sentence of up to three years in prison on defamation and other politically-motivated charges brought against him solely for the exercise of his right to freedom of expression, including for publicly criticising a former government minister.

On 22 August, Hisham Kassem’s lawyers learned that he was referred to trial by the Cairo Economic Misdemeanours Court on charges of slander, libel, insulting a public official and intentionally disturbing the authorities. If convicted, he faces up to three years of imprisonment, according to his lawyer.

The Egyptian authorities must stop using criminal defamation laws to muzzle dissidents and amend the Egyptian Penal Code and other relevant laws to bring them in line with Egypt’s obligations under international human rights law including by decriminalizing “insult” and “defamation” and treating “defamation” as a matter for civil litigation.

His trial has been marred by breaches of his right to adequate defence and other fair trial safeguards. A verdict is expected on 16 September. He must be immediately and unconditionally released.

TAKE ACTION: 

Write a letter in your own words or using the sample below as a guide to one or both government officials listed. You can also email, fax, call or Tweet them.

[historyforfuture]

The country of freedom and ridiculous democracy.

The moment of the violent arrest of the economics professor of Emory University Caroline Fohlinin in the state of Georgia

After these scenes, there must be a position for all universities around the world to stand with the people of Palestine in Gaza. All hypocritical authorities and rulers who support the Nazi terrorist Israelis must be confronted.

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[vyorei]

Live coverage of the 20th of November 2023 is now closed.

Here is a recap of today's major events.

It is 12am in Ireland now so I have to go to bed.

Tomorrow I will be working all day so I will be back to resume reports on Wednesday.

For continuous updates while I'm gone, click the link below:

[purplelalys]

LORAN Cole set to be executed next Thursday

Sign and share the petition

[drsonnet]

(Anadolu via Getty)

U.S.-Made Weapons Used by Government of Israel in Violation of International Law and U.S Law. “The evidence is clear and overwhelming: the government of Israel is using U.S.-made weapons in violation of international humanitarian and human rights law, and in a manner that is inconsistent with U.S. law and policy, said Klasing. “In order to follow U.S. laws and policies, the United States must immediately suspend any transfer of arms to the government of Israel.”

 U.S.-Made Weapons Used by Government of Israel in Violation of International Law and U.S Law  | Amnesty International USA (amnestyusa.org)

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Excerpts:

Powerful governments cast humanity into an era devoid of effective international rule of law, with civilians in conflicts paying the highest price

Rapidly changing artificial intelligence is left to create fertile ground for racism, discrimination and division in landmark year for public elections

Standing against these abuses, people the world over mobilized in unprecedented numbers, demanding human rights protection and respect for our common humanity

The world is reaping a harvest of terrifying consequences from escalating conflict and the near breakdown of international law, said Amnesty International as it launched its annual The State of the World’s Human Rights report today, delivering an assessment of human rights in 155 countries. Amnesty International also warned that the breakdown of the rule of law is likely to accelerate with rapid advancement in artificial intelligence (AI) which, coupled with the dominance of Big Tech, risks a “supercharging” of human rights violations if regulation continues to lag behind advances.

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“Israel’s flagrant disregard for international law is compounded by the failures of its allies to stop the indescribable civilian bloodshed meted out in Gaza. Many of those allies were the very architects of that post-World War Two system of law. Alongside Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine, the growing number of armed conflicts, and massive human rights violations witnessed, for example, in Sudan, Ethiopia and Myanmar – the global rule-based order is at risk of decimation.”

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“In an increasingly precarious world, unregulated proliferation and deployment of technologies such as generative AI, facial recognition and spyware are poised to be a pernicious foe – scaling up and supercharging violations of international law and human rights to exceptional levels,” said Agnès Callamard.

[eisho]

Who is the eivl?

Who is the terrorist?

Hamas fights armed forces but israeli forces bombs and shoots kids and mums . Very clear truth.

Breaking : Now Isrelaeli forces asks people of gaza to move towards Al Wehda st. Then shoots them and let them falling on land and no one can approash of the whole area . Any one that moves they shoot him .

Now the whole world knows and watch but no one reacts .

Is this fair ? Is the UN useful? Is there any use for the interntional criminal court ?!!!!!

Deaf and blind institutions

القوات الاسرائيليةتطلب من اهل غزة التحرك باتجاه شارع الوحدة ثم نطلق عليهم النار وتتركهم ملقون علي الارض مصابين ولا يسمحون لأحد بالاقتراب لانقاذهم وكل مايتحرك يطلقون عليه النار

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Read AIUSA’s latest report at: https://www.amnestyusa.org/amnesty-international-annual-report-2022-23-the-state-of-the-worlds-human-rights/

And visit our blog for latest news on AIUSA Group 342 (Chester County, PA, USA)

http://amnestyinternationalgroup342.blogspot.com/

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I'm convinced that Ireland's recent petition to the ICJ to expand and change the definition of "genocide" was either pre-planned or waiting for something like the Amnesty International report that recently came out. However, the report is problematic. It buries the lede in its executive summary, the first and maybe only part that many people read, that they disagree with the accepted standard for genocide and are expanding it.

This disagreement with the accepted definition and their intention to change it is on pages 101 and 102. A little over 100 pages later they admit to this action, which makes up the basis for their entire argument. There are four whole sections before this, two of which are their scope and methodology section and their background and context section. When making an argument for changing a well defined and established term and expanding its accepted definition you have to introduce the argument early on and work to establish it throughout your document.

Especially if its the crux of your entire position.

By pushing off this admittance until pages 101/102 and not even mentioning it in the executive summary it comes across as Amnesty International knew exactly that their argument was poor.

Surely when they get to it they provide a good argument backed up with sources and citations that they expand upon and explain and support them, right?

Nope.

One court case that they don't even go into in the section. Also, this is it. This is their entire section admitting that they disagree with the accepted definition and legal standard of genocide, that they are expanding it to encapsulate their standards, don't explain what those standards are, and cite one case that maybe supports their position.

One citation to support changing the definition and the legal framework surrounding it 101/102 pages into an almost 300 page document.

Any lawyer could easily get this argument thrown out. Any professor would toss out your paper for this. Journals, editors, publishers...you'd receive scathing critical feedback for this alone.

One citation to support your position to change the accepted definition and standards of a highly impactful and devastating act because you "feel" that it is happening and the standard is too "narrow".

In fact, the report alludes to other experts and literature that supposedly supports their position, but it is not included in this section that stands at the core of their argument. It's almost like finding people who also feel the same way are not actually evidence in the eyes of accepted standards, precedence, and evidence based practices and policy.

It'd be like someone in entomology saying they think spiders are actually insects because they feel that the definition of insects is too narrow, providing one citation, not explaining why that citation supports their position, and ignoring the whole body of literature that states otherwise.

And that's been my problem with the position of a lot of anti-Israel groups and individuals. It has been a subjective position based upon them feeling like this conflict is the worst thing ever and thus must constitute a genocide. There's a reason even the ICJ deemed it not a genocide but a conflict that could potentially become one.

Creating a report that is predicated on changing the definition of "genocide", burying the lede on the intention of doing so, and then (likely) having another country petition to change the definition based upon your report is shady behavior. We would all call it out if it was some Right Wing organization in the USA doing it towards another country, organization, or what have you. But again, Israel and, by extension and affiliation, Jews are held to a different standard than anyone else. That is what makes so many of these organizations and their actions antisemitic. None of this effort to goalpost and change the rules and definitions happens for any other country or people.

Only Israel, Israelis, and Jews.

And we know what happens when that occurs.

[humanrightsupdates]

Urgent Action: URGE PAROLE FOR NATIVE AMERICAN ACTIVIST (USA 16.19)

Native American activist Leonard Peltier (Bureau of Prisons Register Number 89637-132) has been imprisoned in the USA for nearly 50 years, some of which was spent in solitary confinement, for a crime he maintains that he did not commit. Now 79 years old, he suffers from several chronic health ailments, including one that is potentially fatal. He finally has a new parole hearing on June 10, which may be the last opportunity to grant his freedom. We urge the Commission to grant Leonard Peltier parole.

PLEASE TAKE ACTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE UNTIL: June 10, 2024

TAKE ACTION:

Write a letter in your own words or using the sample below as a guide to one or both government officials listed. You can also email, fax, call or Tweet them.

Click here to let us know the actions you took on Sixth Urgent Action 16.19. It’s important to report because we share the total number with the officials we are trying to persuade and the people we are trying to help

[historyforfuture]

The criminal zionist forces began destroying the west bank .

[proudzionist]

A ceasefire ? While hostages are still being held against there will ? NOPE !