China’s government classifies transgender people as mentally ill and places highly-restrictive requirements for accessing gender-affirming surgery.
As a result, transgender people are taking risky black market medicine, and using dangerous self-surgery: https://t.co/Goqo4zV5LX
In California, in 2018 alone, police shot and killed 115 people, more than any other state.
#AB392 is a bill in the state legislature that would restrict the use of deadly force. Take action to get it passed now: https://t.co/6g1DON6RxY #LetUsLive
A pride march at Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey was broken up by police using pepper spray, plastic bullets and tear gas. Reportedly 25 people were detained.
We condemn this intervention on a peaceful display of love and solidarity.
https://t.co/6N7nU8TC0O
After 500 days of unjust incarceration, Myanmar journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have been released.
The government must now release all other journalists and prisoners of conscience, and repeal laws that keep a chokehold on freedom of expression. https://t.co/fbYBN5dyfE
Today Amnesty activists are on Capitol Hill asking members of Congress to end US arms sales to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, and pass universal background checks for gun purchases.
Thank you to everyone joining #AmnestyLobby today! #YemenCantWait#EndGunViolence
With today’s tragedy at a synagogue in Poway, CA, thoughts and prayers are not enough.
Everyone has the human right to live and worship in safety, free from gun violence.
We need laws NOW that will keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. https://t.co/dZNtIVCodW
We are increasingly concerned by the treatment of Alejandra*, a transgender Salvadorian woman who has been detained by ICE since 2017.
Along with the TransLatin@ Coalition, and the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center, we call on ICE to stop her deportation: https://t.co/6xLava43Bs
The public deserves to know how many civilian casualties the U.S. government is responsible for in Raqqa. Survivors deserve acknowledgement, reparations, where appropriate, and assistance to rebuild.
We are working to make sure the truth is told: https://t.co/OmKguv21Uf
This mass execution is a chilling demonstration of the Saudi Arabian authorities’ callous disregard for human life, and of how the death penalty is being used as a political tool to crush dissent from the country’s Shi’a minority. https://t.co/fNf6rlUcdN
Asylum-seekers deserve respect and safety. But current U.S. policy denies thousands of asylum-seekers their rights - and in the case of this family, led to the torture and death of their daughter at the hands of gang members: https://t.co/U6RxEohJvK
The rate of men killing their partners with guns has increased two years running in the United States.
Laws to prevent gun violence are crucial to protect human rights, and ensure everyone can live free of fear. https://t.co/wRl1P4Mwp9
We stand in complete solidarity with Sri Lanka in its time of grief and extend our deepest sympathy to the victims, to their family, friends and communities.
These attacks are yet another reminder that we all need to take a unified stand against hatred. https://t.co/Si8BpDXaLS
Myanmar’s government is detaining hundreds of politically-motivated prisoners - including two journalists who just won the Pulitzer Prize.
But the Trump Admin. is doing nothing to support their release. A new bill, endorsed by Amnesty, could fix that. https://t.co/DNZGbpw3zS
Love wins! The outrageous ban on all LGBTI events in Ankara, Turkey has been lifted by an administrative appeals court’s ruling.
This is a momentous day for LGBTI people in Turkey and a huge victory for LGBTI rights activists. https://t.co/og0wReWtse
Iranian authorities must stop harassing, arresting and imprisoning women’s rights defenders peacefully protesting against Iran’s degrading and discriminatory forced veiling laws, and release those detained on this basis immediately and unconditionally. https://t.co/9UR0fPIvGW