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Responding to plans announced by U.S. President Donald J. Trump to sign an executive order “to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States”, Joanne Lin, the national advocacy director of Amnesty International USA, said: “While the scope of Trump’s new proposed policy is unclear, the message it sends is: the President is manipulating a pandemic to …
Continue reading “Trump’s proposal to “halt immigration” is fuelled by bigotry and xenophobia”
Responding to news that Donald Trump is moving to formally exit the Paris climate agreement, making the US the only country in the world not to be part of the pact, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Kumi Naidoo said: “Selfish, reckless and monstrous, the continued attempt to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement is …
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump must use their upcoming summit in Helsinki to tackle the world’s most urgent human rights issues and restore their nations’ credibility as responsible international players, Amnesty International said ahead of the meeting between the Russian and US presidents in Finland’s capital on Monday. The organisation calls on the two leaders …
Ahead of planned protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territories later today, and in the wake of the deaths of four Palestinian protesters and the injuring of hundreds of others in the last two weeks, Amnesty International is calling on the Israeli authorities to put an end to the excessive force that has been part of …
Continue reading “Israel/OPT: Military must end excessive force to avoid further bloodshed”
In response to reports that President Trump has threatened to withhold aid to countries if they vote for a resolution condemning the United States decision recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Raed Jarrar, advocacy and government relations director for the Middle East at Amnesty International USA, made the following statement: “President Trump is doubling …
Continue reading “Trump: Threat to withhold aid over Jerusalem vote is ‘bullying’”
Australia’s bipartisan condemnation of President Trump’s move welcomed Condemning yesterday’s announcement by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, that the US is recognising unified Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and will move its embassy there, Amnesty International USA’s Middle East Advocacy Director, Raed Jarrar, said: “This is a reckless and provocative decision …
In response to President Trump’s new Executive Order to reinstate the suspension of the USA’s refugee resettlement programme and establish a temporary travel ban on people from six majority-Muslim countries, Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, said: “President Trump’s determined efforts to slam the door on those fleeing the very terror he claims to be fighting …
Continue reading “Trump’s revised travel ban will stir hatred and division”
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull must use his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to clarify that the Australian Government opposes the construction of Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Prime Minister Netanyahu has arrived in Sydney, after meeting US President Donald Trump last week. So far this year Israel has authorised more than 6,200 new …
The Australian Government’s refusal to condemn President Trump’s hateful actions, effectively blocking tens of thousands of people seeking safety, must be called out for what it really is – shameful, Amnesty International said. According to media reports, in response to Trump’s Executive Order banning entry to the USA for refugees from war-torn countries such as …
Continue reading “The Australian Government must condemn not support Trump’s hateful actions”
In reaction to President Trump’s Executive Order to effectively prevent refugees from seeking resettlement in the USA, Salil Shetty, Secretary General at Amnesty International said: “President Trump’s Executive Order effectively blocking those fleeing war and persecution from war-torn countries such as Syria, from seeking safe haven in the USA are an appalling move with potentially …
Continue reading “Trump’s policy decisions blocking refugees puts hateful rhetoric into action”
