Monday, September 26, 2016

Amnesty Insider - NEWSLETTER September

Amnesty International
September 2016
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INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S NOTE

I’m more energized than ever about the campaign for the rights of refugees that we’ll wage over the next couple of years, having just hosted the heads of Amnesty International from other countries for high-level meetings with U.S. government officials, journalists, and nonprofit groups. The head of Amnesty in Kenya talked about the world’s largest refugee camp, which is about to close. The head of Amnesty in Hungary told us about a referendum set for next month for the public to vote on whether the country should accept refugees. The head of Amnesty in Mexico talked about the huge influx of refugees from Central America. And a senior leader of Amnesty in Australia talked about corruption and human rights abuses in a refugee camp there. We were honored to convene our counterparts from other countries. It was a reminder of how important our work is – and what a singularly unique role Amnesty plays, with your partnership.

Take a look at what we got up to.

Margaret Huang
Interim Executive Director
Amnesty International USA



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