Angie Hougas
October 2, 2016
1 GOOD NEWS
2 AI CANADA
3 AIUSA UPDATES
Surveillence
Middle East
Refugee Rights
Death Penalty Abolition
Regional Conferences, link of dates and info
4 MEDIA MENTIONS
5 REPORTS
1 GOOD NEWS (Keep writing your Urgent Action Letters!)
Egypt: Ahmed Abdullah (Urgent Action): Prisoner of conscience Ahmed Abdullah was released on bail after spending over four months in detention without trial in Egypt.
2 AI -CANADA
Guantanamo/Torture
· AIUSA met Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada and shared updates with Amnesty staff and coalition partners on AI Canada's work on torture accountability.
Here is an op-ed that Alex wrote (Alex is SG of AICAN) pertaining to Canada’s complicity in torture (specifically relating to Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad Abou-Elmaati and Muayyed Nureddin, as well as Maher Arar) and here is episode one of a three-part miniseries about torture accountability in which Alex's commentary is featured.
3 AIUSA UPDATES
Surveillance
· Senator McCain reintroduced legislation to expand the FBI’s surveillance authorities under the Patriot Act. In particular, it would expand the FBI’s ability to secretly demand that Internet companies provide them with users’ records without a court order, and gagging the companies from notifying the users, policymakers or the press. The records the FBI could get without a court order include web browsing history and logs of who you communicate with online via email, video and text; what services you subscribe to; and the times you sign in and out of your accounts. This FBI power is referred to as its National Security Letter (NSL) authority.
Middle East North Africa Advocacy
· Saudi Arabia / Yemen:
o First US Senate vote in recent history over arms sale to Saudi Arabia: Bill failed on 71-27 vote.
o Majority of Democrat senators voted for ban, only 10% of Republican senators did.
o Vote tally here: http://bit.ly/SaudiVote02
o Media coverage here: http://bit.ly/SaudiVote03
Refugee Rights
http://www.amnestyusa.org/
5 MEDIA MENTIONS
6 REPORTS
October 2, 2016
1 GOOD NEWS
2 AI CANADA
3 AIUSA UPDATES
Surveillence
Middle East
Refugee Rights
Death Penalty Abolition
Regional Conferences, link of dates and info
4 MEDIA MENTIONS
5 REPORTS
1 GOOD NEWS (Keep writing your Urgent Action Letters!)
Egypt: Ahmed Abdullah (Urgent Action): Prisoner of conscience Ahmed Abdullah was released on bail after spending over four months in detention without trial in Egypt.
2 AI -CANADA
Guantanamo/Torture
· AIUSA met Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada and shared updates with Amnesty staff and coalition partners on AI Canada's work on torture accountability.
Here is an op-ed that Alex wrote (Alex is SG of AICAN) pertaining to Canada’s complicity in torture (specifically relating to Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad Abou-Elmaati and Muayyed Nureddin, as well as Maher Arar) and here is episode one of a three-part miniseries about torture accountability in which Alex's commentary is featured.
3 AIUSA UPDATES
Surveillance
· Senator McCain reintroduced legislation to expand the FBI’s surveillance authorities under the Patriot Act. In particular, it would expand the FBI’s ability to secretly demand that Internet companies provide them with users’ records without a court order, and gagging the companies from notifying the users, policymakers or the press. The records the FBI could get without a court order include web browsing history and logs of who you communicate with online via email, video and text; what services you subscribe to; and the times you sign in and out of your accounts. This FBI power is referred to as its National Security Letter (NSL) authority.
Middle East North Africa Advocacy
· Saudi Arabia / Yemen:
o First US Senate vote in recent history over arms sale to Saudi Arabia: Bill failed on 71-27 vote.
o Majority of Democrat senators voted for ban, only 10% of Republican senators did.
o Vote tally here: http://bit.ly/SaudiVote02
o Media coverage here: http://bit.ly/SaudiVote03
Refugee Rights
- Illinois
- Vermont
- Ongoing
5 MEDIA MENTIONS
6 REPORTS
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Title: Nigeria: ‘You have signed your death
warrant’ : Torture and other ill treatment in the Special Anti-Robbery
Squad
Website link: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/afr44/4868/2016/en/
Title: Bangladesh: Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
Website link: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa13/4863/2016/en/
Title: United Arab Emirates (UAE): Appeal Case: Mohammed al-Roken
Website link: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde25/4889/2016/en/
Title: Morocco: Submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee 118th Session, 17 October-14 November 2016
Website link: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde29/4858/2016/en/
Title: Thailand: "Make him speak by tomorrow": Torture and other ill-treatment in Thailand: Executive Summary
Website ink: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa39/4746/2016/en/
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