Amnesty International Group 151, Boston

06/13/2026

Watching the ?

So are we.

Millions of football fans attending the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the USA risk coming face to face with troubling attacks on human rights, not least those stemming from abusive and deadly US immigration policies.

Severe restrictions on freedom of expression and peaceful protest threaten the “safe, welcoming and inclusive” tournament promised by .

Football cannot ‘unite the world’ while mass deportations continue to devastate families and spread fear and division, or while people are prevented from expressing themselves freely.

06/11/2026

Entire Palestinian communities across Area C of the occupied West Bank are being erased from lands they have lived on for generations by Israel's accelerating policy of ethnic cleansing and annexation.

Sign the petition and call on world leaders to halt Israel's ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank now and end its unlawful occupation: https://amn.st/6189B8Fk6c

06/08/2026

With just a few days before the Men’s World Cup kicks off, thousands of fans from around the world risk being shut out of one of the biggest sporting events on the planet.

Many have waited a long time and saved to pursue their dream of seeing their nations compete in the tournament. Instead of cheering from the stands, many are facing travel bans, visa denials, and threats of aggressive immigration enforcement from the US.

With several participating countries subject to a US travel ban, and ongoing racial profiling and arbitrary arrests by ICE and other federal agencies, the country’s draconian immigration policies threaten to spill over into an event that is meant to bring people together - not tear us apart.

The World Cup belongs to us all. There is no World Cup without the world.

Humanity Must Win.

06/04/2026

Hungary could be a picture of what America could be post-Trump as their new Prime Minister Peter Magyar is embracing the nation's LGBTQ+ community. Under the reign of ultra right wing, Viktor Orban, Budapest's Pride parade was banned by the national government in 2025.

Last year the mayor of Budapest got charged by Orban's government for letting the rally go on anyway. The march also served as a flash point for those who wanted to stand against the oppressive Orban with a number of activists and politicians attending the 2025 event. But now due to Magyar, the LGBTQ+ people of Hungary can celebrate and be in community without fear of persecution.

06/04/2026

Today marks the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Crackdown.

No amount of censorship and suppression by the Chinese government can erase or rewrite the truth of the crackdown or silence the calls for accountability.

For 37 years, instead of acknowledging its human rights violations and delivering justice for the victims, the Chinese government has been doubling down — surveilling victims' families and arresting and jailing those who simply stand in solidarity with them.

Yet, covering up bloodshed does not make it disappear. From mainland China to Hong Kong to diaspora communities worldwide, people continue to keep the memory of 4 June alive with creativity and resilience.

The families of the victims and the people of Hong Kong will not walk alone.

This year, Amnesty International handed over tens of thousands of petitions to the Hong Kong government, while supporters in Belgium, Canada, Switzerland, and Taiwan are joining solidarity actions on and around 4 June.

We stand in solidarity with families demanding justice and a full investigation into the crackdown and call for the immediate release of Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan — already detained for over four years simply for keeping the memory of 4 June alive.

06/04/2026

Human rights groups and lawyers say ‘voluntary migration’ policy amounts to ethnic cleansing

06/04/2026

06/03/2026

06/02/2026

Here's a post from April 2024

We, the undersigned civil society organisations, are extremely concerned by developments threatening the safety and wellbeing of detained feminist and fitness instructor Manahel al-Otaibi. On 14 April 2024, when al-Otaibi was finally able to contact her family after having been forcibly disappeared....