Amnesty West

11/14/2025

09/24/2025

After our apartment was bombed, we tried to flee south but failed, returning to our ruined home only to be bombed again.

08/21/2025

Take the 10 Day Challenge and take action to address starvation in Gaza. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y9X7qda0951tX2MQc3hL-jsUk9L8D4bLqfelkxCOtP4/edit?tab=t.0

08/21/2025

DAY OF THE DISAPPEARED
Victims of enforced disappearance are people who have literally disappeared. Government officials (or someone acting with official consent) grabs them from the street or from home and then denies it, or refuses to say where they are. It is quite simply an abduction.
Attend this national webinar for Day of the Disappeared Sat. Aug 23 @11 AM Pacific They will also discuss troubling trends in our own country. https://www.amnestyusa.org/campaigns/enforced-disappearances/day-of-disappeared-sign-up/
Find out more about this world-wide phenomenon and take action to find people. https://amnestysacramento.org/disappeared/

06/21/2025

On this World Refugee Day, we stand up for refugees and all people seeking safety, and we fight for their rights to dignity and safety.

Illustration by Devon Blow

04/22/2025

Event for World Press Freedom Day in Carlsbad, California, May 3rd

04/10/2025

04/10/2025

What are the real effects of the Trump administration's immigration policies? How does shutting down asylum affect the lives of vulnerable people?

amnestyusa.org/lives-in-limbo--This video accompanies Amnesty International’s briefing based on a week-long research trip to Tijuana, Mexico, in February 202...

03/14/2025

Demand a permanent ceasefire in Gaza as well as justice for all civilians caught in the conflict. Click below to take action.

As human rights activists, we must urgently call on all to protect civilians in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories – and on our leaders to urgently take action to prevent further civilian bloodshed.

02/18/2025

In the final hour of his presidency, former President Biden announced that he was commuting the life sentence of Native American elder and activist Leonard Peltier to home confinement. In response to Leonard Peltier being released from prison today as a result of that commutation, Paul O’Brien executive director with Amnesty International USA said the following:
“Leonard Peltier’s release is the right thing to do given the serious and ongoing human rights concerns about the fairness of his trial, his nearly 50 years behind bars, his health and his age. While we welcome his release from prison, he should not be restricted to home confinement.”
Background
Leonard Peltier, Native American activist and member of the American Indian Movement (AIM), was finally released today following a commutation of his sentence from President Biden.
Amnesty International has examined Peltier’s case extensively for many years, sent observers to his trial in 1977, and long campaigned on his behalf.