As we enter a new year, we await the introduction of human rights bills in Congress.
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Support the people of Artsakh
Azerbaijan has blocked the only road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh (known as Artsakh in Armenian) to Armenia and the outside world since December 12. This most recent aggression leaves 120,000 people in Artsakh under siege, unable to access medical supplies, food and fuel as the region experiences harsh winter conditions.
Please sign this emergency letter to President Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging them to take action.
Help end Uyghur genocide
‣ Work to withdraw government and institutional investments into corporate entities with a level of complicity, often through forced labor or the surveillance state. ‣ Support robust implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), especially the expansion of the UFLPA Entity List. Promote domestic production of goods allegedly or proven to be made with Uyghur forced labor. ‣ Combat legislation that would weaken enforcement of the UFLPA and push for strong oversight.
Promote longstanding peace and supply access in Tigray
‣ Pass legislation to further protect fragile peace in Ethiopia. ‣ Expand Magnitsky sanctions on any actor or organization working to counter sustainable peace in the region. ‣ Support the collection and preservation of evidence of potential crimes against humanity, war crimes and any other atrocity crimes and make a genocide determination. ‣ Endorse rehabilitation services for groups suffering prolonged starvation, sexual violence and lack of medicine. ‣ Withhold or discourage international monetary institution funding support directly to the government of Ethiopia until unfettered aid delivery and restoration of all services in Tigray.
Uplift Rohingya human rights
‣ Authorize increased humanitarian assistance for Rohingya refugees and support civil society and independent media. ‣ Support additional targeted sanctions and visa denials for military officials implicated in human rights abuses, holding them accountable for the atrocities and calling for increased sanctions enforcement and coordination within existing U.S. sanctions ‣ Promote international transitional justice mechanisms for Burma, including ad hoc and hybrid tribunals, and calls on the U.S. government to use its leadership to assist in the creation and operation of such mechanisms. ‣ Restore full citizenship for the Rohingya people and call for a safe, dignified, and voluntary repatriation process with input from the Rohingya community. ‣ Place entities supporting Burma’s continued junta occupation on the US Entity List or an equivalent/appropriate designation to prevent US economic support of the brutal junta and their atrocities upon the Burmese people.