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Zeke Johnson

Zeke Johnson is the Director of Amnesty International USA's Security & Human Rights Campaign.
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Scott Edwards

Scott Edwards is Managing Director of Crisis Prevention and Response at Amnesty International USA.
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Brian Evans

Brian Evans is the Director of Amnesty International USA’s Death Penalty Abolition Campaign.
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Geoffrey Mock

Geoffrey Mock is Egypt country specialist and chair of the Middle East County Specialists for AIUSA.
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Christoph Koettl

Christoph Koettl is the Emergency Response Manager at Amnesty International USA and works on urgent human rights situations such as armed conflicts. In his work he focuses on exploring the intersection of technology and human rights, specializing in utilizing satellite imagery or citizen video for human rights research and advocacy. He previously worked and studied in Austria, the Netherlands and Italy and holds an MA in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). His expertise is in International Humanitarian Law, conflict analysis, crisis mapping, video validation and social media forensics and he is a regular speaker on technology and human rights. He has testified on war crimes in Sri Lanka before the United States Congress and his work is covered regularly by numerous national and international media, including Associated Press, BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera and Reuters.
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Vienna Colucci

Vienna Colucci is Director of Policy at Amnesty International USA.
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Nazanin Boniadi

As an official spokesperson for Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) since 2009, British-Iranian actress and activist Nazanin Boniadi has worked at a grassroots level and has also appeared on international TV and radio programs to campaign for the rights of disenfranchised populations across the world. In particular, Nazanin has been very involved in bringing attention to the unjust conviction and treatment of Iranian youth, women and prisoner's of conscience.
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Edith Garwood

Edith Garwood is the Amnesty International USA Country Specialist for Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the Palestine (State of).
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Jim McDonald

Sri Lanka country specialist for Amnesty International USA.
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Elise Auerbach

Elise Auerbach is the Iran and Jordan country specialist for Amnesty International USA.
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Simon Maghakyan

Simon Maghakyan was the South Caucasus country specialist and Eurasia Cogroup co-chair at Amnesty International USA from 2008 to 2014.
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Sarah Hager

Sarah Hager is a volunteer leader at Amnesty International USA, serving as Chair of the Southern Africa Co-Group where she guides the efforts of Country Specialists monitoring human rights in twelve countries.
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Kathryn R. Striffolino

Kathryn Striffolino is the Advocate & Science for Human Rights Project Coordinator for Crisis Prevention and Response at Amnesty International USA.
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Govind Acharya

Govind Acharya is a Country Specialist in the South Asia Coordination Group.
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Cristina Finch

Cristina M. Finch currently serves as the managing director for the women’s human rights program at Amnesty International USA.
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Rafia Zakaria

Rafia Zakaria is a member of the Board of Directors and Country Specialist for Amnesty International USA.
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Alireza Azizi

Alireza Azizi is Amnesty International USA's Country Specialist for Yemen, Qatar and United Arab Emirates
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Howard Eissenstat

Howard Eissenstat is an Associate Professor of History at St. Lawrence University, in Canton, NY as well as serving as a Country Specialist on Turkey for Amnesty International USA.
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Sunjeev Bery

Sunjeev Bery serves as Advocacy Director for Middle East North Africa issues at Amnesty International USA.
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Michael O'Reilly

Michael O'Reilly is the Senior Campaign Director, Individuals at Risk at Amnesty International USA.
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Frank Jannuzi

Frank Jannuzi is the Deputy Executive Director of Amnesty International USA and head of the Washington, D.C. office.
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Lisa Schechtman

Lisa Schechtman is a member of Amnesty International USA's Women's Human Rights Coordinating Group.
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Lyric Thompson

Lyric Thompson is a member of Amnesty International USA's Women's Human Rights Coordinating Group.
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Simon Billenness

Simon Billenness is a member of Amnesty USA's Business & Human Rights Group, an expert group of volunteers who support the organization's work on corporate accountability for human rights abuses.
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Leila Chacko

Leila Chacko is an Amnesty International USA country specialist for Vietnam, Japan and the Pacific Islands.
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Adotei Akwei

Adotei Akwei is Managing Director, Government Relations for Amnesty International USA.
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Larry Ladutke

Larry Ladutke is the Country Specialist for El Salvador and a Chair of the Central America Co-Group.
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Samir Goswami

Samir Goswami is the Managing Director of the Individuals and Communities at Risk Program at Amnesty International USA.
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Jasmine Heiss

Jasmine Heiss is an Individuals & Communities at Risk Campaigner at Amnesty International USA.
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Justin Mazzola

Justin Mazzola is an attorney and Researcher with Amnesty International USA.
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Steven Hawkins

Steven W. Hawkins, Former Executive Director of Amnesty International USA.
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Julia Drost

Julia Drost is the Policy & Advocacy Associate for the Women’s Human Rights Program at Amnesty International USA
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Cammie Croft

Cammie Croft is Amnesty International USA's Deputy Executive Director of Digital and Strategic Communications.
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Marselha Gonçalves Margerin

Marselha Gonçalves Margerin serves as Advocacy Director for the Americas at Amnesty International USA.
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Tarah Demant

Tarah Demant is the Senior Director of the Identity and Discrimination Unit at Amnesty International USA.
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Naureen Shah

Naureen Shah is the Director of Security with Human Rights at Amnesty International USA
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Jamira Burley

Senior Campaigner, Gun Violence and Criminal Justice, Amnesty International USA
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James Clark

James Clark is the senior campaigner on the death penalty at Amnesty International USA.
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Larry Fellows

Larry Fellows III is a Young Leader Fellow at Amnesty International USA and a Community organizer and leader in Ferguson
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Jiva Manske

Jiva Manske is the Managing Director for Activism at Amnesty International USA.
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Rachel O'Leary

Rachel O'Leary is the Amnesty International USA deputy executive director for field, activism, member engagement and events
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Noor Mir

Noor Mir is a Field Organizer for Amnesty International USA
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Sunil Oommen

Sunil Oommen is the Managing Director of Major Gifts at Amnesty International USA
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Sara Golden

Sara Golden is the Direct Response Coordinator for Amnesty International USA
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Anupriya Ghate

Digital Campaign Strategist for Amnesty International USA
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Marvin Bing

Marvin Bing is the National Director Art For Amnesty at Amnesty International USA.
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Kaitlyn Denzler

Women's Rights Campaigner, Identity and Discrimination Unit at Amnesty International USA
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Aquib Yacoob

Amnesty International USA Young Leaders Fellow
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Ernest Coverson

Ernest Coverson has spent over 15 (volunteer & professional) years working in domestic and international advocacy with expertise in political campaigning, social justice and community organizing. Ernest joined Amnesty International USA in 2010 as Field Organizer for the Midwest Region, where he is responsible for the training, organizing and mobilization of the volunteer member force within seven states.
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Eric Ferrero

Deputy Executive Director, Strategic Communications and Digital Initiatives
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Avram Reisman

Avram Reisman serves as the Middle East and North Africa Campaign Fellow at Amnesty International USA.
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Margaret Huang

Executive Director
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