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FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2018, file photo, candles, lit by activists, protesting the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, are placed outside Saudi Arabia's consulate, in Istanbul, during a candlelight vigil. President Donald Trump is facing mounting pressure to sternly rebuke Saudi Arabia over the death of Khashoggi. So far, Trump is resisting calls to harshly reprimand the close U.S. ally. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

Amnesty says Saudi activists beaten, tortured in detention

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

Artists from ArtLords organization, paint a mural of journalists who have been killed during the year of 2018, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. It's the first in a series of murals planned by Amnesty International and the Artlords collective to highlight the work of Afghan activists, teachers, lawyers, students, trade unionists and others. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Kabul mural honors AFP photographer slain in IS bombing

Associated Press

Human rights group: Employee targeted with Israeli spyware

By RAPHAEL SATTER - Associated Press

Human rights group: Employee targeted with Israeli spyware

By RAPHAEL SATTER - Associated Press

In this May 11, 2017, file photo, a former detainee covers his face for fear of being detained again, as he shows how he was kept in handcuffs and leg shackles while held in a secret prison at Riyan airport in the Yemeni city of Mukalla. In a report released Thursday, July 12, 2018, Amnesty International called for an investigation into alleged disappearances, torture and likely deaths in detention facilities in southern Yemen as possible war crimes. (AP Photo/Maad El Zikry, File)

Amnesty urges ‘war crimes’ probe on UAE-run prisons in Yemen

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Rohingya refugees shower outside their tents on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, in Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Amnesty Intl urges trials for Myanmar military over Rohingya

By VERENA DOBNIK - Associated Press

FILE -- In this July 26, 2017 file photo, a U.S. soldier stands near Syrian children on a road that leads to Raqqa, Syria. Amnesty International, in a report Tuesday, June 5, 2018, accused the U.S. and its allies of showing little regard for civilians' lives while attacking the Syrian city that was once the self-styled capital of the Islamic State group. The report said that the U.S.-led coalition's 2017 assault on Raqqa killed hundreds of civilians and reduced sections of the city to rubble. A coalition spokesman calls the allegations &quot;absurd and grossly inaccurate.&quot; (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Rights group says U.S.-led coalition destroyed Syrian city

By PHILIP ISSA - Associated Press

UN: Teenage girl alleges sex abuse by peacekeeper in CAR

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Secretary General of Amnesty International Salil Shetty shows the 2016/2017 Amnesty International report during a press conference, in Paris, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Amnesty International blames Donald Trump, others in global rollback of human rights

By John Leicester - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, July 16, 2016, file photo, Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha waves as he arrives for a group photo of leaders at the 11th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Prayuth defended the military detention of &quot;so-called political prisoners,&quot; saying they are given good housing and food, but that they sometimes complain about things like the quality of air conditioning. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Amnesty’s Thailand torture allegations spark arrest threat

By NATNICHA CHUWIRUCH - Associated Press

In this Dec. 9, 2015 file photo made from video footage provided by the Russian Defense Ministry, a Russian Su-34 bomber drops bombs on a target. A new report by a human rights watchdog group accuses Russia of using cluster munitions and unguided bombs on civilian areas in Syria in attacks that it says have killed hundreds of people. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

Accusations grow against Russia over Syria civilian killings

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

People carrying red umbrellas march through downtown Skopje, Macedonia, marking the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013. A group of sex workers, supported by members of non-government organizations, rallied Tuesday demanding rights for the sex workers and destigmatization of their profession. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski/File)

The dark road to decriminalization: Why tolerating prostitution is dangerous

By Maggie Lawson - Catholic News Agency

Rep. Robert Aderholt, Alabama Republican, has introduced legislation to counter President Obama's executive amnesty proposal. (Robert Aderholt)

New legislation against executive amnesty from Aderholt and King gains momentum

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Sen. Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Republican, said the GOP should work to repeal the Affordable Care Act "step by step," saying the speed of the changes will depend on how large the Republican majority is in the House. Others still argue for a full repeal of the presidents signature health law. (Associated Press Photographs)

PHILLIPS: Senator Amnesty doubles down on stupid

By Judson Phillips

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 11, 2014 file photo, Dr. Darwish Khan examines two year-old Syrian refugee Mohammed al-Omar at a medical clinic in the town of Kab Elias in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. International watchdog, London-based Amnesty International, says Syrian refugees in Lebanon are going without treatment for chronic illnesses like diabetes and cancer because of a shortfall in funding to provide them with medical care in a report released Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Amnesty said the over 1 million Syrian refugees have overwhelmed resources in neighboring Lebanon. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

Watchdog: Syrians lack medical care in Lebanon

By BARBARA SURK - Associated Press

Campaign signs for Speaker John Boehner and one of his opponents, J.D. Winteregg, are posted on a road leading to a polling location, Tuesday, May 6, 2014, in West Chester, Ohio. Statewide a number of incumbent Republican lawmakers in Ohio face challengers in Tuesday's primary as they try to keep their seats this fall in the Statehouse and the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

HUMPHRIES: Riding the bullet train to Amnestyville

By Rusty Humphries

A protester burns tires on the street during a protest against President Michel Martelly's government in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday April 15, 2014. Those demonstrating called for the resignation of Martelly.( AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Amnesty: Haiti human rights activist threatened

By TRENTON DANIEL - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad gestures as he speaks during an interview with a Russian newspaper in Damascus, Syria. (AP Photo/SANA, File)

Amnesty International says Syria guilty of war crimes for food blockade

By Jessica Chasmar and Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Marabou Husein Aba Ali reads prayers at the mosque at PK12, the last checkpoint at the exit of the town, Tuesday Feb. 11, 2014, where he and 3500 other Muslims have sought refuge from sectarian violence, awaiting for transport from Bangui, Central African Republic, to neighboring Chad. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Amnesty, UN: CAR Muslim exodus ‘ethnic cleansing’

By KRISTA LARSON - Associated Press