# Issa Amro

> Issa Amro is a Palestinian activist based in Hebron, West Bank. He is the co-founder and former coordinator (2007–2018) of the grassroots group Youth Against Settlements. Amro advocates the use of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience to fight the Israeli Occupation of the Palestinian Territories. In 2010, he was declared "human rights defender of the year in Palestine" by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights In 2013, the United Nations Human Rights Council expressed concern for his wellbeing and safety due to numerous accounts of harassment from Israeli soldiers and settlers and a series of arbitrary arrests. At present, Amro is being indicted by the Israeli military court with 18 charges against him. In May 2017, Bernie Sanders along with three U.S. senators and 32 congressmen wrote to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to urge Israeli authorities to reconsider the charges against Amro.

*Palestinian human rights activist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/issa-amro

## Identity
- **Born:** 1980-04-13
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 44.0 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 7.6 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 50.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 45.0 / 100

## Platforms
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## Sources
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27727702)

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