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Salvadoran Alfredo Prieto Scheduled to be Executed in Virginia
Alfredo Prieto, a Salvadoran man, is scheduled to be executed in Virginia today, despite evidence that he has intellectual disability…
October 1, 2015
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Georgia Scheduled to Execute Kelly Gissendaner
Despite pleas from human rights organizations and a petition signed by 90,000 supporters, the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles…
September 29, 2015
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Shaker Aamer Transfer Long Overdue, Upends Guantanamo Myths
In response to reports that Saudi national Shaker Aamer will be transferred to the UK after being held without charge…
September 25, 2015
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Amnesty International USA Files Complaint Requesting Investigation of DOJ Response to CIA Torture Program
Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General requesting…
September 22, 2015
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Amnesty International USA Statement on Latest Albert Woodfox Developments
Today, Judge William G. Carmichael of Louisiana's 20th Judicial District Court held a hearing to lay the groundwork for a…
September 21, 2015
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Oklahoma Must Stop Scheduled Execution of Richard Glossip
Oklahoma is scheduled to execute Richard Glossip today despite the fact that his conviction is based on circumstantial evidence and…
September 16, 2015
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Oklahoma Issues Two-Week Stay of Execution for Richard Glossip
A state appeals court has granted a two-week stay of execution in the case of Richard Glossip, who was scheduled…
September 16, 2015
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International Human Rights Body Rules in Favor of Prisoner Nearly Executed by California
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IAHCR) ruled that the human rights of a former death row prisoner were violated…
September 15, 2015
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Amnesty International USA Responds to Ferguson Commission Report
A commission formed by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon to examine racial disparities and other social and economic conditions in the…
September 14, 2015
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Amnesty International USA Responds to Former CIA Officials’ Defense of Torture
Today, former CIA officials purported to respond to last year’s Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture by releasing a…
September 9, 2015
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Amnesty International USA Responds to DOJ Report on Ferguson Protest Response
A Department of Justice report found that police used unnecessary force when responding to protests in Ferguson, Mo. following the…
September 3, 2015
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Amnesty International USA Statement on Ongoing Incarceration of Albert Woodfox
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans heard oral argument in Albert Woodfox vs.…
September 2, 2015