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Pakistan to hit shameful milestone of 300 executions less than a year after returning to the death penalty
Pakistan will imminently have executed 300 people since it lifted a moratorium on executions, shamefully sealing its place among the…
November 24, 2015
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Iran: Authorities must stop execution of young man convicted of murder in unfair trial
The execution of a 25-year-old man who has been sentenced to death after an unfair trial lacking basic safeguards would…
November 23, 2015
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UN expert working group highlights Saudi Arabia’s appalling record on unlawful detention of peaceful activists
A UN Working Group has determined that the Saudi Arabian authorities have arbitrarily detained nine peaceful activists in blatant violation…
November 23, 2015
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Edwards and Landry Must Tackle Criminal Justice Reform in Louisiana
Following Saturday’s run-off election in Louisiana, Jasmine Heiss, Amnesty International USA’s Senior Campaigner for Individuals at Risk, released the following…
November 22, 2015
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Amnesty International USA Calls on Attorney General Caldwell to Release Albert Woodfox Immediately
In the wake of the recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Albert Woodfox,…
November 20, 2015
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Syria: Fears for life of free expression advocate
Bassel Khartabil, a defender of freedom expression being held in conditions amounting to enforced disappearance may be facing a death…
November 20, 2015
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Refugee Crisis: Balkans border blocks leave thousands discriminated against and stranded in Greece
New border control rules implemented almost simultaneously by the governments of Macedonia, Serbia and Croatia over the past 48 hours…
November 20, 2015
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Mali: Armed group’s horrific siege of international hotel shows utter disregard for human life
The despicable attack on civilians at the Radisson hotel in Mali’s capital Bamako by members of the armed group Al…
November 20, 2015
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Israel/OPT: All deliberate attacks on civilians reprehensible and unjustified
There can be no justification for a spate of deliberate deadly attacks by Palestinians on civilians over the past week…
November 20, 2015
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Congress Should Stop Playing Politics with Refugees’ Lives
In response to today’s vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to erect barriers for Syrian and Iraqi refugees fleeing…
November 20, 2015
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Marcus Ray Johnson Set to be Executed in Georgia
The state of Georgia is scheduled to execute Marcus Ray Johnson this evening. Johnson was convicted of a 1994 rape…
November 19, 2015
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Amnesty International creates a new way to use Dubsmash, featuring recordings from Malala Yousafzai, Sir Patrick Stewart, and Pussy Riot
Amnesty International has partnered with Ogilvy & Mather to create Freedom Voices, a new category on the popular Dubsmash app.…
November 19, 2015