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Press Release
Amnesty International Urges Texas to Grant Clemency to Man Facing Execution for Crime Committed as Teenager
Anthony Haynes, a 33-year-old African-American man, was sentenced to death in 1999 for the fatal shooting of white off-duty police officer Kent Kincaid a year earlier, and now faces execution in Texas.
October 4, 2012
Update
A Shell Game: Kiobel vs Royal Dutch Petroleum
The Kiobel vs Royal Dutch Shell Petroleum case at the Supreme Court is poised to determine the future of US legal remedies for human rights abuses.
October 3, 2012
Update
President Obama Keeps a Yemeni Journalist in Jail
For speaking out about a US drone attack that killed 41 people, a Yemeni journalist was targeted by the Yemen government. When it appeared he would be released, President Obama got involved.
October 3, 2012
Press Release
Serbian Prime Minister’s Ban on Belgrade Pride Violates Constitutional Protection of Freedom of Expression
The decision by Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic to ban Belgrade’s Pride March for the second year in a row puts the country in breach of its own law and constitution.
October 3, 2012
Press Release
Bangladeshi Minority Communities Must Be Protected and Arsonists Must be Brought to Justice
The perpetrators of arson attacks on temples and Buddhist villages in the south of Bangladesh must be brought to justice and steps need to be taken to ensure ethnic minorities are protected, Amnesty International said.
October 3, 2012
Update
300th Person Exonerated By DNA Evidence in US
Damon Thibodeaux is the 300th person exonerated by DNA evidence, and the 18th person freed from death row by such evidence. He confessed falsely to the crime.
October 2, 2012
Update
Balaclavas in Action
Balaclavas take the world by storm protesting the unjust imprisonment of Pussy Riot. [PHOTO GALLERY]
October 2, 2012
Report
Brutality Unpunished and Unchecked: Egypt’s Military Kill and Torture Protesters with Impunity
Egypt's army repeatedly used unnecessary and excessive force, including lethal force, to disperse peaceful demonstrations.
October 2, 2012
Report
Agents of Repression: Egypt’s Police and the Case for Reform
Amnesty's new report highlights serious breaches of human rights by policy in Egypt, and makes the case for police reform.
October 2, 2012
Press Release
Six Bahraini Medical Staff Jailed for Exercising Right to Expression Must Be Released Immediately
Six Bahraini medical staff were jailed on Monday for their role in last year’s pro-reform uprising in Bahrain.
October 2, 2012
Press Release
Key Human Rights Challenge to 2012 U.S. Presidential Candidates
Amnesty International is challenging the 2012 U.S. presidential candidates to commit to a set of 12 human rights goals that will help secure the place of human rights in their administrations.
October 2, 2012
Press Release
Killing of Maldivian Parliament Member “Shocking Act of Violence”
Amnesty International condemns the killing of Dr. Afrasheem Ali, who was stabbed to death outside his home in the capital of the Maldives, Malé, early in the morning of Tuesday, October 1.
October 2, 2012