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16-year-sentence against critically ill human rights defender in Iran signals all-out repression
The shocking 16-year prison sentence against prominent human rights defender Narges Mohammadi, who has several serious, chronic illnesses, represents an all-out attack on human rights defenders in Iran, and demonstrates…
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Singapore president must act now to stop execution
The Singapore authorities should immediately halt the execution of Kho Jabing, a Malaysian national convicted of murder, Amnesty International said today.
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Teenager tortured into confessing is days away from execution in Iran
The Iranian authorities must urgently halt the scheduled execution this Sunday of a teenager who was just 15 years old at the time of his arrest, said Amnesty International.
Urgent Action
Indonesia: Halt Executions (UA 110/16)
Three death row prisoners were moved on 8 May to Indonesia’s Nusakambangan prison island, where 13 executions were carried out in 2015.
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The death penalty will not deliver security in Afghanistan
The death penalty will deliver neither the justice that victims deserve nor the security that Afghanistan seeks, Amnesty International said today.
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Prisoner In Solitary Confinement On Hunger Strike (Egypt: UA 91/16)
Ahmed Amin Ghazali Amin has been on hunger strike since 9 March, in protest against his solitary confinement, which he has been held in since May 2016, when he…
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Next UN Secretary General must stand up for human rights
The next United Nations Secretary General must overhaul the global approach to aiding refugees and must do everything possible to end atrocities and protect civilians in armed conflicts, said Amnesty…
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Death penalty 2016: Alarming surge in recorded executions sees highest toll in more than 25 years
A dramatic global rise in the number of executions recorded in 2015 saw more people put to death than at any point in the last quarter-century. The surge was largely…
Report
Death Sentences and Executions 2015
A dramatic global rise in the number of executions recorded in 2015 saw more people put to death than at any point in the last quarter-century. The surge was largely…
Update
10 Reasons to Abolish the Death Penalty
Today, Amnesty International released its annual report on the use of the death penalty worldwide. 2015 was a year of extremes – the number of executions worldwide skyrocketed, but here in…
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Japan: Two hanged as chilling executions continueÂ
The Japanese authorities’ reprehensible execution of two people today, continues to place the country on the wrong side of history, Amnesty International said. Â
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Execution of three men in Malaysia
After Malaysia hanged three men for murder on Friday morning local time, Amnesty International’s Campaigns Director for Southeast Asia and the Pacific Josef Benedict said: