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Leonard Peltier
Leonard Peltier, an Anishinabe-Lakota Native American, is a federal prisoner serving two consecutive life sentences for the murders of two Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents in 1975. Amnesty International…
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Sudan: Former president Omar Al-Bashir must be tried by ICC for war crimes
Responding to news that former Sudan president Omar Al-Bashir is being detained in Kober prison in Khartoum, Joan Nyanyuki, Amnesty International’s Director for East Africa, the Horn and the Great…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill April Edition
To view PDF version click here: Human Rights on Capitol Hill April Human Rights on Capitol Hill published by Amnesty International USA Â April 11, 2019 Â In this edition of Human…
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Death penalty 2018: Dramatic fall in global executions
Global executions fell by almost one-third last year to the lowest figure in at least a decade, Amnesty International said in its 2018 global review of the death penalty published…
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Amnesty International USA Statement for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Review of the FY2020 State Department Budget Request
April 10, 2019 The Honorable James E. Risch                  The Honorable Bob Menendez Chairman…
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Libya: Civilian lives must be protected as clashes escalate in Tripoli offensive
Fears of further civilian bloodshed are growing as clashes on the outskirts of Tripoli, between forces from the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army, under General Khalifa Haftar’s command, and militias aligned…
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Brunei: Heinous punishments to become law next week
Cruel and inhuman punishments such as death by stoning for same-sex sexual acts and amputation for robbery will come into effect in Brunei Darussalam next week.Â
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Syria: Unlawful attacks by government forces hit civilians and medical facilities in Idlib
Syrian government forces, supported by Russia, hit a hospital, blood bank and other medical facilities as well as a bakery and a school in towns and cities under the control…
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Amnesty International USA Statement on US State Department’s Foreign Policy Strategy and Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2020
March 25, 2019 The Honorable Eliot Engel Chairman Foreign Affairs Committee U.S. House of Representatives 2170 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Michael McCaul Ranking Member Foreign…
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Yemen: Four years on, fears of further violations with no end in sight to brutal conflict
All warring parties in Yemen continue to inflict unimaginable suffering on the civilian population, Amnesty International said today on the fourth anniversary of the devastating conflict.
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Nicaragua: UN Human Rights Council takes important step to address human rights crisis
In response to the resolution that the United Nations Human Rights Council passed today to put in place monitoring and reporting on the ongoing human rights crisis in Nicaragua, Erika…
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Bosnia-Herzegovina: Karadžić life sentence sends powerful message to the world
Responding to the decision by the Appeals Chamber of the International Residual Mechanisms for Criminal Tribunals to increase Radovan Karadžić’s sentence to life imprisonment for genocide, crimes against humanity and…
