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Survivors of TPLF Attack in Amhara, Ethiopia Describe Gang Rape, Looting and Physical Assaults
Sixteen women from the town of Nifas Mewcha in Ethiopia’s Amhara region told Amnesty International they were raped by fighters from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) during the group’s…
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Urgent Action
Urgent Action: UNLAWFUL EXECUTION SET FOR MALAYSIAN NATIONAL (Singapore: UA 109.21)
The authorities of Singapore have set the execution of Malaysian national Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam for November 10, 2021. In violation of international law and standards, he was sentenced to the…
Press Release
Oklahoma Seeks to Revive Machinery of Death Despite Unanswered Legal Questions
Today, an Oklahoma District Court held a hearing on the preliminary injunction to halt upcoming executions scheduled from October 2021-February 2022 for four people on the state’s death row.
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Press Release
Amnesty International to Close its Hong Kong Offices
Amnesty International will close its two offices in Hong Kong by the end of the year, the organization announced today. The local ‘section’ office will cease operations on October 31…
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Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: EXECUTION LOOMS FOR YOUTH ARRESTED AT 17 (Iran: UA 83.21)
Iranian young man Arman Abdolali is facing imminent execution for a crime that took place when he was 17 years old. After global outcries, Iranian authorities postponed his execution three…
Event
AIUSA Group 30: 19th World Day Against the Death Penalty – Honoring Women Loved Ones
Join AIUSA Local Group 30 and friends on October 10th at 9pm ET/8pm CT/6pm PT for an important panel discussion about the death penalty and life without parole (LWOP) with…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: LIFE OF ARBITRARILY DETAINED ACTIVIST IN DANGER (Egypt: UA 132.19)
Concerns are growing over activist Alaa Abdel Fattah’s life and wellbeing after his family and lawyer learned about his suicidal thoughts due to his unjust detention and cruel prison conditions.…
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Emma Green
Emma M. Green (she/her) is a youth human rights activist, writer, and researcher. She joined Amnesty International on the rural campus of Ohio Northern University in 2017. Since then, she…
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Event
Ten Years On: The Legacy of Troy Davis Continues
Sept 21 @ 8:00pm ET/ 5:00 pm PT Register here! FB Event here. On September 21st 2011, the state of Georgia executed Troy Davis, despite a strong innocence case and…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: IRANIAN KURDISH MAN AT RISK OF EXECUTION (Iran: UA 146.20)
Iranian Kurdish prisoner Heidar Ghorbani is at imminent risk of execution for “armed rebellion against the state” (baghi), despite serious fair trial violations and the trial court confirming that he…
Event
Politics and the Death Penalty
Saturday August 28, 2021 11:30 am – 1:30 pm CDT Register here! This webinar, “Politics and the Death Penalty,” will have 7 elected officials, representing both major parties, speaking about…
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Update
Amnesty International Calls on President Biden to Address Repression, Human Rights Abuses in Iraq in Meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Kadhimi
On July 23, 2021, Amnesty International USA wrote to President Joe Biden urging him to raise unlawful repression and worrying human rights abuses in Iraq towards peaceful protesters, press, religious…
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