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Gary Davis
Profession: Associated Counsel for the Accused Division – King County Dept. of Public Defense Seattle, WA 98104 Licensed since: 1983 Education: Seattle University School of Law Practice Area(s): Criminal Law…
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Benya Kraus
Biography: Benya Kraus is currently Co-Founder and Chief Program Officer of Lead for America, a national nonprofit that recruits, trains, and places young and diverse recent college graduates into two-year…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Opposition Politician Detained, Signs of Torture (Uganda: UA 154.18)
On 14 August, Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, a Ugandan singer turned politician was arrested and later charged with unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition on 16 August.…
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Amnesty International USA Will Continue Its Fight for New Hampshire to Abolish the Death Penalty
Reacting to news that the New Hampshire state legislature has failed to override the Governor’s veto, which would have ended the death penalty in New Hampshire once and for all,…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Execution Looms for Iranian Kurdish Prisoner (UA: Iran 171.17)
Iranian Kurdish prisoner Ramin Hossein Panahi, sentenced to death in January 2018, is at imminent risk of execution. The Office for Implementation of Sentences has said that his execution will…
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The Death Penalty in Florida
Darkness visible in the Sunshine state Florida promotes itself as a destination for tourists and a hub for regional and international trade. It is less well-known as a diehard proponent…
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Florida’s diehard pursuit of the death penalty is a blot on the Sunshine State
Florida’s approach to the death penalty is deepening its outlier status on this human rights issue and has now added an extra layer of arbitrariness to its already discriminatory and…
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Nebraska Set to Carry Out Its First Execution in 21 Years
Amnesty International USA urges the state of Nebraska not to resume executions, ahead of plans by the state to carry out its first execution in 21 years on August 14.…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Road to Be Built Over Individual and Mass Graves (Iran: UA 140.18)
The families of political dissidents who were forcibly disappeared and extrajudicially killed in Ahvaz, southern Iran, in the 1980s are suffering untold mental anguish and distress as the authorities are…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Iranian in Belarus at Risk of Imminent Deportation (Belarus: UA 135.18)
Iranian citizen Mehrdad Jamshidian, who suffers from acute ill-health, was detained on 14 June in Belarus. He is at imminent risk of deportation to Iran, where he may be subjected…
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Urgent Action Victory! – Ohio Governor Commutes Death Sentence (USA: UA 123.18)
On 20 July, the Governor of Ohio commuted the death sentence of Raymond Tibbetts, who was scheduled for execution on 17 October. In so doing, the governor rejected the parole…