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Papua New Guinea: Vicious ‘sorcery’ killing leaves two more women at imminent risk
Authorities in Papua New Guinea must urgently step up protection for two women accused of “sorcery” whose lives are at imminent risk, Amnesty International said after a mob threatened them…
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The State of LGBT Human Rights Worldwide
[caption id="attachment_60816" align="alignleft" width="1000"] LGBT activists take part in a Gay Pride event in St. Petersburg, Russia, 29 June 2013. (EPA/ANATOLY MALTSEV)[/caption] Across the globe, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender…
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Amnesty International USA Responds to Passage of Nebraska Death Penalty Repeal Bill
Today the Nebraska legislature passed a measure repealing the death penalty, leaving that state poised to become the 19th U.S. state to abolish capital punishment. The measure passed with enough…
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Nebraska, Tsarnaev, and the United States’ dwindling use of the death penalty
At first blush, Nebraska lawmakers' stunning passage of a bill to abolish the death penalty in their state and the death sentence handed down to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for the Boston…
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Amnesty International USA Responds to Death Penalty in Boston Bombing Case
In response to the announcement that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death after being convicted in the Boston Marathon bombings, Steven W. Hawkins, executive director of Amnesty International USA issued…
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Texas Set to Execute Mentally Impaired Man
The state of Texas is scheduled to execute a man with a history of severe mental illness tonight. Derrick Dewayne Charles has been suffering symptoms of mental impairments nearly his…
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Missouri Executes Andre Cole
The state of Missouri executed Andre Cole tonight at 10:24 p.m. CT. The execution took place despite multiple factors raising questions about the appropriateness of the sentence, including Cole’s mental…
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Did Death Sentences in US Increase or Decrease Last Year?
2014 was a truly momentous year for the death penalty in the USA.
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There were at least 607 executions in 2014. So what?
By Chiara Sangiorgio, Death Penalty Researcher at Amnesty International The numbers behind our latest overview of the global use of the death penalty, released today, tell a chilling story: 607…
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Death Sentences and Executions 2014
An alarming number of countries used the death penalty to tackle real or perceived threats to state security linked to terrorism, crime or internal instability in 2014, Amnesty International found…
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Amnesty International Urges President Obama to Raise Human Rights with Visiting Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani
Amnesty International today urged President Obama to raise human rights issues in Afghanistan during meetings this week with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani.
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Proposed Laws Reduce Iranian Women to ‘Baby Making Machines’ in Misguided Attempts to Boost Population
Women in Iran could face significant restrictions on their use of contraceptives and be further excluded from the labour market unless they have had a child if two proposed laws…