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Amnesty International Says Mubarak Verdict an Important Step, but Full Truth About Victims’ Deaths During Uprising Must be Uncovered to Deliver Justice
Hosni Mubarak's conviction and life sentence shows that no one is above the law. But for justice to be served, the full truth of what happened to victims killed and…
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As State of Emergency is Lifted, Egypt Must Make ‘Clean Break’ from Abusive Past and Return to Rule of Law
Egyptian authorities must release anyone still held under the emergency decree or bring them to justice in conformity with fair trial standards.
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Amnesty International Joins Film Directors from Around the World to Call for ‘One More Voice’ for Human Rights
Academy Award winners Meryl Streep and Hans Zimmer team with Amnesty International in a powerful new music video to celebrate the human rights organization 50th anniversary.
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Still No Justice for Slain Pakistan Journalist
A year on from the abduction and assassination of reporter Saleem Shahzad, Pakistan must take steps to bring his killers to justice.
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Failure of Leadership Rendering U.N. Security Council Irrelevant, Says Amnesty International as its Annual Report Released
At the United Nations, the Security Council seems ineffective, out of step and increasingly unable to fulfill its mandate.
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How Bad Is The U.S. Wrongful Conviction Problem?
A new registry documents almost 900 exonerations in the US, though the number of actual wrongful convictions is likely much higher.
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Killing The Innocent With Indifference
A new report details how Texas very likely executed an innocent man in 1989 while allowing the guilty party to continue terrorizing his community.
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The Execution of Michael Selsor
Michael Selsor spent 36 years in prison. There, he changed, and grew, and shared his life lesson with school children. He was put to death anyway on May 1.
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Amnesty International Urges Singapore Authorities to Save Malaysian Man From Execution
A young Malaysian man under threat of imminent execution in Singapore for drug trafficking should be granted clemency, Amnesty International and the Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) have said.
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Violence Against Armenian Women is a Crime, Not a Tradition
Armenia is the only country among its Council of Europe neighbors without legislation criminalizing domestic violence.
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Amnesty International Implores Singapore to Join Global Trend Toward Abolition of Death Penalty
Amnesty International today calls on Singapore to join the global trend toward abolition of the death penalty and establish a moratorium on all executions, following the country's announcement that it…
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Will Montana Recognize Redemption?
Ronald Smith was sentenced to death in Montana for a crime committed in 1982. He is now a reformed 54-year-old grandfather. Is that enough to spare his life?