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Amnesty International Calls on Zimbabwean Authorities to End Harassment of Human Rights Defenders
Amnesty International Media ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseFriday, April 1, 2011Amnesty International Calls on Zimbabwean Authorities to End Harassment of Human Rights Defenders Human Rights Leader Charged as Crackdown ContinuesContact: Suzanne Trimel,…
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Amnesty International Calls on Zimbabwean Authorities to End Harassment of Human Rights Defenders
Amnesty International Media ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseFriday, April 1, 2011Amnesty International Calls on Zimbabwean Authorities to End Harassment of Human Rights Defenders Human Rights Leader Charged as Crackdown ContinuesContact: Suzanne Trimel,…
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U.S.: Five Countries Defy Sea Change In Global Execution Practices, According to New Amnesty International Report
A total of 31 countries abolished the death penalty in law or in practice during the last 10 years, but China, Iran, Saudi...
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U.S.: Amnesty International Deeply Disappointed by Supreme Court’s Decision Rejecting Troy Davis Appeal
Amnesty International Media ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseMonday, March 28, 2011Amnesty International Deeply Disappointed by Supreme Court’s Decision Rejecting Troy Davis AppealContact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194, or Laura Moye, 202-675-8582 (Washington,…
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U.S.: Five Countries Defy Sea Change In Global Execution Practices, According to New Amnesty International Report
A total of 31 countries abolished the death penalty in law or in practice during the last 10 years, but China, Iran, Saudi...
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U.S.: Amnesty International Deeply Disappointed by Supreme Court’s Decision Rejecting Troy Davis Appeal
Amnesty International Media ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseMonday, March 28, 2011Amnesty International Deeply Disappointed by Supreme Court’s Decision Rejecting Troy Davis AppealContact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194, or Laura Moye, 202-675-8582 (Washington,…
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Iran: Amnesty International Supports U.N. Decision to Monitor Human Rights Situation in Iran
Amnesty International Media ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseFriday, March 25, 2011Amnesty International Supports U.N. Decision to Monitor Human Rights Situation in IranContact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) The United Nations…
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Iran: Amnesty International Supports U.N. Decision to Monitor Human Rights Situation in Iran
Amnesty International Media ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseFriday, March 25, 2011Amnesty International Supports U.N. Decision to Monitor Human Rights Situation in IranContact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) The United Nations…
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Troy Davis And Our Unfixable Death Penalty
In the four years since Amnesty International first reported on Troy Davis, three states have abolished the death penalty. In each case, the governor signing the abolition bill cited the…
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Execution Date is Inevitable. Execution is NOT.
Troy Davis, on death row in Georgia despite serious claims of innocence, has run out of appeals. But he has not run out of hope, and neither have we.
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Arizona Execution Stayed – For Now
The execution of Daniel Cook in Arizona, scheduled for April 5, has been stayed by the U.S. Supreme Court while they consider whether or not to take up his case.…
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Denmark Company Supplies Major U.S. Executioners
Danish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck has sold pentobarbital to four of the most prolific executing states in the U.S.: Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Texas. These states already have, and will continue…