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Iran Must Halt Execution of Footballer's 'Temporary' Wife
Shahla Jahed, the “temporary” wife of a prominent Iranian football player, could be executed as early as Wednesday morning.
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For India, November 26 Comes With Mixed Feelings
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="293" caption="Remembering those killed in Mumbai on November 26, 2008"][/caption] People all over the world are remembering and mourning the 166 people killed in a brutal series…
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Reggie Clemons Needs More Letters!
Over 3,000 Belgian citizens have handwritten and mailed in letters appealing on behalf of Reggie Clemons, an American who was sentenced to death in St. Louis as an accomplice in…
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Most Voters Prefer Alternatives to the Death Penalty
A new poll demonstrates that U.S. voters don’t consider the capital punishment a wise use of their tax dollars. It also finds that most U.S. voters don’t consider the death…
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Death Penalty Abolition in Illinois Begins THIS WEEK
Abolition of the death penalty in Illinois could be a reality THIS MONTH, and it begins THIS WEEK. No matter where you are form, participate in the Virtual Lobby Day…
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DNA Test Exposes Execution Based on Bad Evidence
Claude Jones was sentenced to death based on one hair. Now, 10 years after his Dec. 7, 2000 execution, the Texas Observer reports that DNA tests have concluded that the…
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Death Sentence of Convicted Sorcerer Rejected in Saudi Arabia
The Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia today decided not to ratify the death sentence of a Lebanese man accused of "sorcery."
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UN Human Rights Council Reviews U.S. Human Rights Record
This past Friday, the United States appeared before the UN Human Rights Council for its Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The UPR is a process through which the human rights records…
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Nobel Laureate's Lawyer is Risking Her Life–Let's Save Her
We have been watching with horror as the Iranian government stomps on the bravest of the country’s human rights defenders—the lawyers who struggle mightily to do the best they can…
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Forcible Medication Now, Lethal Injection Next
The medical profession, whose prime directive is “do no harm,” gets dragged into the mud when health care providers are required, or choose, to get involved in executions. Back in…
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Tabloid Promotes Lynching of Homosexuals in Uganda
On October 2, a tabloid called the ‘Rolling Stone’ published an incendiary article claiming that homosexuals were going to raid the schools and “recruit 100,000 innocent kids by 2012”. The…
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Obama: India Ain't Just About Gandhi and Outsourcing
As an Indian-American, anytime the US President visits India, I get excited about the possibilities of a stronger relationship between the two gigantic countries. And, tomorrow, US President Barack Obama is…