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Urgent Action: Blogger Detained in Psychiatric Hospital (Kazakhstan: UA 165.20)
Blogger and journalist, Aigul Utepova, was forcibly placed in a psychiatric hospital in Nursultan, the capital of Kazakhstan, on 23 November. She has been under house arrest since 17 September…
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Write for Rights: A chance for governments to stand up for humanity
Amnesty International today launches the world’s biggest human rights campaign, Write for Rights, calling on governments to put right injustices against individuals who are detained or persecuted in countries across…
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G20 leaders, don’t buy the spin: Saudi Arabia’s real changemakers are in jail
G20 leaders attending this weekend’s virtual summit hosted by Saudi Arabia must take the Saudi authorities to task for their shameless hypocrisy on women’s rights, Amnesty International said today. Women’s empowerment features prominently on Saudi Arabia’s G20 Agenda, despite the fact the activists who spearheaded campaigns for women’s rights are languishing in jail or…
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Bill Pelke will be remembered as a lifelong activist for death penalty abolition
Amnesty International USA is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Bill Pelke, a longtime death penalty abolition activist, friend and ally. Bill served as the Indiana State Death…
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Mass execution of 21 individuals in Iraq is an outrage
Responding to the execution on Monday of 21 individuals in Iraq, including individuals allegedly affiliated to the Islamic State (IS) and convicted of terror-related charges, Lynn Maalouf, Amnesty International’s Deputy…
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Press Release
United Nations Review Will Bring U.S. Human Rights Abuses to Light
As the United States’ human rights record is examined under the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review during a two-week session, which begins today, Amnesty International USA issued…
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Timeline of an Execution: the Death Penalty in America
Scott Langley, Amnesty International activists, photographer, and death penalty abolitionist will share his photos on the death penalty in the United States, with a special focus on Troy Davis' execution.
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The Death Penalty: Ineffective, Irreversible and Immoral
Please join us for a critical conversation on the World Day Against the Death Penalty. Featuring: Kevin Cooper, Artist, Writer and Abolitionist, currently on Death Row, San Quentin (phoning into…
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An Examination of the Death Penalty
The Arcadia University Amnesty International student group and Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty invite you to join us for an examination of Pennsylvania's death penalty. The evening includes…
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Press Release
The U.S. Must Not Deport People to Cameroon
Amnesty International USA calls upon the Trump administration to refrain from deporting people to Cameroon, as the administration schedules deportations this week from Alexandria Airport in Louisiana. The organization is…
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Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Jailed Lawyer’s Health at Serious Risk (Iran: UA 126.18)
Jailed human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh’s health is at serious risk after the Iranian authorities returned her to prison from the hospital, even though a doctor said she needed a…
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18th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Access to counsel – A matter of life or death
Join Amnesty International for our annual celebration of World Day Against the Death Penalty. Every year, Amnesty International, and others around the globe, mark this day to raise awareness about…
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