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California Governor Signs Moratorium on Executions
Today the California Gov. Gavin Newsome signed an executive order placing a moratorium on executions. The order will affect over 700 people on death row.
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Yemen: Ta’iz authorities must tackle child rape and abuse under militia rule
An investigation by Amnesty International has revealed that children as young as eight years old have been raped in the Yemeni city of Ta’iz. The suspected perpetrators, including members of militias…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Tortured Conservationists Face Death Penalty (Iran: UA 33.19)
Eight detained conservationists could face the death penalty or long prison sentences, following a grossly unfair trial in which they were accused of trumped-up spying charges. Their charges stem solely…
Victory
Urgent Action Victory! Death Sentences Commuted to Life Imprisonment (Egypt: UA 91.16)
On 26 February 2019, Egypt’s Supreme Military Court of Appeals formally accepted an appeal on the two death sentences of Ahmad Amin Ghazali (pictured below) and Abdul Basir Abdul Rauf.…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Victory! Death Sentences Commuted to Life Imprisonment (Egypt: UA 91.16)
On 26 February 2019, Egypt’s Supreme Military Court of Appeals formally accepted an appeal on the two death sentences of Ahmad Amin Ghazali (pictured below) and Abdul Basir Abdul Rauf.…
Update
Amnesty International USA’s Statement for March 6 Hearing on “Protecting Dreamers and TPS Recipients”
To view PDF click here: AIUSA Statement for House Judiciary Hearing on TPS-Dream (3-6-19) March 5, 2019 Chairman Jerrold Lewis Nadler Ranking Member Doug Collins House Committee on the Judiciary …
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Iran: Release eight wildlife conservationists following unfair trial on trumped-up spying charges
Wildlife conservationists in Iran who have been accused of espionage after using cameras to track endangered species could face the death penalty or more than a decade in prison, said…
Report
Opposition leader and more than a hundred supporters face the death penalty in Cameroon
Opposition leader Maurice Kamto will today be summoned by a military court on charges which carry the death penalty, as the Cameroonian authorities intensify their post-election crackdown on critics. Kamto,…
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Deadly attacks on journalists in Afghanistan must be investigated
Responding to the attack on two journalists shot dead in Takhar province when gunmen entered a radio station and opened fire, Amnesty International’s South Asia Researcher, Zaman Sultani, said: “The…
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House Foreign Affairs Committee must highlight deteriorating human rights crises on the Arabian Peninsula
Amnesty International USA today called on the House Foreign Affairs Committee to highlight the rapidly deteriorating human rights crises on the Arabian Peninsula and the ongoing war and humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen. As…
Update
Statement for the Record on the February 6 Hearing “US Policy in the Arabian Peninsula”
To view PDF click here: Amnesty Intl HFAC letter for record Arabian Peninsula February 5, 2019 Rep. Eliot Engel, Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul, Ranking Member House Foreign Affairs Committee 2170 Rayburn…
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Iran’s ‘year of shame’: More than 7,000 arrested in chilling crackdown on dissent during 2018
The Iranian authorities carried out a shameless campaign of repression during 2018, crushing protests and arresting thousands in a wide-scale crackdown on dissent, said Amnesty International, a year after a…
