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One in 10 Death Row Inmates Are Veterans
By Mark Berman via The Washington Post One-tenth of those who currently on death row in the United States are military veterans, including some with post-traumatic stress disorder that was not factored into…
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Saudi Arabia: 151 executed this year in highest recorded toll in nearly two decades
At least 151 people have been put to death in Saudi Arabia so far this year –the highest recorded figure since 1995 – in an unprecedented wave of executions marking…
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Singapore: Malaysian man given last-minute reprieve from execution must be granted clemency
A Malaysian man sentenced to death in Singapore on the basis of a disputed murder reconstruction remains at imminent risk of execution and must be granted clemency, Amnesty International said…
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Missouri Set to Execute Man with Likely Intellectual Disability
UPDATED: The Supreme Court granted a stay of execution to allow for an appeal
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Singapore: Halt imminent execution of Malaysian national
The Singaporean authorities must immediately halt the imminent execution of 31-year-old Malaysian national Kho Jabing amid concerns his death sentence was re-imposed at the last stage and on the basis…
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Bangladesh: Two opposition leaders face imminent execution after serious flaws in their trials and appeals
Two opposition politicians face imminent hanging for crimes committed during the 1971 Independence War after serious flaws occurred in their trial and appeal processes, Amnesty International said today.
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Saudi Arabia: Prisoner of conscience latest to be convicted in ‘counter-terror purge’ of human rights NGO
The Saudi Arabian authorities today continued their cynical use of a repressive and overly vague counter-terrorism law to purge the Kingdom’s small and embattled civil society by convicting the human…
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“Amnesty International members and activists are my heroes “: 12 Reasons to Write for Rights
Every December 10th on International Human Rights Day, I sit down and write letters as part of Amnesty’s annual global Write for Rights campaign. Why? Because in my 10 years…
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Saudi Arabia: Fears grow that three young activists could soon be executed
There are rising fears about the impending executions of Ali Mohammed Baqir al-Nimr and two other young Shi’a activists in Saudi Arabia who were arrested as juveniles after participating in…
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A Father’s Urgent Plea to See His Son Freed From Death Row in Saudi Arabia
By Mohammed al-Nimr Ali Mohammed al-Nimr was arrested in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province in 2012 when he was only 17 years old. He was sentenced to death after a grossly…
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Indonesia: Report reveals endemic judicial flaws in death penalty cases
Death row prisoners in Indonesia are routinely denied access to lawyers and are coerced into “confessions” through severe beatings, while foreign nationals facing the death penalty had to deal with…
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Execution of two juvenile offenders in just a few days makes a mockery of Iran’s juvenile justice system
Reports have emerged of a second execution of a juvenile offender in Iran in just a few days Amnesty International said today, which reveal the full horror of the country’s…