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Burkina Faso: No amnesty for soldiers who killed unarmed civilians
Burkina Faso’s former presidential guard displayed a cold-blooded disregard for human life, killing 14 unarmed protestors and bystanders and wounding hundreds more with automatic weapons following last month’s coup d’état,…
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Amnesty International USA Statement on 2015 World Day Against the Death Penalty
The 13th annual World Day Against the Death Penalty will take place on Saturday, October 10th. Activists and organizations will hold events around the globe to call for the universal…
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Japanese prisoner dies after 46 years on death row
The death in prison of a Japanese man who spent more than 46 years facing execution, after a conviction based on a forced confession, underlines the urgent need for a…
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Harrowing accounts emerge of the Taliban’s reign of terror in Kunduz Afghanistan
Mass murder, gang rapes and house-to-house searches by Taliban death squads are just some of the harrowing civilian testimonies emerging from Kunduz as Afghan forces today claimed to have regained…
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Salvadoran Alfredo Prieto Scheduled to be Executed in Virginia
Alfredo Prieto, a Salvadoran man, is scheduled to be executed in Virginia today, despite evidence that he has intellectual disability which would render his execution unconstitutional.Alfredo Prieto, a Salvadoran man,…
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Saudi Arabia: Juvenile offender’s death sentence must shame the authorities into meaningful action
The organization called on the authorities to quash Ali al-Nimr’s death sentence, which followed a grossly unfair trial and was based on “confessions” Ali al-Nimr says were extracted under torture.…
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Georgia Scheduled to Execute Kelly Gissendaner
Despite pleas from human rights organizations and a petition signed by 90,000 supporters, the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles today denied clemency to Kelly Gissendaner. She is scheduled to…
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#KellyOnMyMind: Georgia Set to Execute First Woman in 70 Years
The state of Georgia is set to execute Kelly Gissendaner next week, on Tuesday September 29. In some ways this case is unusual, even exceptional; in other ways, it’s business…
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Mike Huckabee Thinks Guantanamo Detainees Get Better Treatment Than Kim Davis. Here’s Why He’s Completely Wrong.
What do Kim Davis and the Guantanamo detainees have in common? Most people would rightfully answer “literally nothing” to that question, yet presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee compared them in an…
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Oklahoma Must Stop Scheduled Execution of Richard Glossip
Oklahoma is scheduled to execute Richard Glossip today despite the fact that his conviction is based on circumstantial evidence and self-serving testimony from a single witness, leaving glaring doubts about…
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Oklahoma Issues Two-Week Stay of Execution for Richard Glossip
A state appeals court has granted a two-week stay of execution in the case of Richard Glossip, who was scheduled to be executed this afternoon.
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Overturn death sentences in mosque bombing case in Kuwait
Seven death sentences handed down by a Kuwait City court today are a misguided response to the bombing of Imam Sadiq Mosque in June this year and must be overturned,…