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Iran: Juvenile offender set to be hanged on Thursday brutally beaten to confess
On 15 February, Saman Naseem, a young Iranian man set to be executed on Thursday, was once again brutally beaten up by men believed to be intelligence officials in a…
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Amnesty International USA Responds to Pennsylvania Death Penalty Moratorium
Amnesty International USA executive director Steven W. Hawkins issued the following response after Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced today that he is issuing a moratorium on the death penalty in…
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What Utah and Virginia Are Trying to Do to Keep The Death Penalty Will Shock You
While more and more states abolish the death penalty or abandon its use, those that continue to cling to it do so in increasingly gruesome circumstances.
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Killing of Jordanian pilot ‘Abhorrent’ but ‘Revenge Executions’ Not the Answer
The vicious summary killing of a Jordanian pilot who was burned alive by the armed group that calls itself the Islamic State (IS) is an atrocious attack against humanity, said…
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Raif Badawi
In May 2014, Raif Badawi was sentenced to 10 years behind bars, 1,000 lashes, a 10-year travel ban, and a lifetime ban from appearing in the media. He was convicted…
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Amnesty International USA Welcomes Supreme Court Decision to Halt Oklahoma Executions
Today, the United States Supreme Court stayed the executions of three Oklahoma death-row inmates: Richard Glossip, Benjamin Cole and John Grant.
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From Paris to Peshawar: Answer with Human Rights
All too often, often governments respond to security threats by sidelining human rights rather than using them as a path forward.
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Amnesty International USA Welcomes Governor O’Malley’s Commutation of Death Penalty Sentences
(WASHINGTON, DC) In response to Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley’s decision to commute the sentences of the state’s remaining death penalty prisoners to life without parole Amnesty International USA executive director,…
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Throwing Stones from the Glass House: The View of U.S. Human Rights Violations from Iran
[caption id="attachment_56416" align="alignleft" width="300"] Iran Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Marzieh Afkham[/caption] Iranian state-controlled news media have been having an extended field day recently, gleefully reporting on the ever-unfolding news about human…
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Amnesty International Calls for Justice for Three-Year-Old Rape Survivor in Afghanistan
According to news reports, a suspect is in custody in connection with the rape and attempted murder of a three-year-old girl in Takhar province in Afghanistan.
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It’s been a Big Year for Uganda, For All the Wrong Reasons
By Emily McGranachan, Member of Amnesty International USA’s LGBT Human Rights Coordinating Group While pundits in the U.S. lament the political stalemate on Capitol Hill, legislatures elsewhere have had a banner…
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Iran must halt imminent execution of 26-year-old woman
Iranian authorities have today confirmed that a woman convicted of killing a man whom she said tried to sexually abuse her will be hanged tomorrow morning at a prison west…