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County Court Stay Based on Challenge to Secrecy of Lethal Drugs; Georgia Continues to Pursue Execution of ‘Mentally Retarded’ Inmate
Brian Evans, director of Amnesty International USA's Abolish the Death Penalty campaign, issued a statement responding to a Georgia court granting Warren Hill a stay of execution.
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Young, Black and More than a Suspect
It is a human right to not be discriminated against based appearance, and to live a life unthreatened by what you look like. Unfortunately, this right is often denied.
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Amnesty International Briefing: Lebanon Torture Report
Torture allegations in wake of Sidon armed clashes.
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Georgia Court Stays Hill’s Execution on Challenge to Secrecy of Lethal Drugs
Brian Evans, director of AIUSA’s Abolish the Death Penalty campaign, responds to the Georgia Fulton County Superior Court granting Warren Hill a stay of execution.
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Warren Hill Gets A Stay Of Execution
Hill was granted a stay today, not on those grounds, but on the grounds that the secrecy surrounding Georgia’s lethal injection drugs violates Hill’s constitutional rights.
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Supreme Court is Last Hope to Stop Execution of Warren Hill
The United States Supreme Court is Warren Lee Hill’s last hope in stopping his execution, said Amnesty International.
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GA Determined To Execute An Intellectually Disabled Man
Late afternoon on July 3 when the least possible number of people would be paying attention, using a new law that makes the acquisition of execution drugs a state secret,…
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Harmful Errors: Texas Approaches Its 500th Execution
Death row inmates today face a one-in-three chance of being executed without having the case properly investigated by a competent attorney and without having any claims of innocence or unfairness…
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Texas’ 500th Execution Highlights Need for Change
On Wednesday, Kimberly McCarthy will be Texas’ 500th execution. The death penalty is emblematic of the many problems still prevalent, not only in the American justice system, but in society…
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Texas Should Halt Its “Shameful” 500th Execution
Amnesty International is calling on Texas to halt its 500th execution since the reinstatement of capital punishment in the United States in 1976. In what it describes as a "shameful…
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President Obama Must Use Africa Trip to Push Leaders to Protect Human Rights
On the eve of President Obama’s trip this week to Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania, Amnesty International USA is urging the president to demand greater respect for and protection of…
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“There is So Much Homophobia Here”: Frank Mugisha, Uganda
This week, President Obama will visit two of the countries that outlaw homosexuality in Africa - Senegal and Tanzania - and Amnesty International is calling on the President to speak…
