Filter by
Showing 1153-1164 of 1802 Results
Press Release
Amnesty International Condemns Bombings Against Civilians in Nigeria
Contact: AIUSA media relations, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.)-Nigerian armed groups must stop attacking civilians, Amnesty International said today, after as many as 30 people were killed in a bomb attack blamed…
Update
New Bill Would Abolish California's Death Penalty
California spends $184 million a year on capital punishment. A new bill repealing the state's death penalty would end this wasteful spending on a failed policy.
Press Release
Tunisia joins International Criminal Court
Tunisia took an important step towards strengthening fundamental human rights today by joining the International Criminal Court (ICC). At a ceremony at the UN in New York, Tunisia became the…
Press Release
New mass rapes in DRC are result of horrific failure of justice
New mass rapes by members of the Congolese army in the Democratic Republic of Congo are the result of the government’s failure to bring human rights abusers to justice, Amnesty…
Victory
(UA 141/11) Great News! No Death Penalty for Shawn Hawkins
Ohio Governor John Kasich has commuted the death sentence of Shawn Hawkins to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Shawn Hawkins was due to be executed on 14 June…
Victory
(UA 47/10) Great News! No Extradition for Huang Haiyong
The Peruvian Constitutional Court has ruled that the government should not extradite a Chinese man, Huang Haiyong to China to face charges that can carry the death penalty. He was…
Update
The Island of Doctor Musso
The execution of Roy Blankenship in Georgia with the new drug Nembutol did not go smoothly, and the participation of Dr. Carlo Musso was in breach of basic medical ethics.
Update
Live Facebook Chat With 9/11 Hate-Crime Victim On The Death Penalty
9/11 hate-crime victim Rais Bhuiyan is campaigning to save his attacker from execution in Texas. Join Rais and Amnesty death penalty experts on June 28th in a live chat on…
Victory
Iran human rights activist speaks after release
Emadeddin Baghi, one of Iran's most outspoken human rights activists, was released on Monday.
Update
Recent String of Human Rights Successes in Iran Welcomed
Iran has recently released a string of human rights defenders and others imprisoned for their beliefs.
Update
Georgia's Shady Death Penalty Drug Deals
Georgia's multiple shady dealings in execution drugs are on trial as the state tries to execute Roy Blankenship on June 23.
Report
Annual Report: Libya 2011
Head of state: Mu'ammar al-Gaddafi Head of government: al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi Death penalty: retentionist Population: 6.5 million Life expectancy: 74.5 years Under-5 mortality (m/f): 20/19 per 1,000 Adult literacy: 88.4…