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On One-Year Anniversary of Troy Davis Execution, Amnesty International and NAACP Urge Attorney General Eric Holder to Investigate Misconduct in Death Penalty Cases
Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) are calling on U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate growing concerns over prosecutorial and…
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What If Troy Davis Was Innocent?
One year after the execution of Troy Davis, what have we learned about the US justice system, especially the problematic application of the death penalty?
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Alex Wagner: Sitting Down With Aung San Suu Kyi Will Be a Moment of Great Joy, Responsibility
Alex Wagner, MSNBC host and moderator of Amnesty's upcoming Townhall with Aung San Suu Kyi, writes about her human rights icon and Burma's tumultuous history.
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Amnesty International Reports High Civilian Death Toll in Syria from Relentless and Indiscriminate Bombing and Shelling of Northwest Towns and Villages
The Syrian army is waging a relentless and indiscriminate campaign of air bombardments and shelling in northern Syria with civilians as the main victims, many of them children.
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Determining Life or Death: Day One of the Reggie Clemons Hearing
After nearly 20 years, Missouri is re-examining the death sentence of Reggie Clemons and a case tainted by police brutality, racial bias and prosecutorial misconduct.
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Should This Woman Be Jailed By The U.S. For Resistance to Iraq War?
Kimberly Rivera faces deportation from Canada to the US and jail time for her resistance to the Iraq War.
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Indiscriminate Attacks Kill, Terrorize and Displace Civilians in Syria
Every day Syrian civilians are killed or injured in their homes or in the street, while running for cover or trying to shelter from the bombings.
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Gambia’s President Suspends Executions Amid Outcry
Amid global outcry - including 30,000 Amnesty petitions - Gambian President halts recent execution spree. But the moratorium is not enough.
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Amnesty International Calls on Cuba to Say Why They are Holding Jorge Vázquez Chaviano or Release Him
The Cuban authorities must either explain why they failed to release detainee Jorge Vázquez Chaviano as scheduled on September 9 or let him go immediately and unconditionally.
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Villages Emptied, Citizens Bombed: Business As Usual in Syria
Every day children and civilians are being killed in air bombardments and artillery strikes all over Syria. Amnesty International's Donatella Rovera witnessed the scenes every day.
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Good News! Court Blocks NDAA Indefinite Detention Provision
This week a court ruled against indefinite detention. Shamefully, the Obama administration has already appealed.
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Amnesty International Calls Venezuela’s Break with Regional Human Rights Court “An Affront to Victims”
Amnesty International called the Venezuelan government’s decision to denounce the American Convention on Human Rights and therefore pull out of the Inter-American Court "an affront to the victims of human…