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“My Heart Is Exhausted”: A Mother’s Story of Death Row in Saudi Arabia
By Nassra al-Ahmed, mother of Ali al-Nimr Ali al-Nimr was just 17 when he was arrested on 14 February 2012 a few months after taking part in anti-government rallies. He was…
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A letter from Mahienour El-Massry on the Fifth Anniversary of the Revolution
Some see that after all these years have passed the revolution has been defeated. Others see that there could have not been anything better than what happened. The regime, however,…
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AIUSA reacts to criminal justice reforms on solitary confinement
The Department of Justice issued guiding principles and policy recommendations this evening that would limit the use of solitary confinement and restrictive housing in prisons, with emphasis on housing prisoners in the least…
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Egypt is Mired in a Human Rights Crisis Five Years After “25 January Revolution”
Five years after the mass protests which toppled Hosni Mubarak and became known as the “25 January Revolution”, Egypt is mired in a human rights crisis of huge proportions.
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6 Critical Human Rights Concerns Obama Should Address Tonight
[caption id="attachment_68056" align="aligncenter" width="2000"] Photo by Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty Images[/caption] Once more, President Obama will address the nation before the full Congress. Once more, he will lay out his plans for…
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Guantanamo’s Poetry: 14 Years Too Many
Can you imagine needing to write? What if you needed to write so badly that’d you use toothpaste instead of a pen, a Styrofoam cup instead of paper, if that’s…
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Moving Juveniles Out of Adult Prisons in New York Must Be Followed by Meaningful Criminal Justice Reform
Governor Andrew Cuomo today signed an executive order requiring all minors to be housed in juvenile facilities, rather than adult prisons. New York and North Carolina are the only two…
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President Obama Must End Indefinite Detention, not Relocate It
During his year-end press conference today, President Obama referred to an 'irreducible population’ at Guantánamo and referenced his forthcoming plan to close the detention facility, which reportedly calls for some…
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U.S. Immigration Authorities Must Abide by International Obligations on Detention of Immigrants and Asylum Seekers
Over the past two months, detainees in 10 immigration detention facilities across Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida and California have staged hunger strikes to protest their prolonged and indefinite detention and…
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El Salvador’s total abortion ban sentences children and families to trauma and poverty
El Salvador’s extreme anti-abortion law is having a devastating effect on the lives of scores of children whose mothers, having suffered miscarriages or other obstetric emergencies, are being held behind…
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Authorities must reveal the whereabouts of a journalist arrested in Cameroon three months ago
Cameroon's authorities must reveal the whereabouts of a journalist who has been held in secret detention since his arrest three months ago and give him access to lawyer and his…
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Following Prisoner Release, Amnesty International Urges Administration to Do More to End Mass Incarceration
In response to the Justice Department finalizing the release of roughly 6,000 federal inmates, Amnesty International USA executive director, Steven W. Hawkins, released the following statement.