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5 Reasons President Obama Should Release Leonard Peltier
Amnesty believes that political factors may have influenced the way in which the case was prosecuted.
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Kazakhstan Continues to Dismiss Allegations of Torture Despite Evidence
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev deceived the international community with his government’s promise to eradicate torture and fully investigate the lethal use of force by police.
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Why 30,000 California Prisoners Are On Hunger Strike [INFOGRAPHIC]
The shocking facts about the abusive use of solitary confinement and other human rights abuses in California prisons.
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With Hunger Strike Underway, Authorities Must Make Immediate Reforms to Solitary Confinement Conditions in California Prisons
Amnesty International USA issued the following comment today from Thenjiwe McHarris, USA campaigner, in response to the hunger strike by 30,000 prisoners in California: “The conditions for prisoners in solitary…
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Egypt Protest Deaths Are a ‘Suspicious Failure’ by Security Forces
Egyptian police and security forces are failing to protect protesters and bystanders from violence amid the country’s political strife, on the brink of the army’s threatened intervention to resolve the…
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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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Annual Report: Tajikistan 2013
Republic of Tajikistan Head of state Emomali Rahmon Head of government Ogil Ogilov Torture and other ill-treatment remained widespread and impunity for perpetrators continued. There was no access to detention…
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Annual Report: United States of America 2013
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Head of state and government Barack H. Obama Forty-three men were executed during the year, and concerns about cruel prison conditions continued. Scores of detainees remained…
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Annual Report: Venezuela 2013
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Head of state and government Hugo Chávez Frías Levels of violent crime, especially gun-related crime, remained high despite efforts to control the availability and use of…
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Annual Report: Namibia 2013
Republic of Namibia Head of state and government Hifikepunye Pohamba The long-running treason trial of Caprivi detainees continued, with most of the men having spent more than 12 years in…
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Annual Report: Portugal 2013
PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC Head of state Aníbal António Cavaco Silva Head of government Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho There were reports of excessive use of force by police against demonstrators and…
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Annual Report: Saudi Arabia 2013
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Head of state and government King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz The authorities severely restricted freedoms of expression, association and assembly and clamped down on dissent. Government…