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My First Week of Freedom After 10 Years in a Nigerian Jail
By Moses Akatugba, Nigeria When I called my mother from prison to tell her I’d been pardoned after 10 years in jail, she fainted. I was told they had to…
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VICTORY: You Took a Stand. Now Moses Akatugba Will Walk Free!
Yesterday, Amnesty International activists put renewed pressure on the governor of Delta State to free Moses before the governor's term ends. We learned yesterday afternoon that Moses was granted a…
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VICTORY: Nebraska Becomes the 19th US State to Abolish the Death Penalty!
Wow, who would have thought it possible? Red-state Nebraska (with a few purple splotches) actually has repealed the death penalty by voting to override the Governor’s veto! And who were…
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The State of LGBT Human Rights Worldwide
[caption id="attachment_60816" align="alignleft" width="1000"] LGBT activists take part in a Gay Pride event in St. Petersburg, Russia, 29 June 2013. (EPA/ANATOLY MALTSEV)[/caption] Across the globe, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender…
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Nebraska, Tsarnaev, and the United States’ dwindling use of the death penalty
At first blush, Nebraska lawmakers' stunning passage of a bill to abolish the death penalty in their state and the death sentence handed down to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for the Boston…
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Did Death Sentences in US Increase or Decrease Last Year?
2014 was a truly momentous year for the death penalty in the USA.
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There were at least 607 executions in 2014. So what?
By Chiara Sangiorgio, Death Penalty Researcher at Amnesty International The numbers behind our latest overview of the global use of the death penalty, released today, tell a chilling story: 607…
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What Utah and Virginia Are Trying to Do to Keep The Death Penalty Will Shock You
While more and more states abolish the death penalty or abandon its use, those that continue to cling to it do so in increasingly gruesome circumstances.
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Tomorrow could mean life or death for Moses Akatugba
[caption id="attachment_53791" align="alignleft" width="300"] Take action now![/caption] Moses Akatugba was 16 years old when he was arrested by the Nigerian police in 2005. In the years that followed, he was…
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VICTORY: Meriam Released Thanks to Your Help!
More than a million Amnesty activists like you helped secure the release Meriam Ibrahim, a Sudanese woman sentenced to death because of her religious beliefs.