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Texas’ 500th Execution Highlights Need for Change
On Wednesday, Kimberly McCarthy will be Texas’ 500th execution. The death penalty is emblematic of the many problems still prevalent, not only in the American justice system, but in society…
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Texas Should Halt Its “Shameful” 500th Execution
Amnesty International is calling on Texas to halt its 500th execution since the reinstatement of capital punishment in the United States in 1976. In what it describes as a "shameful…
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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: Mexico 2013
United Mexican States Head of state and government Enrique Peña Nieto President Calderón's government continued to ignore evidence of widespread human rights violations, such as arbitrary detentions, torture, enforced disappearances…
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The Slow Decline Of The Death Penalty Continues
Amnesty International's new report reveals that the trend towards worldwide death penalty abolition continued in 2012, albeit not without some setbacks.
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In the Name of My Grandfather: My Personal Search For a Lifesaving Arms Trade Treaty
I have a very personal reason for having pursued a lifesaving ATT that protects human rights.
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Annual Death Penalty Report Finds Setbacks for a Handful of Countries but Progress Toward Abolition Across the Globe
In its annual report today on executions and death sentences worldwide, Amnesty International found a handful of countries renewing executions after abandoning them for years – notably India, Japan, and…
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Death Penalty Repeal in Maryland Major Step Towards National Abolition
AIUSA hailed the repeal of the death penalty in Maryland today and urged Governor O’Malley to commute the sentences of all five prisoners remaining on death row.
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What Needs to Happen Next on Drones?
What should happen next to make sure that no person—US citizen or anyone else—is killed outside the bounds of law with a drone or other weapons.
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Why Drone Death Courts are a Terrible Idea
Public thirst is growing for more information about the Obama administration’s death-by-drone program and what can be done to ensure US policies do not authorize unlawful killings— whether of a…
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How Do You Defeat a Dictator When He Gets to Write the Rules?
No!, an Oscar-nominated film, tells the story of the brave and creative Chileans who helped their fellow citizens stand up and say, “NO!” to repression.
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Executing Women In the USA
Executions of women in the U.S. may be rare; but the flaws in their cases are all too common.