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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S 2020 VIRTUAL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting all of us around the world. It’s an unsettling time filled with concerns, challenges, and anxieties. As a global organization, Amnesty International knows this pandemic…
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Colorado’s Abolition of Death Penalty Brings Country One Step Closer Towards Eliminating this Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Punishment
Reacting to news that the Colorado Governor has signed a bill to repeal the death penalty, Kristina Roth, Senior Program Officer at Amnesty International USA, stated: “Colorado becomes the 22nd…
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Urgent Action: Political Leader at Imminent Risk of Execution (Bangladesh: UA 35.20)
A senior leader of Bangladesh’s opposition party, ATM Azharul Islam, is at imminent risk of execution following Bangladesh authorities’ issuance of a death warrant on 16 March 2020. Convicted and…
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Urgent Action: Three Prisoners at Risk of Execution (Iran: UA 21.20)
Amirhossein Moradi, Mohammad Rajabi and Saeed Tamjidi have been sentenced to death in connection with acts of arson that took place during protests in November 2019. Their trial was grossly…
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Urgent Action Update: Kurdish Iranian Man at Risk of Execution (Iran: UA 166.18)
Houshmand Alipour, from Iran’s Kurdish minority, is at risk of execution after he was sentenced to death on 29 December 2019 following an unfair trial. Mohammad Ostadghader, also an Iranian…
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Urgent Action: Viktar Paulau at Risk of Imminent Execution (Belarus: UA 168.19)
Viktar Paulau is at risk of imminent execution after the Supreme Court upheld his conviction and death sentence on 12 November. Amnesty International opposes the death penalty in all cases,…
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Amnesty International Calls on Governor Abbott to Grant Clemency to Rodney Reed
Amnesty International members around the world are making a plea for Texas Governor Greg Abbott to grant clemency to Rodney Reed and stop his and any further executions. For several…
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Death Penalty: ineffective, irreversible and immoral
Please join us for a critical conversation on the World Day Against the Death Penalty. The death penalty is the ultimate denial of human rights, we are making tremendous progress…
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Urgent Action: Young Man at Imminent Risk of Execution (Sudan: UA 103.19)
Amnesty International is alarmed that the Constitutional Court of Sudan confirmed the death sentence against Abbas Mohammed Nur Musa on 20 May 2019. Abbas had appealed his death sentence after…
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Urgent Action: Teenager at Risk of Execution (Iran: UA 83.19)
Danial Zeinolabedini, an 18-year-old imprisoned in Mahabad prison, West Azerbaijan province, is at risk of execution. He was sentenced to death in June 2018 after an unfair trial in which…
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Saudi Arabia: Decision to spare teenager’s life must be followed by abolition of death penalty for all juveniles
Responding to the news that Murtaja Qureiris, the young man from Saudi Arabia arrested at the age of 13, will not face execution and has been sentenced to 12 years in…
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Brunei Darussalam: Sultan’s speech a first step to repealing ‘heinous’ laws
Responding to news that the Brunei authorities have announced they will continue to refrain from implementing the death sentence, including under the newly enacted Syariah Penal Code Order, and would…
