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Amnesty International “State vs. Reed” Film Screening, Discussion, and Action!
"State vs. Reed" is a documentary detailing the murder of Stacey Stites of Bastrop, Texas and the subsequent arrest, conviction and death sentence handed down to Rodney Reed. This story…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Stop Execution of Two Young Brothers (Belarus: UA 53.20)
On 22 May, the Supreme Court of Belarus upheld the death sentences of young brothers Stanislau and Illia Kostseu, aged 19 and 21 respectively. They have appealed to President Lukashenka…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Fears of Abduction for Thai Activist in Exile (Cambodia: UA 96.20)
Wanchalearm Satsaksit, a Thai activist in exile, was reportedly abducted by unknown persons from outside his apartment building in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. A known dissident in Thailand, who often exercised…
Press Release
Global use of tear gas fuels police abuses
Tear Gas: An investigation is the organization’s interactive, multimedia site looking into what tear gas is, how it is used and documenting scores of cases of its misuse by security forces…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Man with Claims of Innocence Executed in Missouri (USA: UA 80.20)
Walter Barton was executed on 19 May 2020. He was on death row in Missouri, USA since 2006 for the 1991 murder of a woman and always maintained his innocence.…
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Criminal Justice Advocate
Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) is seeking a qualified volunteer leader to serve as a Criminal Justice Advocate in their state. The primary role of this volunteer is to serve as…
Press Release
Missouri plans to execute Walter Barton, as he maintains his innocence
The planned execution of Walter Barton demonstrates why the death penalty is far too flawed to ever fix. Barton maintains his innocence after it took five trials which lasted over…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Activist Arrested and Detained (Nigeria: UA 73.20)
On 28 April, Mubarak Bala, a prominent Nigerian humanist, was arrested by police officers at his home in Kaduna, north-western Nigeria, and accused of blasphemy after he wrote a post…
Press Release
Amnesty International Calls for the Release of All Prisoners of Conscience Worldwide
Amnesty International is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of all the prisoners of conscience it is campaigning for worldwide, who are now at heightened risk due to the…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Court Sentences Four Journalists to Death (Yemen: UA 27.16)
A Huthi-aligned court in Sana’a handed down death sentences to four journalists following a grossly unfair trial. The four journalists have been detained with six others since 2015. During their…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Fears for Uyghur Academic Demand Answers (China: UA 119.19)
The whereabouts of prominent Uyghur academic Tashpolat Tiyip remain unknown and the risk of execution cannot be ruled out. Victim of an enforced disappearance in 2017, his family received reports…
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Death penalty 2019: Global executions fell by 5%, hitting a 10-year low
Saudi Arabia executed a record number of people in 2019, despite an overall decline in executions worldwide, Amnesty International said in its 2019 global review of the death penalty published…
