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Sri Lanka: Biden Must Respond to Dangerous Anti-Terrorism Act
“The draft Anti-Terrorism Act categorically fails on every human rights benchmark. If the Biden administration values the rights of the Sri Lankan people, they need to send a clear message…
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Billie Allen
On Federal Death Row Since 1998, Seeking Justice Billie Jerome Allen has been on federal death row for well over half his life. Now 45, he was 19 at the…
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Interfaith Action Against the Death Penalty: April 2023
From April 4-21, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) is hosting an Interfaith Action Against the Death Penalty. Faith-based groups are invited to join AIUSA in advocating to abolish the federal…
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Annual Report 2022: Response to Russian Invasion of Ukraine Exposes an International System Unfit to Deal With Global Crises
Amnesty International’s Annual Report for 2022 highlights double standards throughout the world on human rights and the failure of the international community to unite around consistently-applied human rights and universal…
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Child Detainees in Iran Subjected To Flogging, Electric Shocks And Sexual Violence In Brutal Protest Crackdown
Iran’s intelligence and security forces have been committing horrific acts of torture, including beatings, flogging, electric shocks, rape and other sexual violence against child protesters as young as 12 to…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: EXECUTION WOULD BREACH INTERNATIONAL LAW (USA: UA 23.23)
Texas intends to execute Andre Thomas, a Black man, on 5 April 2023. He was sentenced to death in 2005 by an all-white jury after his lawyers failed to challenge…
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Urgent Action: EXECUTION SET AFTER 32 YEARS ON DEATH ROW (USA: UA 16.23)
The State of Florida is scheduled to execute Donald Dillbeck on 23 February 2023. Now aged 60, he was sentenced to death in 1991 after only eight jurors voted for…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: 14 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN RELATION TO PROTESTS (Iran: UA 103.22)
At least 14 individuals are at grave risk of execution in Iran in connection with the nationwide protests, including for acts not involving “intentional killing”, in violation of Iran’s obligations…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: MAN AT RISK OF FORCIBLE RETURN AND TORTURE (Morocco: UA 12.23)
On 14 January 2023, Moroccan security officers detained Saudi citizen Hassan Al Rabea at Marrakesh airport at the request of Saudi Arabia who has charged him with terrorism- related crimes.…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: YOUTH WITH MENTAL DISABILITY RISKS EXECUTION (Iran: UA 6.23)
Mohammad Ghobadlou is at grave risk of execution in connection with Iran’s nationwide protests. He has received two death sentences after grossly unfair sham trials, marred by torture-tainted “confessions” and…
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Depths of Degradation, Heights of Hypocrisy: USA’s First Execution of 2023
Paul O’Brien, Amnesty International USA A macabre ritual, incompatible with human dignity but enacted over one and a half thousand times in the USA in the past four and a…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: 26 PEOPLE RISK EXECUTION IN RELATION TO PROTESTS (Iran: UA 103.22)
At least 26 people are at great risk of execution in connection with nationwide protests after Iranian authorities arbitrarily executed two individuals following grossly unfair sham trials in a bid…