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Six Months of Wins for Human Rights
In the past six months, Amnesty International has contributed to a series of human rights wins, with people released from jail, laws changed, and justice served!
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Urgent Action: SWEDISH-IRANIAN AT GRAVE RISK OF EXECUTION IN IRAN (Iran 38.17)
Share: On This Page Swedish-Iranian academic, Ahmadreza Djalali, arbitrarily detained in Iran for over eight years, is at grave risk of execution after exhausting all legal avenues to overturn his…
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Urgent Action: ALABAMA’S THIRD EXECUTION OF 2024 IMMINENT (USA 61.24)
Keith Gavin is scheduled to be executed in Alabama on July 18, 2024. He was convicted in 1999 of a murder committed in 1998 and sentenced to death on a…
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DRC: President Tshisekedi Must Use Second Term to Tackle Human Rights Crisis
The DRC’s President Felix Tshisekedi must use his second and final term in office to address the human rights crisis engulfing the country.
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Global: FIFA Must Protect Human Rights by Securing Binding Safeguards from 2030 and 2034 World Cup Bidders – New Report
FIFA must rigorously and transparently ensure that bids to host the 2030 and 2034 men’s World Cup tournaments fully safeguard human rights and reject any offer that risks abuses once…
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TJ Riggs: “It’s difficult to watch Alabama continue to kill people and to do it so mercilessly and so often”
TJ Riggs is Amnesty International’s Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator for Alabama. He talks about fighting on behalf of those on death row.
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Global: Executions Soar to Highest Number in Almost a Decade
A total of 1,153 executions took place in 2023, which does not include the thousands believed to have been carried out in China, marking an increase of more than 30%…
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Amnesty International Global Report: Death Sentences and Executions 2023
Amnesty International's report covers the judicial use of the death penalty from January to December 2023.
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Urgent Action: JOURNALIST AND POET ABDUCTED IN PAKISTAN (Pakistan 46.24)
On May 15, 2024, Ahmad Farhad, a Kashmiri journalist and poet, was forcibly disappeared from his home in the capital city of Pakistan, Islamabad, and his whereabouts remain unknown. The…
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Urgent Action: RISK OF PROTEST-RELATED EXECUTIONS AFTER UNFAIR TRIALS (Iran 103.22)
At least eight individuals in Iran are under sentence of death in connection with the “Woman Life Freedom” uprising of 2022, and nine others have been arbitrarily executed following grossly…
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Iran: President Raisi’s Death Must Not Deny Victims of His Grim Human Rights Legacy Their Right to Accountability
The death of president Ebrahim Raisi must not deny people in Iran their right to justice, truth and reparation for the litany of crimes under international law and human rights…
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Urgent Action: EX-MINISTER TO BE TRIED ON BOGUS CHARGES (Tunisia 2.22)
On April 16, 2024, the Criminal Chamber of the Tunis Court of Cassation confirmed the indictment of ex-justice minister and senior Ennahdha leader Noureddine Bhiri who will now face trial…