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Urgent Action: RELEASE CLEARED MEN FROM GUANTÁNAMO (USA: UA 66.22)
Out of the 36 men who remain at the US military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, 20 are cleared for release yet remain imprisoned today. The prison has been open…
Press Release
First Executions in Myanmar in Decades Mark Atrocious Escalation in State Repression
Responding to reports that Myanmar’s military authorities have carried out executions for the first time since the late 1980s, Amnesty International’s Regional Director Erwin van der Borght said:
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RAC’22 Planning committee application
Planning committee application The Conference Programming Committee (CPC) is a group of AIUSA member leaders who will review the 2022 conference program session proposals and select the final sessions for…
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Vahid Afkari
Summary Vahid Afkari was arbitrarily arrested for his peaceful participation in protests in his hometown of Shiraz in 2017 and 2018. Slogans chanted at these protests expressed a mix of…
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Urgent Action Update: FURTHER EXECUTION DATES SET (Singapore: UA 15.22)
Hangings have resumed in Singapore for drug related offenses, after Abdul Kahar bin Othman was executed on March 30, and Malaysian national Nagaenthran Dharmalingam was executed on April 29, while…
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Urgent Action: JOURNALIST PROSECUTED BY A MILITARY COURT (Tunisia: UA 62.22)
On June 11, 2022, two police officers in plainclothes arrested journalist Salah Attia. His arrest stems from a declaration he made on Al Jazeera TV the day before in which…
Report
Biden Must Take Action on Promise to End Federal Death Penalty
Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Furman v. Georgia ruling, which temporarily outlawed executions in the USA, Amnesty International reminds President Biden and the federal…
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Urgent Action: ARRESTED AT 14, TORTURED, NOW FACES EXECUTION (Saudi Arabia: UA 60.22)
Abdullah al-Huwaiti, who was arrested when he was 14, is at imminent risk of execution in Saudi Arabia. On June 13, 2022, the Appeals Court upheld his death sentence after…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: TEXAS EXECUTION SCHEDULED FOR CRIME AT 18 (USA: UA 57.22)
Ramiro Gonzales is scheduled to be executed in Texas on July 13, 2022. He was sentenced to death in September 2006 for a murder committed in January 2001 when he…
Press Release
President Bukele Engulfs El Salvador in a Human Rights Crisis After Three Years in Government
Under the current state of emergency, the Salvadoran authorities have committed massive human rights violations, including thousands of arbitrary detentions and violations of due process, as well as torture and…
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Urgent Action Update: RELEASE JOURNALISTS AT RISK OF EXECUTION (Yemen: UA 27.16)
On May 29, 2022, the appeal session for four Yemeni journalists sentenced to death, namely, Akram al-Walidi, Abdelkhaleq Amran, Hareth Hamid, and Tawfiq al-Mansouri, will take place before the Huthi-run…
Report
Death Penalty 2021: State-Sanctioned Killings Rise as Executions Spike in Iran and Saudi Arabia
2021 saw a worrying rise in executions and death sentences as some of the world’s most prolific executioners returned to business as usual and courts were unshackled from Covid-19 restrictions,…
