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Urgent Action Update: UNJUSTLY DETAINED STUDENTS HARSHLY BEATEN (Iran: UA 76.20)
Iranian university students Ali Younesi and Amirhossein Moradi, arbitrarily detained without trial in section 209 of Tehran’s Evin prison since April 10, 2020, are at risk of being convicted in…
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Survivors of TPLF Attack in Amhara, Ethiopia Describe Gang Rape, Looting and Physical Assaults
Sixteen women from the town of Nifas Mewcha in Ethiopia’s Amhara region told Amnesty International they were raped by fighters from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) during the group’s…
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Urgent Action: UNLAWFUL EXECUTION SET FOR MALAYSIAN NATIONAL (Singapore: UA 109.21)
The authorities of Singapore have set the execution of Malaysian national Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam for November 10, 2021. In violation of international law and standards, he was sentenced to the…
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Oklahoma Seeks to Revive Machinery of Death Despite Unanswered Legal Questions
Today, an Oklahoma District Court held a hearing on the preliminary injunction to halt upcoming executions scheduled from October 2021-February 2022 for four people on the state’s death row.
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Amnesty International to Close its Hong Kong Offices
Amnesty International will close its two offices in Hong Kong by the end of the year, the organization announced today. The local ‘section’ office will cease operations on October 31…
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Urgent Action Update: EXECUTION LOOMS FOR YOUTH ARRESTED AT 17 (Iran: UA 83.21)
Iranian young man Arman Abdolali is facing imminent execution for a crime that took place when he was 17 years old. After global outcries, Iranian authorities postponed his execution three…
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The Death Penalty in America: The Case Against Death
Join Florida activists October 15th from 9am-3pm ET a virtual symposium on the death penalty. This one-day, virtual event puts the practice of State executions on trial. Expert witnesses will…
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AIUSA Group 30: 19th World Day Against the Death Penalty – Honoring Women Loved Ones
Join AIUSA Local Group 30 and friends on October 10th at 9pm ET/8pm CT/6pm PT for an important panel discussion about the death penalty and life without parole (LWOP) with…
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Urgent Action Update: LIFE OF ARBITRARILY DETAINED ACTIVIST IN DANGER (Egypt: UA 132.19)
Concerns are growing over activist Alaa Abdel Fattah’s life and wellbeing after his family and lawyer learned about his suicidal thoughts due to his unjust detention and cruel prison conditions.…
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The Death Penalty: Not In My Name
October 11, 4:30 - 6:00 pm ET Register here! Ray Krone was sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit. Ray's conviction was due in part to…
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Emma Green
Emma M. Green (she/her) is a youth human rights activist, writer, and researcher. She joined Amnesty International on the rural campus of Ohio Northern University in 2017. Since then, she…
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Ten Years On: The Legacy of Troy Davis Continues
Sept 21 @ 8:00pm ET/ 5:00 pm PT Register here! FB Event here. On September 21st 2011, the state of Georgia executed Troy Davis, despite a strong innocence case and…