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Have You Seen This Powerful Statement From a Death Row Inmate?
In December 2013, Gawker sent letters to all U.S. death row inmates who had executions scheduled in the upcoming year. They received their first reply from Ray Jasper, who is scheduled to be put to...
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HAPPENING NOW: Horrific Violence and U.N. Peacekeepers Are Nowhere to Be Found
Want to learn more about the crisis in the Central African Republic? Check out this story map created by Angela Chang, Amnesty USA’s Crisis Prevention & Response Advocate. By Natalia Taylor...
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“Thank You”: A Message from Newly Released Prisoner of Conscience Nabeel Rajab
Human rights defender Nabeel Rajab spent two years in prison because of his activity on Twitter (Photo Credit: Hussain Albahrani/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images). By Nabeel Rajab, Bahraini...
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Evaporating Hope for My Missing Daughter
By Munira al-Hamwi, mother of ‘disappeared’ Syrian human rights attorney Razan Zaitouneh They asked me to write about my daughter, Razan Zaitouneh. I am not a journalist or a writer but I will write...
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Chelsea Manning: ‘Why speaking out is worth the risk’
US Army Private Chelsea Manning was sentenced to 35 years in military prison for leaking classified government material to the website Wikileaks. © Juan Osborne for Amnesty International. Chelsea...
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Victory for Rafael Marques and Freedom of Expression in Angola!
Photo Credit: Maka Angola / MakaAngola.org Diamonds. Murder. Torture. Broken promises. Important officials. International players. All the elements of a gripping narrative told in a Hollywood...
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Angola: Journalist Rafael Marques Convicted for Writing a Book
There is a short distance between freedom and conviction in Angola. For journalist and human rights activist Rafael Marques de Morais, it was one week. Rafael went to court last Thursday and thought he...
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VICTORY: You Took a Stand. Now Moses Akatugba Will Walk Free!
Over the last year, activists like you have taken more than 800,000 actions in support of Moses Akatugba, who was imprisoned in Nigeria at 16 years old, tortured, and later sentenced to death on...
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Gao Yu: “History will prove my innocence”
By T. Kumar, Amnesty International USA’s International Advocacy Director Freedom of expression is under constant attack in China. But the recent sentence of prominent journalist, Gao Yu is not just...
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Human Rights Victory! Swaziland Prisoners of Conscience Freed!
Prisoners of conscience Thulani Maseko (above) and Bheki Makhubu walked free from a Swazi prison on June 30, 2015. (c) AP/Press Association Images Tuesday, June 30th was a very good day. Two activists...
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