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USA: Execution scheduled amidst allegations of state misconduct

Jamie Mills is set for execution in Alabama on May 30, 2024. He was sentenced to death in 2007 for...

Action in Berlin for Julian Assange to coincide with his appeal hearing at the UK High Court. February 2024. Photo by Amnesty International.

UK/USA: Julian Assange’s five-year imprisonment in the UK is unacceptable

Today marks five years of Julian Assange being detained in Belmarsh, a high security prison in the UK. As he...

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USA: Georgia Carries Out Its First Execution Since 2020

Willie Pye, a 58-year-old Black man, was executed in Georgia on March 20, 2024, after spending over 25 years on...

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USA: Willie Pye, 58, faces execution in Georgia

Willie Pye is set for execution in Georgia on March 20, 2024. Pye, now 58 years old, was sentenced to...

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USA: Texas conducts USA’s second execution of year

Ivan Cantu, a 50-year-old Hispanic man, was executed in Texas on February 28, 2024. He was convicted and sentenced to...

Julian Assange, editor in chief of WikiLeaks attends the Hay Festival on June 4, 2011 in Hay-on-Wye, Wales. (Photo by David Levenson/Getty Images)

UK/USA: Global media freedom at risk as Julian Assange back in UK court facing possible extradition to USA

In advance of Julian Assange’s next hearing in the UK courts ahead of his possible extradition to the US, Amnesty...

Act Now: Kenneth Smith’s Execution and Possible Implications on Rocky Myers

Kenneth Smith’s Execution by Nitrogen Gas and Rocky Myers’ Case Kenneth Smith, 58, was executed in Alabama on January 25,...

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USA: Ivan Cantu’s Execution Looms Amid Fair Trial Concerns

Ivan Cantu, 50, faces execution in Texas on February 28, 2024, for a double murder in November 2000. His 2001...

USA: The Urgent Case of Rocky Myers in the Wake of Kenneth Smith’s Execution

Kenneth Smith, aged 58, was pronounced dead at 8:25 pm local time on January 25, 2024, following his execution in...

Damage caused to the Abu Mu’eileq family home by air strikes in Gaza. Photo by Amnesty International.

Stop arms sales fuelling conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories

On December 5, 2023, a new investigation published by Amnesty International found that US-made Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) were used by...

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USA: Execution set despite unreliable testimony

Brent Brewer is scheduled to be executed in Texas on November 9, 2023. His 1991 death sentence was overturned in...

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USA: Missouri’s third execution of 2023 imminent

Michael Tisius is scheduled to be executed in Missouri, USA, on June 6, 2023. He was sentenced to death for...

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