In June 1972, the US Supreme Court issued a ruling, Furman v. Georgia, which, in effect, nullified the country's capital laws and overturned nearly 600 death sentences ...
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT 26 June 2012 AI Index: AMR 51/049/2012. USA: Another welcome step on children in the criminal justice system. ...
It is time for all governments to commit to securing an international Arms Trade Treaty. Hundreds of thousands of people are killed, injured, raped, repressed and ...
Sammy Lopez is scheduled to be executed in the US state of Arizona on 27 June for a murder committed in 1986. The details of his background of extreme poverty and ...
In this statement Amnesty International welcomes the opportunity to share its concerns and recommendations on this important issue. The US stands virtually alone ...
Amnesty International is deeply concerned that the Pakistan government has facilitated the practice of enforced disappearance with the creation of security laws ...
In this document Amnesty International considers the purported legal rationale for current US policies and practices in the deliberate killing of terrorism suspects ...
Michael Brawner was executed in Mississippi on 12 June for a quadruple murder in 2001. This was the fifth execution in Mississippi so far this year, out of 21 ...