FREE LEQAA: DETAINED FOR SPEAKING OUT AGAINST GENOCIDE Leqaa Kordia, a 32-year-old Palestinian woman, is the only known remaining student campus protester still detained by ICE for her peaceful activism to stop Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and we need your ...

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HELP BLOCK THE BOMBS WITH THIS LIFESAVING BILL Don’t be fooled by the so-called ceasefire in Gaza. Palestinians are still being killed, starved, and displaced – and U.S.-made weapons are STILL fueling the violence. Tell your representative to co-s...

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#blockthebombs #warpigs #givepeaceachance #warwhatisitgoodfor #amnestyinternational #amnestyusa #petition #pleasesign #pleaseshare #pleasesignandshare

URGENT: DEFUND ICE Lawmakers are scrambling to rewrite funding plans that could pour money into ICE and Border Patrol, and expand its power. Keep up the pressure: send your letter in one click and urge your Senators to ...

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#closethecamps

Torture and Enforced Disappearances in the Sunshine State: Human Rights Violations at “Alligator Alcatraz” and Krome in Florida Amnesty International visited “Alligator Alcatraz” and Krome detention centers to document human rights violations.

#florida #ice #cbp #dhs #amnestyusa

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A Death Row Inmate Was Released on Bail After His Conviction Was Overturned. Louisiana Still Wants to Execute Him. Months after a judge tossed out his 1998 murder conviction, Jimmie Duncan is free on bail. But prosecutors have asked the Louisiana Supreme Court to reinstate the death penalty for Duncan, even as the...

Original verdict was based on junk science: “bite mark analysis.” The death penalty doesn’t deter homicides anyway or #Louisiana would not have such an abysmal record of violent crime. Capital punishment is an expensive and futile spectacle.

#amnestyusa

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Hughes, Elainja, "Find Out." Physical Collage, Magazine600Tons, 08.02.2025

Cover art I made for the Magazine600Tons single, "Find Out" as part of the Platphorm Recordings compilation charity record, "ICEBREAKERS" on Bandcamp. All proceeds go to AmnestyUSA to assist families affected by ICE in the United States.

#art #music #charity #bandcamp #amnestyusa

Shut Down “Alligator Alcatraz” -- And Every Cruel Detention Center The horrors of "Alligator Alcatraz" are not isolated -- they are a glimpse into the entire U.S. detention system. ACT NOW: Demand that the Department of Homeland Security shut down Alligator Alcatraz ...

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Tennessee man’s heart still active nearly two minutes after execution, lawyer says Allegation raises further questions about death of Byron Black in execution lawyer says was ‘100% botched’

Capital punishment is an expensive and gruesome spectacle. This man was 69 and suffering from a long list of medical conditions that would have killed him anyway. Executing him was cruel and unnecessary.

#tennessee #amnestyusa

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URGE CONGRESS: INTERVENE TO STOP U.S. MURDER ON HIGH SEAS Sign on to send your letter in one-click: Urge Congress to act immediately to halt these illegal airstrikes targeting unidentified boats in the Caribbean Sea and hold those responsible to account.

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Texas court blocks execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson Roberson was scheduled to be executed Oct. 16 after being convicted of capital murder in 2003 for the death of his two-year-old daughter Nikki.

#Texas does something sensible and decent for a change

#amnestyusa

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The poster for Banned Books Week 2025 features a man and a woman setting at a large open book emitting 4 speech bubbles with musical notes, a paintbrush and palette, a typewriter, and a megaphone and picket sign with a heart on it.

"Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." Article 19, Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The books featured on this poster represent authors, artists, and others who have faced persecution, imprisonment, exile, or death for sharing their ideas. During Banned Books Week, Amnesty International USA works in solidarity with the American Library Association (ALA) and in partnership with the Banned Books Coalition to promote and advocate for freedom of expression. In 2013 the ALA recognized Amnesty International with the John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award: "For an approach to Banned Books Week that focuses on the logical consequences that follow when governments are allowed to censor .. beyond the removal or burning of books comes the removal and physical harm to authors, journalists and others."

Freedom Pages: a youth banned books art and literature competition. 1st prize: $300. 2nd prize: $200. 3rd prize: $100. Accepting submissions: September 15 - October 15, 2025. Open to youth (under 25). Prompts and submissions: amnestyusa.or/campaigns/aiusa-freedom-pages/

Freedom of Expression is a Human Right. Learn more about Amnesty International's Banned Books Week action to defend freedom of expression: bit.ly/amnestybanedbooksweek2025

#BannedBooks #AmnestyUSA

‘Psychopath test’ under growing scrutiny as Texas prepares to execute man Experts say checklist devised in 1970s that helped convict Robert Roberson pushing juries into harsher punishments

Junk science abounds in the “justice” system. And capital punishment doesn’t make #Texas any safer than states that have ended the death penalty.

#autism #medsky #amnestyusa

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Braun denies clemency for death row inmate Roy Lee Ward, set to be executed Oct. 10 The Indiana Parole Board had previously recommended that Braun reject clemency for Ward, who raped and murdered a 15-year-old girl.

The death penalty does nothing to deter violent crime.

#indiana #amnestyusa

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#freepalestine #freegaza #resist #takeaction #petition #pleasesign #pleaseshare #petition #amnestyinternational #amnestyusa

Utah Supreme Court blocks execution of prisoner with dementia who chose to die by firing squad | CNN The impending execution of a man by firing squad in Utah was blocked by the state’s Supreme Court on Friday after his attorneys argued he should be spared because he has dementia.

Executing a prisoner who has dementia would be cruel, unusual, expensive and unnecessary. States that inflict the death penalty are not safer than those that impose life imprisonment for the worst murders

#utah #scotus #amnestyusa

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Executing Ralph Menzies will forever stain who we are as Utahns • Utah News Dispatch Commentary: By definition, killing Ralph Menzies is an arbitrary infliction of extreme punishment for punishment’s sake only.

Executing Ralph Menzies will accomplish nothing. It will not deter murder in #Utah.

#amnestyusa

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Alabama execution stays on hold as officials complete court-ordered psychiatric evaluation The scheduled execution of an Alabama Death Row inmate will not go forward next week as the state waits for the completion of a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation.

The jury recommended a life sentence but the judge overruled that and imposed the death penalty.

#alabama #amnestyusa

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Menzies should die by terminal illness, not firing squad, his attorneys argue By Pat Reavy Click here for updates on this story     SALT LAKE CITY (KSL) — Attorneys for death row inmate Ralph Leroy Menzies say one way or another, their client will die in prison. But attorney Er...

Execution is expensive, ugly and unnecessary

#utah #amnestyusa

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Tennessee man says he hurt badly during lethal injection without deactivating defibrillator NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A man convicted of killing his girlfriend and her two young daughters in the 1980s said he was “hurting so bad” while he was given a lethal injection Tuesday in Tennessee, w…

Capital punishment is a sorry and expensive spectacle that has no value in deterring violent crimes. States that execute murderers are not safer than those that impose life without parole.

#tennessee #amnestyusa

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Execution of Tennessee inmate with heart device can go forward despite claims it may shock him Lawyers for Byron Black, who is scheduled to be put to death this month, say his defibrillator may be unnecessarily triggered and subject him to "severe pain."

A “gruesome spectacle” that costs millions of dollars to carry out and has no deterrent effect on violent crimes

#Tennessee #amnestyusa

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Judge orders Tennessee to turn off inmate's heart-regulating implanted device at execution A judge is ordering state officials to turn off a death-row inmate's heart-regulating implanted device to avert the risk that it might try to shock him during his execution by lethal injection schedul...

The death penalty is nothing more than ugly and expensive political theater. It does nothing to deter violent crime. Life without parole is a better option.

#tennessee #amnestyusa #noexecutions

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Death row inmate set for execution asks for clemency Attorneys for Ralph Menzies, who is set to be executed Sept. 5, are seeking clemency from the state parole board, citing his mental health and comments from an initial judge.

Pathetic, pointless, unnecessary

#utah #amnestyusa

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ACT NOW: flood the inboxes of your members of Congress with demands to shut down Alligator Alcatraz.

#alligatoralcatraz #petition #pleasesign #pleaseshare #resist #amnestyusa #amnestyinternational

Corrections officials preparing for firing squad — Utah's 2nd execution in 13 months Utah death row inmate Ralph Leroy Menzies is scheduled to be executed by firing squad just after midnight on Sept. 5. Corrections officials say they're prepared.

The death penalty has no value as a deterrent against violent crime. States that execute killers are not safer than those that impose life sentences. I really wonder how this affects the executioners and their families.

#utah #amnestyusa

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DSAI Conversations for Change Series - Address by Paul O'Brien, Executive Director, Amnesty International USA | DSA Ireland Join us for light refreshments from 3.15pm, followed by an address by Paul O'Brien, Executive Director, Amnesty International USA, and a moderated discussion at the Long Room Hub. This event is &#8230...

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We are hosting Paul O'Brien for the next DSAI Conversations for Change at Trinity College Dublin.

If you care about structural change, justice, and bold conversations, come join us.

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Death Penalty Cost Recent Cost Studies A 2003 legislative audit in Kansas found that the estimated cost of a death penalty case was 70% more than the cost of a comparable

Life imprisonment is cheaper!

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Militarization and Suppression of Protests in the Age of Trump As a human rights organization with experience monitoring protests, Amnesty International answers FAQs regarding the militarization of protests in the U.S

Amnesty warns Trump’s militarized suppression of dissent signals systemic rights violations under Operation At Large. #MilitarizedPolicing #OperationAtLarge #AmnestyUSA #ProtestRights

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JOIN THE CALL TO END GENOCIDE IN GAZA Tell your elected leaders in Congress: the U.S. can save lives by stopping weapons transfers to the Israeli government and by calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire.

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