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Blogs from Amnesty UK's Anti death penalty project.
How does that happen? How does another year slip by without us noticing? It seems like only a few weeks ago that we were contemplating our 2019 programme and now, suddenly, it has flown by and we are thinking forward to 2020. In...
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The death penalty is the ultimate in cruel and inhumane treatment. It reduces the state to the role of killer, and we believe it should never be used - no ifs, no buts.
Ndume Olatushani spent 28 years in a Tennessee prison - 20 years on death row - for a crime that he did not commit: the 1983 murder of Joe Belenchia. Twenty years of legal battles uncovered that evidence against him had been fabricated...
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#WellLit is a space for children and young people to review new books through a human rights lens. It platforms their voices and opinions to explore connections between literature and human rights.
Here you can find out what they really think about books that were written for them.
About this blog
Amnesty International is a movement of more than three million people across the globe. This blog highlights some of their stories as they fight injustice.
Gun violence is a global human rights issue. Governments have a legal obligation to protect the right to life, and therefore a responsibility to protect people from firearm violence. We have to remind them of this by demanding reform.
About this blog
A daily comment on what's in the news and what should be in the news, from the Amnesty UK media team.