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NI campaigners hail release of death row Scot

Northern Ireland campaigners against the death penalty have hailed the release tonight (Monday) of Kenny Richey, a Scottish man who has spent more than 20 years on death row in Ohio, as "very welcome...

Kenny Richey: Return to Scotland welcomed by campaigners

Amnesty to welcome him home at Edinburgh airport Amnesty International and other anti-death penalty campaigners are preparing to welcome back to Scotland tomorrow Kenny Richey, the Scottish man who...

Amnesty calls for compassion at Christmas for Nigerian family facing deportation

Amnesty International has called on the Home Office to reconsider its decision to deport a Nigerian family who have been living in east Belfast. Amnesty will be taking part in a protest on the steps...

Saudi Arabia: Amnesty appeal for detained blogger at risk of torture

Amnesty International today issued an urgent appeal for Internet blogger Fouad Ahmad al-Farhan , who is reportedly being held in incommunicado detention at Dhaban Prison in the Saudi city of Jeddah...

Scotland: Kenny Richey Case: Death Row Scot to be freed on Monday

Campaigners for Kenny Richey, a Scottish man who has spent more than 20 years on death row in Ohio, are preparing to celebrate his release on Monday. Mr Richey had been preparing to mount a defence in...

Morocco: Amnesty demands release of six facing jail for presumed homosexuality

Youtube ‘gay’ party video shown at original trial Amnesty International today called on its 2.2 million members worldwide to write to the Moroccan authorities demanding the release of six men who are...

Kenya: Amnesty condemns killings in post-election violence

Politicians must intervene to end bloodshed and help thousands left displaced Amnesty International today strongly condemned the increasing number of politically-motivated killings of civilians by...

Kenny Richey Case: death row Scot to be freed on Monday

Campaigners for Kenny Richey, a Scottish man who has spent more than 20 years on death row in Ohio, are preparing to celebrate his release on Monday. Mr Richey had been preparing to mount a defence in...

Ethiopia: Amnesty outraged by conviction of human rights defenders

Charges against pair no more than a ‘criminalisation of free speech’ Amnesty International today condemned the convictions of two human rights defenders in Ethiopia, adding that the two men are...

China: Amnesty condemns expansion of lethal injection method

Amnesty International today strongly condemned the expansion of China’s lethal injection programme, questioning claims that it is ‘more humane’ than execution by firing squad. The organisation called...