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Amnesty International has welcomed news that Kenny Richey, a Scottish man who has spent over 20 years on death row in Ohio, USA, is about to return to his native Edinburgh. Mr Richey, who won an...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Amnesty International demands the immediate release of Mahmoud Salehi Amnesty International today called for immediate release of an Iranian trade union leader who was rushed to hospital after...

Scottish man to be released after 20 years on death row Amnesty International UK and other anti-death penalty campaigners have welcomed today’s announcement that Kenny Richey, a Scottish man on death...