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Amid Trump Killing Spree, Family of Martin Luther King Jr Joins Chorus Demanding: 'Abolish the Death Penalty'

Bloomington, Indiana anti-death-penalty activist Glenda Breeden holds a lamp on Jan. 12, 2021 while protesting against the then-pending execution of Lisa Montgomery, and two others, at Terre Haute Federal Prison this week. Montgomery was to be put to death on Wednesday.

With US on Edge and Trump Still in Power, State Capitals on Guard Against Far-Right 'Shock Troops'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

National Guard soldiers are seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on January 14, 2021. (Photo: Ting Shen/Xinhua via Getty Images)

"The Capitol siege has provided far-right extremists with significant momentum," warned one expert.

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Amnesty Urges US Mayors and Governors to Protect People From Armed Right-Wing Groups Plotting New Attacks

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Supporters of President Donald Trump enter the U.S. Capitol's Rotunda on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Demonstrators breached security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated certification of the a 2020 presidential election results. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

The group warns the nation is "dangerously vulnerable to those who prefer...

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As 'Dark Stain' of Guantánamo Begins 20th Year, Groups Demand Biden Close Offshore Prison

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

For several years, critics of the Guantánamo Bay detention camp have dressed in orange jumpsuits at demonstrations calling for its immediate closure. (Photo: Amnesty International)

"Biden must reaffirm his commitment to closure and take the necessary action to...

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Saudi human rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul was sentenced on Monday to nearly six years in prison under the kingdom's counterterrorism laws. (Photo: Lina al-Hathloul/Twitter)

Conviction of Loujain al-Hathloul in Saudi Arabia Condemned as 'Blatant Attack on the Most Basic Human Rights'

Margaret Keenan, 90, who was the first patient in the United Kingdom to receive the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine, talks with healthcare assistant Lorraine Hill while preparing to leave University Hospital Coventry on December 9, 2020, a day after receiving the vaccine. (Photo by Jonny Weeks/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

As FDA Gives Pfizer and BioNTech the Green Light, Global Calls Continue to Mount for a #PeoplesVaccine

"No one should be blocked from getting a life-saving vaccine because of the country they live in or the amount of money in their pocket," said Anna Marriott, Oxfam's health policy manager. (Photo: Alissa Everett/Getty Images)

Rich Nations Hoard Vaccines While 90% of People in Poor Countries Denied 'Escape Route From the Pandemic'

Rohingya refugees board a Bangladesh Navy ship to be transported to the island of Bhashan Char in Chittagong on December 4, 2020.

'Short-Sighted and Inhumane': Human Rights Groups Sound Warnings as Bangladesh Sends Rohingya Refugees to Low-Lying Silt Island

The communist government of Vietnam has been cracking down on social media companies and users. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

Amnesty International Reveals Extent of Facebook, YouTube Complicity in Vietnamese State Repression

Moderna, a U.S. biotech firm, announced on November 16, 2020 that its experimental vaccine against Covid-19 was almost 95% effective. (Photo illustration: Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images)

'It Should Belong to Humanity': Funded by Public, Promising Moderna Results Bolster Global Call for #PeoplesVaccine

Police officers gather to remove activists during an anti death penalty protest in front of the U.S. Supreme Court January 17, 2017 in Washington, D.C.

With 'Irrevocable Injustice' on the Line, Democratic Lawmakers Demand Trump Admin Put Brakes on Federal Killing Spree

The United States was the subject of the United Nations Human Rights Council's review on November 9, 2020 in Geneva, Switzerland. (Photo: Getty Images)

From Police Violence at Home to Killing Civilians in Unending Wars Abroad, US Faces Human Rights Reckoning at UN

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as senior adviser Stephen Miller (C) listens during a round-table discussion on border security and safe communities with state, local, and community leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House on January 11, 2019. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

'So, So Cruel': Rights Advocates, Biden Campaign Sound Alarm About Immigration Agenda Stephen Miller Is Crafting for Trump's Second Term

A child, age 2, from Honduras cries as U.S. Border Patrol agents detain her family near the U.S.-Mexico border in McAllen, Texas on June 12, 2018. (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

'Reckless Incompetence and Intentional Cruelty': House Issues Scathing Report on Trump Migrant Family Separation Policy

Saudi Arabia, Belarus Among Countries Joining US-Led Coalition Claiming Women Have 'No International Right to Abortion'

Israeli forces demolish a building with bulldozers in Wadi al-Hummus neighborhood of Sur Baher region of East Jerusalem on July 22, 2019. (Photo: Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Trump State Department Plan to Declare Human Rights Groups 'Anti-Semitic' Slammed as 'Desperate,' 'Obscene'

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CookieCott 2014: Because It's Time To Make the Girl Scouts Clean Again and Stop Them From Performing So Many Abortions

Good news, cookie lovers! Next Friday kicks off “Girl Scout Cookie Weekend," celebrating the world's largest girl-led business helping girls learn key life skills like setting goals, making decisions, managing money and giving abortions. No, wait. Not true. Except to some wingers with "pro-life concerns" who have launched a campaign to boycott all those subversive cookies because Girl Scouts think Kathleen Sebelius and Wendy Davis are cool, and promote "the Planned Parenthood abortion business...

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Government Report Reinforces That Cruelty Drove Family Separations

Amnesty International - USA

Mayors and Governors Must Protect People From Armed Groups, Denounce White Supremacy

Amnesty International - USA

President Trump Incites Violence

Amnesty International - USA

Federal Executions in the United States Buckle Global Progress on Abolition

Amnesty International - USA

The Libya Stabilization Act Will Mean Accountability for Abuses

Amnesty International - USA

Trump Administration's Refusal to Cooperate With President-Elect Biden Is Worsening COVID-19 Human Rights Crisis...

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Marianne Brooker

Climate Refugee Ruling Sets 'Global Precedent'

Likhita Banerji

A Dangerous Alliance: Governments Collaborate with Surveillance Companies to Shrink the Space for Human Rights Work

William Nee

Google CEO Has Serious Questions to Answer on China Censored Search

Stephen McCloskey

Western Complicity Is Fueling Yemen’s Humanitarian Crisis

Salil Shetty

The US Travel Ban: Unconstitutional, Inhumane and Illogical

Salil Shetty

Tackling the Global Refugee Crisis: Sharing, Not Shirking Responsibility

Elizabeth Beavers

CIA Torture, Read All About It

Chris Hedges

Amnesty International: Protecting the ‘Human Rights’ of Johns, Pimps and Human Traffickers

Rebecca Hiscock

Celebrity Activists Get It Wrong on Amnesty International’s Sex Work Policy

Luca Stevenson, Agata Dziuban

Amnesty Must Stand Firm on Support for Decriminalizing Sex Work