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19 oktober 2017
Executie van Amerikaan Clinton Young van de baan!

Op 26 oktober zou de staat Texas Clinton Young executeren. Maar vandaag kregen we heel mooi nieuws: de executie wordt uitgesteld!
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Amnesty International USA Responds to Trump Plan to Drastically Decrease Refugee Admissions

Responding to reports that the White House may drastically reduce the number of refugees admitted to the United States…
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USA: Justice Kennedy Temporarily Reinstates Refugee Ban

The following is a statement from Margaret Huang, executive director of Amnesty International USA, responding to the decision by…
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USA: Shell’s law firm refuses to hand over evidence critical for Ogoni Nine case

Shell’s US law firm is refusing to hand over more than 100,000 internal documents crucial to a legal case…
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28 augustus 2017
Arkansas (VS) zet doodstraf om

Op 25 augustus 2017 maakte de gouverneur van Arkansas bekend dat hij het doodvonnis van Jason McGehee wil omzetten…
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Amnesty International USA: Military Weapons to Local Law Enforcement a Grave Mistake

Following remarks from Attorney General Jeff Sessions stating President Trump’s intention to reverse an executive order by President Obama…
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Trump’s Transgender Military Policy is Cruel and Discriminatory

Following President Donald Trump’s signing of a new directive banning future transgender individuals serving in the U.S. military, Tarah Demant,…
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USA: Florida set to conduct its first execution in a year and a half

Ahead of a planned resumption of executions in Florida on 24 August, 18 months after the last one, Amnesty…
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Trump Must Condemn Racial and Ethnic Hatred

In response to today’s events in Charlottesville, Virginia, Amnesty International USA Deputy Executive Director of Campaigns and Membership, Njambi…
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Zon, zee en geweld in je favoriete vakantieland

Ga je binnenkort nog op vakantie? Of lig je reeds languit op je strandstoel onder de zon? Een fijne bestemming…