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Executie van Amerikaan Clinton Young van de baan!

Tag: Goed nieuws

datum: 19 oktober 2017

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

Tag: Pers

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

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

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

Tag: Goed nieuws

datum: 28 augustus 2017

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

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

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

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

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

Tag: Blog

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