Amnesty International - USA.
An interview by Chris Hayes at MSNBC with Paul O'Brien, Executive Director of Amnesty International - USA. For more information, Click here.
Amnesty International - USA.
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Education activist Ahmad Fahim Azimi was just released after 11 months in prison. He should never have been jailed for promoting girls' rights to access education. His arrest, arbitrary detention, and unfair trial were against international human rights law. Since its return to power in Afghanistan, the Taliban has detained, tortured, and in some cases killed activists, journalists, poets, and others across the country. Thank you to all who worked tirelessly calling for his release.
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To me the UK number is the most interesting. It was the birthplace of the industrial revolution power by coal. |
Yet on 30 September 2024, UK shut down it’s last coal power station after 142 years. The UK now produces less CO2 per capita than it did at the end of the Crimean War in 1856! |
This suggests that economic growth does not have to equal a growth in CO2 emissions. Combined with falling fertility rates (especially in China and India) means our impact on the planet is very likely close to reaching its peak. |
So while the world is far from perfect, and there a lots of thing that can still be improved, I’m actually even more of an optimist about the future after researching these maps than I was before. |
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Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); October 10, 2024: 10th October marks World Day Against the Death Penalty. In anticipation, the Islamic Republic hanged 12 people the day prior. At least 531 people including a juvenile offender and 18 women have been executed in 2024.
Iran Human Rights once again urges the international community to not remain silent about the daily executions under the shadow of war and to do everything in their power to stop the rising executions in Iran.
IHRNGO Director, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam said: “Under the shadow of the threat of war with Israel, and taking advantage of the neglect of the media and the international community, the Islamic Republic has begun a widespread execution wave in Iranian prisons, targeting the most vulnerable individuals in society who have been sentenced to death in unjust courts. The aim of these executions is to instil fear in society and ensure the survival of the regime. We and the people of Iran today need more than ever solidarity and support from the global movement against the death penalty and the international community. The international community, especially the governments committed to human rights that have diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic, must not remain silent in the face of an execution every five hours in Iran.” For more information, Click here.
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People in Iran continue to endure the devastating consequences of the authorities’ brutal crackdown on the “Woman Life Freedom” uprising amid systematic impunity for crimes under international law, Amnesty International said today, ahead of the two-year anniversary of the protests that saw people across Iran challenge decades of oppression and gender-based discrimination.
The anniversary of the ‘Woman Life Freedom’ uprising is a haunting reminder that countless people in Iran are still reeling from the consequences of the authorities’ brutal crackdown.
Diana Eltahawy, Amnesty International