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A Nigerian torture victim wrongfully sentenced to death for a crime committed when he was 16 years old has been pardoned following intensive campaigning from Amnesty International supporters across the world. Moses Akatugba, who was on death row following his conviction for stealing three mobile phones 10 years ago and was repeatedly tortured into signing …
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On 28 May 2015, Moses Akatugba, a Nigerian death-row inmate, was pardoned after nearly 10 years in jail. He had been tortured to confess to a crime he says he never committed. Over 800,000 activists sent letters demanding justice for Moses. Moses describes his joy at finally being free. Tears of joy When I called …
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On 16 February, Jerryme Corre celebrated his birthday, joined by his wife and Amnesty Philippines staff at Angeles City Jail. Jerryme has spent the last three years imprisoned there after police allegedly tortured him into a confession. Gemma Regina Cunanan, Director of Amnesty Philippines, describes the day. Meeting Jerryme When Jerryme Corre walked out to …
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As Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste walks free from Egypt’s Tora Prison, the continuing plight of his colleagues Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy must not be forgotten. Welcome relief The organisation has been calling for the immediate and unconditional release of all three men since their arrest in December 2013. “The news that Peter Greste …
Dr Tun Aung, a Muslim community leader and medical doctor imprisoned for trying to prevent communal violence, was released from jail on 19 January in Myanmar. What happened? In June 2012 Dr Tun Aung was arrested after trying to calm the crowd during a riot involving Buddhists and Rohingya in Western Myanmar’s Rakhine State. Independent …
Protection for the millions of people whose lives are devastated by the poorly regulated global arms trade just took a giant leap forward. A total of 50 ratifications were needed for the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) to come into force and as of now there have been 53, triggering a 90-day countdown to entry into …
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