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As of 2021, 2,382 prisoners in the U.S. were under sentence of death, both on the state and federal levels. Of those sentenced, 98 percent are male and 40 percent Black. The use of the death penalty, while has been gradually disappearing in the United States, remains popular among a majority of Americans despite widespread […]
Twenty-nine prisoners remain at the US detention facility in Cuba after the transfer of Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu. The United States has released Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu to Kenya, bringing the number of prisoners at the facility to 29. The Pentagon announced Bajabu’s release on Tuesday, saying Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin […]
MEXICO CITY — Ten Catholic priests and a seminarian were murdered during the six-year term of former Mexican President López Obrador that ended Sept. 30, the Catholic Multimedia Center said in its 2024 annual report. Seven bishops and seven additional priests were violently attacked during the same period but survived, the center said, chronicling concurrent […]
Singapore – Masoud Rahimi Mehrzad’s father was in a remote part of Iran when he received the news that he had long dreaded. His son was to be hanged in Singapore’s Changi Prison. Suffering from deteriorating health and with just a week’s notice until the execution at dawn on November 29, he was unable to […]
Venezuela’s government has taken steps to release some arrested in post-election crackdown but continues to pressure opposition. The government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has released 103 people imprisoned following the country’s contested July election, which the opposition accused Maduro of stealing. The citizen security service, headed by Minister Diosdado Cabello, announced the prisoner release […]
A federal office in the United States charged with shaping foreign trade policies has announced it would launch an investigation into Nicaragua’s government for “persistent attacks on labor rights, human rights and the rule of law”. On Tuesday, the Office of the United States Trade Representative explained it had received “numerous credible reports” that Nicaragua’s […]
Global Accountability for Wrongful, Abusive, and Unjust Detentions Press Statement Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State December 10, 2024 The Department of State is establishing two new visa restriction policies to promote accountability for wrongful, abusive, and unjust detention practices around the world, a critical step to address the growing trend of foreign governments […]
Ambassador Burns Statement for Human Rights Day 2024 Today the United States joins the international community in celebrating the 76th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which proclaims “a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want [. . .] as the […]
As of 2021, 2,382 prisoners in the U.S. were under sentence of death, both on the state and federal levels. Of those sentenced, 98 percent are male and 40 percent Black. The use of the death penalty, while has been gradually disappearing in the United States, remains popular among a majority of Americans despite widespread […]
The conflict forced around 23,000 people, predominantly Christians, to flee their homes as violence escalated in the region, highlighting the deadly impact misinformation can have in a climate of ethnic and religious tension. The United Christian Forum (UCF), which tracks incidents of hate crimes against Christians, has reported a concerning surge in violence targeting the […]