Amnesty International
Supporters Seek Clemency for Native American Activist Convicted in Killings
WASHINGTON — Since 1977, Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist, has been serving two life sentences in federal prison for his role in the killings of two F.B.I. agents during a shootout in 1975 on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota — a punishment that his supporters have long held was the product of […]
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Kuwait Overturns Law Used to Prosecute Trans People
CAIRO — Kuwait’s constitutional court overturned a law on Wednesday that authorities had used to prosecute transgender people, saying the statute violated Kuwaitis’ right to personal freedom. Activists hailed the decision as a landmark for transgender rights in the Middle East. The law, known as Article 198, had criminalized “imitation of the opposite sex,” giving […]
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