Russia: Draft Amendment to the Criminal Code Aimed at Countering Insult of Religious Beliefs

In this analysis, ARTICLE 19 calls on the State Duma of the Russian Federation to reject the Draft Law Amending the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and Some Legal Acts of the Russian Federation Aimed at Countering Insult of Religious Beliefs and Feelings of Citizens, Desecration of Religious Objects and Subjects of Worship (Pilgrimage) and Sites of Religious Ceremonies (Draft Law).

By Article 19, UK.

Human rights Policy Resource.

Maryland Joins Global Trend Against the Death Penalty

(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) - Maryland has joined the overwhelming global trend towards ending the death penalty, Amnesty International said today after Governor Martin O'Malley signed the abolition of capital punishment into law. The abolition bill, passed by the state legislature in March 2013, makes Maryland the 18th U.S. state to relinquish use of the death penalty since the U.S. Supreme Court approved new capital laws in 1976.

ByAmnesty International, USA.

Humanitarian Intervention Policy Resource.