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Using Border Agents as Translators Has Tragic Consequences
Many local police across the US rely on federal immigration agents to provide translation services, a practice that is not only inappropriate, but can have deadly repercussions.
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Amnesty Report Reveals Crimes Against Humanity in Syria
Amnesty's new report finds that security forces committed atrocities against Syrian civilians by rounding up men and boys, arresting them and torturing them in detention for weeks.
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Holding Private Security Contractors Accountable for Human Rights Abuses
Two Xe (formerly Blackwater) contractors were recently convicted for killing a civilian in Afghanistan. However, loopholes still remain that allow private military companies to dodge accountability.
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If Six Unarmed Protesters Are Killed, Does India Care?
Six protesters including a woman and a 7 month old child were killed in a police shooting in Forbesganj, Bihar India.
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Gaddafi Uses Rape as a Weapon of War?
Amid reports of hundreds of rapes by Gaddafi forces in Libya, Amnesty International remains concerned about violence against women in the political turbulence of the Arab Spring uprisings.
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Syrian Soldier Defies Order To Shoot Peaceful Protesters
A Syrian solder speaks out about his orders to shoot peaceful protesters and his unwillingness to comply.
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Admission of Forced 'Virginity Tests' in Egypt Must Lead to Justice
A senior Egyptian general has admitted female protesters were forced to undergo ‘virginity tests’, which the government has previously denied.
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Killing Osama
Politicians have hailed the death of Osama bin Laden as an act of justice, but by making assassination politically acceptable the United States is making the world an even more…
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Amnesty Delivers Petitions to Syrian Embassies to Stop Bloodshed
Amnesty International representatives across the world delivered over 165,000 petition signatures to Syrian Embassies urging President Bashar al-Assad to stop the bloodshed.
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The Long Fight for Justice in Egypt after Mubarak
Egyptian authorities must provide justice to victims of violent repression during mass protests earlier this year. Amnesty's new report documents abuses that led to at least 840 deaths.