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New Mass Death Sentences in Egypt – Act Now
The speed and scale of Egypt’s back-to-back mass convictions underscores how arbitrary the Egyptian judicial system has become.
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What’s Ten Attack Helicopters Between Friends?
Not only does this demonstrate an end to the "aid" suspension, it provides the Egyptian military with a key weapon that has already been used in bloody crackdowns against civilians.
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How You Can Help Defend Journalists in Honduras
The role of journalists becomes even more important when the government fails to investigate abuses. But the impunity that makes journalists so necessary also creates even greater danger for them.
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How the Vietnamese Government is Using Its Political Prisoners to Gain Leverage
The Vietnamese government moves prisoners of conscience in and out of prison, whenever it seems like a favorable move. Its latest release of prisoners may merely be a publicity stunt.
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URGENT: 528 Men Sentenced to Death in Mass Trial
You can help stop this mass, grotesque violation of human rights: sign Amnesty's petition calling on Egyptian authorities to overturn the 528 death sentences.
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7 Things Afghanistan’s New President Must Do
These elections represent much more than the appointment of a president. For Afghanistan, it signals the beginning of a new era.
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Zimbabwe: Where Freedom Isn’t Free
Today, Zimbabwe commemorates 34 years of independence, but it remains a country where organizing a peaceful protest can land you behind bars.
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How Much Do You Know About Turkey’s “Twitter Trial”?
In Turkey, 29 men and women are about to go on trial for twitter messages they sent during the Gezi Protests last June.
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THIS EXISTS: Country That Forced 200,000 Women Into Sexual Slavery
They deceived, abducted or otherwise forced an estimated 200,000 women and girls, some as young as 12 years old, into a system of sexual slavery.
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How Much Do You Know About Turkey’s Social Media Crackdown?
Internet restrictions are an important part of the problem, but they are only the most obvious example of a larger attack on dissent.