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The New “Cash Cow” for Assad in Syria: Human Rights Abuses
The Syrian economy is collapsing, and the Syrian people are suffering. But the Assad regime has found a new “cash cow” that is reaping great profit for the government: enforced…
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After 13 years, Shaker Aamer Is Leaving Guantanamo: Here are 5 Things You Should Know
By Gay Gardner, Amnesty International USA member I’m an activist with Amnesty International, and today is a reminder of why I have been doing this for more than 30 years.…
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You Saved My Life. Now Let’s Help Others
By Moses Akatugba My name is Moses Akatugba. For 10 years I was on death row in Nigeria. I was arrested, tortured and imprisoned when I was just 16 years…
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A Father’s Urgent Plea to See His Son Freed From Death Row in Saudi Arabia
By Mohammed al-Nimr Ali Mohammed al-Nimr was arrested in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province in 2012 when he was only 17 years old. He was sentenced to death after a grossly…
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Shaker Aamer Will Be Transferred Home After 13 Years in Guantanamo
This is big news. At long last, the Obama administration has reportedly notified both Congress and the UK government that Guantanamo detainee Shaker Aamer will be transferred home to the…
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Mike Huckabee Thinks Guantanamo Detainees Get Better Treatment Than Kim Davis. Here’s Why He’s Completely Wrong.
What do Kim Davis and the Guantanamo detainees have in common? Most people would rightfully answer “literally nothing” to that question, yet presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee compared them in an…
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CIA Torture, Read All About It
Less than a year after a Senate panel reported in detail shocking acts of CIA torture, former CIA officials have responded. Torture is indisputably, unequivocally illegal. Any protests that torture…
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In Turkey, Journalists Targeted Once Again
[caption id="attachment_63836" align="aligncenter" width="4256"] OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images[/caption] In Turkey, the crackdown on independent journalism continues. Mehmet Baransu remains in jail, apparently a victim of the government’s crackdown on the Gulen Movement. Other journalists…
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Don’t Let Tariq Ba Odah Die At Guantanamo
The US administration has shown it has no intention to prosecute Tariq Ba Odah. It should immediately release him, with all necessary protections, and ensure that he receives the medical…
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A Beginner’s Guide to Human Rights Jargon
Baffled by technical human rights terms and precise legal definitions? You’re not alone. Here’s a quick glossary of some of the most troublesome words and phrases. Commute: Commute means to replace a…