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The Science of Torture
"I never thought I was going to see anything like that in a living human being."
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3 Ways You Can Help End Torture in the Philippines
Torture is illegal in the Philippines. Yet Philippine police and military continue to use torture to extract information.
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5 Torture Myths Debunked
Real life doesn’t look like "24" or "Zero Dark Thirty" - even in the U.S., torture is mostly practiced as a means of dehumanizing enemies.
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Start Now: 6 Ways You Can Help #StopTorture
Torture happens here - so the fight to #StopTorture has to start here. Here are 6 ways you can join us in that fight.
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For Me, Torture is Personal
In one moment, torture became a reality, a tangible presence in my conscience and for the people I hold most dear - my family.
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Iraq’s Crisis: 3 Quick Points for U.S. Policymakers
The Iraqi government's abysmal human rights record is widely seen as a big factor in widespread popular discontent.
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VICTORY: Two Human Rights Activists Freed
Your support as an Amnesty activist helped secure the release of prisoners of conscience Nabeel Rajab in Bahrain and Dhondup Wangchen in Tibet.
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I Am Proof: Torture Exists in the United States
I spent 24 years in prison, including nine years in a super-max prison, for a murder I did not commit.
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Egypt’s Darkest Secret – Searching for the Prison No One Talks About
Dozens of political detainees are being held at a secret prison northeast of Cairo, but people are too scared to even utter its name.
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TAKE ACTION: Stop the Execution of Russell Bucklew!
It’s time to stop turning a blind eye. Missouri’s refusal to stop the execution of Russell Bucklew proves just how cruel the death penalty is and why it must come…