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Sudan: The Best Monitored Crisis in History?
No matter how uncertain the weeks following the referendum will be for Sudan, one thing is guaranteed: The situation in South Sudan is the best monitored and documented potential human…
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Good News for International Justice
For years, rebel group leader Callixte Mbarushimana has been living in France, enjoying impunity for heinous crimes committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).  Callixte leads the Democratic Forces for the…
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Ghailani and the Torture Trail
Ahmed Ghailani will go to jail regardless of the outcome of his trial in Manhattan. When a society seeks to deprive someone of their liberty through a legal process, it…
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Top 10 Summer Book List for Human Rights Advocates
Here at Amnesty, our staffers have put together a list of books on our summer reading list for human rights. We invite you to read with us as we look…
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ICC Review Conference: Governments Should Commit to Justice
As you may have noticed, we released our Annual Report today. As always, both state and non-state actors are doing a great job at abusing human rights. But what’s becoming…
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Real men are not afraid of women's empowerment!
As UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon put it "Violence against women and girls will not be eradicated until all of us – men and boys- refuse to tolerate it". Globally, men…
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ACT Now: Why the U.S. must listen to Goldstone
The United States is fast losing their credibility in the region and among Human Rights organizations and activists over our reluctance to support the recommendations contained in Justice Richard Goldstone's…
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Exploitation in the DRC fuels mining trade: Apple, Dell look the other way
Prominent US and multinational companies such as Apple, Dell, Motorola, Nokia, and Hewlett-Packard are among the businesses pinpointed as culprits in an unflinching, new report released by Global Witness that…
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A Common-Sense Approach to Torture
President Obama again displayed in his speech today on national security that he is an exceptionally gifted and thoughtful politician who cares about the rule of law. Indeed, there is…
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World’s Top Investigators Call for Gaza Inquiry
(Originally posted on Daily Kos) The top dogs of international justice and reconciliation today called on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and UN member states to set up a UN…
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United Nations Must Re-Impose Arms Embargo on DRC Government Forces
According to a UN Panel of Expert’s report released last Friday, government security forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are providing arms and ammunition to the Democratic Liberation…
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Wanted: US Leadership to Prevent Genocide
Dear President-elect Obama, As a candidate for president, you clearly stated how you will respond to mass atrocities and genocide: “The United States has a moral obligation anytime you see…