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Brazil: Shocking U-Turn on Vote Against Lowering Age of Criminal Responsibility
A shocking U-turn on a Brazilian Parliamentary decision that rejected lowering the age at which young people can be tried as adults and sent to appalling conditions in adult prisons…
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Amnesty International USA and Conectas Direitos Humanos Urge Brazilian Congress Not to Lower Age of Criminal Responsibility
Amnesty International USA joined the Brazilian nongovernmental organization Conectas Direitos Humanos in calling on the Brazilian Congress to refrain from creating a serious setback to children’s rights. This week, while…
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Brazil: Lowering age of adult criminal responsibility will consign children to “medieval” prison system
Plans to lower the age at which children can be prosecuted as adults in Brazil will dramatically undermine children’s rights and could result in teenagers being sent to notoriously dangerous…
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Americas: Leaders at regional summit must seize opportunity to address pressing human rights challenges
Deep social and economic inequalities, ongoing violence by criminal networks and security forces, as well as constant repression and criminalization of human rights defenders continue to plague the Americas, Amnesty…
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The Roar of A Thousand Activists
By Ann Burroughs, Amnesty International USA board chair, and Steven W. Hawkins, Amnesty International USA executive director Last week, over 1,100 human rights activists gathered in Brooklyn, New York. What…
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New Amnesty International Poll Shows Anger at U.S. Surveillance
Majority of U.S. citizens against government’s surveillance scheme, small majority approve surveillance of foreigners
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Moving Together to End Police Brutality
This weekend is the International Day Against Police Brutality, which is an opportunity to celebrate the power of a grassroots movement by continuing to build one.
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Honduran journalist told he would be found “in a ditch”
[caption id="attachment_58476" align="aligncenter" width="3065"] Honduran journalists take part in a vigil in memory of journalists killed in Honduras. (ORLANDO SIERRA/AFP/GettyImages)[/caption] On January 24, a high-ranking military official told Honduran journalist…
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From Ferguson to Selma: An Activist’s Journey
This weekend in Selma, I marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. I marched and I saw people from every community acknowledging and revering each other with love.
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What’s behind the arrests in Turkey?
[caption id="attachment_56211" align="alignleft" width="4172"] Over two dozen people were arrested in raids against media critical of Turkish president. (OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption] A wave of arrests Sunday morning shook Turkey and…
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10 Appalling Attacks on Human Rights and 1 Powerful Way You Can Help
[caption id="attachment_55801" align="alignright" width="600"] MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty[/caption] 11 THOUSAND PEOPLE are victims of gun violence in the United States, each year. On January 29, 2013, fifteen year old Hadiya Pendleton became yet…
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Young, Black, Alive: Breaking the silence on Brazil’s soaring youth homicide rate
[caption id="attachment_55266" align="alignright" width="1024"] The new “Young Black Alive” campaign is aimed at tackling the underlying human rights issues behind Brazil’s soaring youth homicide rate. © Anistia Internacional Brasil[/caption] By…