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Qing Hong Wu Pardoned!
Qing Hong Wu, the individual spotlighted in my previous blog entry has been pardoned by Governor David Paterson of New York. It is hoped by Mr. Wu’s family and friends…
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Deportation Without Consideration
By almost any measure, Qing Hong Wu is an American. He has lived in the US since the age of five, completed all of his schooling here and obtained a…
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Human Rights on Several Fronts in Israel/PNA
At a time of significant international interest in the region, Amnesty International hopes that it will lead to a renewed focus on human rights issues as the best way to…
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President Obama: Protect the Human Rights of Haitians
Haiti is devastated. According to media reports, the earthquake has resulted in thousands of deaths, more injuries, and likely countless people missing and displaced. Amnesty International researchers are monitoring the…
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Cover Up of Detention Center Deaths Exposed
This past weekend, the New York Times reported on the widespread and coordinated cover up of deaths in immigration detention. One such case, highlighted in our 2009 report on immigration…
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On International Migrants Day Act to Restore Due Process in Detention and Deportation!
The White House has publicly committed to reforming the current immigration system, which permits arbitrary detention and deportation in violation of human rights. On December 15, 2009, Representative Luis Gutierrez…
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When did the "land of the free" become "the land preventing freedom"?
 The Restore Fairness Campaign recently posted a video describing the horrific plight of Esmeralda. Esmeralda: A Transgender Detainee Speaks Out from Breakthrough on Vimeo. Esmeralda, a transgender asylum seeker from…
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Detention Reform: Jailed and Forgotten?
A new report released by New York's City Bar Justice Center opens a window not only to the problems of immigrants being held in the Varick Federal Detention Center, but…
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Dollars and cents of new health care legislation
While protesters have been occupying House Speaker Pelosi's office, demanding a health care system that serves "Patients not Profit", the House of Representatives is preparing to vote on the market-based…
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Angola and DRC Shoving Match Leaves Citizens With Bruises
So it basically goes like this: Angola starts to kick out Congolese citizens living in Angola, almost 18,000Â since July. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) says "for reals?"Â and shows…
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Protesters March on U.S. Capital
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Photo credit - Yousef Almulhem (September 2009)"][/caption] Tens of thousands of protesters came together at a rally Sunday afternoon following a march through the streets of…
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Sri Lanka expels UN official
Over the weekend, it was reported that Sri Lanka had cancelled the visa of James Elder, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) spokesperson in Sri Lanka, for comments he had…