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Sri Lanka: what the UN council should have addressed; possible help from Rep. Shuler
Yesterday, I wrote on this blog about how the UN Human Rights Council failed to protect human rights with its recent resolution on Sri Lanka. If you want to learn…
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Disappearance of Sri Lankan human rights defender
It's not only the war zone in northern Sri Lanka where people are at risk.  On May 7, Stephen Sunthararaj was abducted in Colombo, the capital, by five men dressed in military uniform…
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UN: bloodbath now in Sri Lanka
Yesterday, a doctor working in Sri Lanka's war zone reported that at least 378 people were killed by shelling over the weekend.  The doctor said that 1,122 others had been injured and…
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Journalists Risking their Lives
This Sunday, May 3rd, is World Press Freedom Day and you can help push back against governments worldwide who violate fundamental rights to free speech and expression. Some of the…
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Immigrants Locked Away in Legal Limbo
New research shows immigrants, including asylum seekers fleeing torture and long-time lawful permanent residents, are being unjustly detained in the U.S. Tens of thousands of people sit locked up in…
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Iranian Women Fight for their Rights
[caption id="attachment_1324" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Shirin Ebadi"][/caption] As International Women’s Day approaches on March 8th, it’s time to recognize the struggles and achievements of women’s rights activists around the world. One…
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Does Letter Writing Really Work?
Those of us who work in the Individuals at Risk Campaign get this question a lot, especially from people who are considering joining the Urgent Action Network, in which people…
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Freed GTMO Detainee Becomes Al Qaeda Chief? Blame Bush (and Clinton).
In a case of interesting timing, today’s New York Times reports in "Freed by U.S., Saudi Becomes a Qaeda Chief"  that a former Guantanamo detainee is now a deputy leader of…
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Happy Human Rights Day!
[caption id="attachment_512" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Manya Menapace, 81, of Pennsylvania, has already started writing letters for the Global Write-a-thon."][/caption] Today is a day when I feel especially grateful for all my…
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More on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Reflections on its 60th anniversary by former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson, author and former child soldier Ismael Beah, doctor and human rights activist Farai Madzimbamuto, and…
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Time to Start Writing, Stamping, and Sending!
Today is the first official day of Amnesty International's 2008 Global Write-a-thon! Over the next week and a half, thousands of people around the world will be writing letters on…
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How Will YOU Celebrate Human Rights Day?
Now, the outgoing Bush administration’s plans for celebrating Human Rights Day ’08 can finally be revealed! On December 10, they are going to carry out the first U.S. Military execution…