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Human Rights Flashpoints – August 25, 2009
NIGERIA - Instability Despite an Amnesty Deal Hundreds of militants in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, including one of the main rebels group’s (Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger…
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Zimbabwe: A Little bit Funky, A Little bit Rock-n-Roll
[caption id="attachment_2417" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Chad Stokes and Braddigan"][/caption] What do you get when you put nearly 100 people in a room on a steamy DC summer evening to listen to two amazingly talented…
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Women's Rights on the Line
A vote in Congress tomorrow (6/10) will decide the fate of a new Office of Global Women’s Issues, a key provision of the International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA). The…
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Life for Darfuri Refugees in Chad Still Desperate
Amnesty International researchers just completed a mission to Chad to investigate the growing number of Darfuri refugees there. Alex Neve, Secretary General of Amnesty Canada, has been documenting the mission:…
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Not So Merry Go 'Round of Justice in Zimbabwe
It's a bad time to be defender of human rights in Zimbabwe. Late last year, Zimbabwe authorities abducted eighteen human rights defenders and political activists. Their families feared them dead. …
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Make It the Best Mother's Day!
Ground-breaking legislation that could help end violence against women around the world is currently in Senator Kerry's hands – just in time for mother's day. What a great gift it…
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Tweet to help Amnesty win $100k for human rights!
Today, please send Twitter messages supporting Amnesty International to actor Hugh Jackman @RealHughJackman. The actor is asking fans to help him choose a charity worthy of his $100,000 donation and…
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As Zimbabwe turns 29, statements are not enough
As originally posted on the Daily Kos In advance of talks with Zimbabwe's finance minister Tendai Biti next weekend in Washington DC, the World Banks Robert Zoellick shared his assessment…
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One in Three
Native American and Alaska Native women face a 1 in 3 chance of being raped in their lifetime. The numbers are shocking. In our report, Maze of Injustice, Amnesty uncovered…
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DRC: 40,000 Signatures for Obama
When I came to work one day this week, I found two thick packages at my desk: They were filled with signed petitions on ending sexual violence in the Democratic…
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Seven Years Later: Our Power, Our Responsibility
This week we mark the 7th anniversary of the day the U.S. government first began warehousing “enemy combatants,” terrorism suspects and hapless wrong-place-wrong-time detainees at Guantánamo. Since then, hundreds of…
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UN Should Investigate War Crimes
Last week, the UN passed a binding resolution calling for “an immediate, durable and fully respected ceasefire leading to the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza." Resolution 1860 also calls…