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A Country That Will Drown If Sea Levels Rise
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="315" caption="Maldives Underwater Cabinet Meeting, http://www.flickr.com/photos/350org/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0"][/caption] The Copenhagen Climate Change conference opened this week with an urgent call to action on the rapidly…
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Get UN-ited Behind a New UN Women's Agency!
The stats are in: according to Amnesty International’s recent report, The Gender Trap: Women, Violence and Poverty, women comprise 70 percent of the world’s poor and 75 percent of the…
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My husband's place is not in prison
This post was written by Shaimaa, the wife of Write-a-thon case, Musaad Suliman Hassan Hussein (known by his pen name Musaad Abu Fagr), who has been in administrative detention in…
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Human Rights Flashpoints – November 10, 2009
What's Up This Week Colombia – Venezuela: No Love Sudan: Threat Against Election Officials Upcoming This Week Colombia and Venezuela – The Cold War Continues? The tension between Colombia and…
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Turkey: Arrest & Surrender Bashir!
Sudanese President Omar al Bashir is expected in Istanbul, Turkey, this Sunday and Monday for a summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Back in March, the International…
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Mozambique Rocks the Vote
Mozambique goes to the polls tomorrow in its fourth general election since independence from Portugal in 1975. Parliamentary control and the Presidency are up for grabs. Election observors from the African Union, the Commonwealth…
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Human Rights Flashpoints – October 27, 2009
Zimbabwe - Political Standoff Continues The situation remains tense in Zimbabwe after Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai temporarily withdrew from the governing coalition on October 16th. Following the 10-day standoff, Tsvangirai’s…
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Human Rights Flashpoints – September 29, 2009
What's Up This Week: Crackdown in China Food Crisis in Africa Upcoming Dates China: Crackdown in Preparation for 60th Anniversary Party In preparation for the October 1st celebration of the…
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Sri Lankan doctors at risk of torture
Amnesty International today issued an urgent action appeal on the five Sri Lankan doctors currently being held by the government under emergency regulations. We are concerned that they are at…
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Stuck Between a Rock and U.S. Immigration Policy
Sarnata Reynolds, AIUSA’s policy and campaign director for refugee and migrant rights, spoke at a press teleconference on Thursday July 30th, 2009, set to discuss the bills presented by Senators…
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Death Penalty for Hate Crimes??
Yesterday the Senate passed four amendments to the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act, including a provision that would allow the death penalty to apply to hate crimes. This amendment,…
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Sri Lankan doctors "recant" prior testimony
A group of Sri Lankan doctors currently in detention were produced by the Sri Lankan government before the media today in order to recant their prior reports of civilian deaths…