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Amnesty Secretary General Dedicates Classic Police Song to Zimbabwe
[caption id="attachment_2690" align="alignnone" width="204" caption="AI's Khan meets Tsvangirai June 2009"][/caption] Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan met with Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai this week as he was wrapping up…
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"Do Not Be Afraid" is One Word in Farsi
Of all the players in what has become Iran’s bloodiest uprising in 30 years, few have captured the world’s attention like the Iranian women have. It began with Zahra Rahnavard,…
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Guinea-Bissau: How to Further Destabilize a Country in Two Days
Guinea-Bissau (GB) is a tiny little country on the western coast of Africa. It is a nation ravaged by grave health concerns, drug trafficking and an abundant access to weapons. It is…
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Tip on Avoiding Being the Party Pooper in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe political party Movement for Democratic Change headed by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (MDC-T) held an annual conference this past weekend. The party, which turns 10 this year, split in late 2005…
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Dear President Obama, When you meet with President Peres …
[caption id="attachment_1949" align="alignleft" width="248" caption="Israeli President, Shimon Peres, speaking to AIPAC at annual conference today."][/caption] Israeli President, Shimon Peres, flew to the United States to give a speech at the…
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Does "military logic" dictate civilian deaths in Sri Lanka?
Yesterday, the U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes told a press conference in New York, following his two-day visit to Sri Lanka, that "both sides are pursuing their military logics,…
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Amnesty Activists March to White House Today Calling for Accountability
At last night's press conference marking 100 days in office, President Obama said that over time a "short-cut" like torture "corrodes the character of a country." And he has gotten…
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UN sending mission to Sri Lankan conflict zone, but will they be allowed in?
Yesterday, I wrote that U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had announced that a U.N. humanitarian team would be sent to the conflict zone in Sri Lanka to assess the situation 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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Fathi el-Jahmi May Not Live to See His Next Birthday
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Fathi el-Jahmi © Private"][/caption] Earlier this month, prisoner of conscience Fathi el-Jahmi turned another year older inside prison walls in Libya. He was arrested in 2002…
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Truce Over – Bloodbath Next?
The two-day truce called by the Sri Lankan government ended on Wednesday, with a Sri Lankan military spokesman saying military operations against the opposition Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (known as…
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US citizen critically injured protesting illegal wall in Ni'ilin, West Bank
[caption id="attachment_1453" align="alignleft" width="247" caption="Tristan Anderson Photo: www.activestills.org"][/caption] Tristan Anderson, a 37 year old American, was shot in the head by Israeli forces with a high velocity tear gas canister…