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Sri Lanka: end impunity for human rights violations
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa said last Tuesday that no one should be above the law, including members of the police or armed forces. This follows a widely publicized incident…
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Clinton Arrives in South Africa
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in South Africa today for meetings with President Zuma and Foreign Minister Mashabane. Unfortunately I wasn't able to answer the phone when Hills called…
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Mexico: Merida Funds Must be Withheld Until Human Rights Conditions Are Met
Amnesty International today urged the US Congress to honor its commitment to withhold 15% of funding of the Merida Initiative until the Mexican government fulfils its human rights obligations. The…
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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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The course of justice in Sri Lanka
The Sri Lankan Supreme Court yesterday acquitted five soldiers for the murder of 10 Muslim youths in Udathalawinna on December 5, 2001, during a general election. The five had been security guards…
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Exploitation in the DRC fuels mining trade: Apple, Dell look the other way
Prominent US and multinational companies such as Apple, Dell, Motorola, Nokia, and Hewlett-Packard are among the businesses pinpointed as culprits in an unflinching, new report released by Global Witness that…
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Response to General Dostum
Last week’s revelations about war crimes committed in Afghanistan in 2001 and the US supported cover up have caused quite a stir. Even General Abdul Dostum, the alleged perpetrator of…
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Another Life Lost in the Struggle for Human Rights in Russia
[caption id="attachment_2951" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Natalia Estemirova © AI"][/caption] Human rights activist Natalia Estemirova was murdered Wednesday in the North Caucasus region in Russia. According to BBC News, she was allegedly…
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If You Can't Quit Them, Then Regulate Military Contractors
By Lillian Tan, Corporate Action Network Intern Their operations are vast and war zone contractors are likely here to stay, as Suzanne Simons writes in her CNN International article. Her…
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One in Four Men Admits to Rape in South Africa
A leading research group in South Africa released the results of a survey where one in four men admitted to having committed rape and nearly half admitted to raping more than one…
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Establishing accountability in Sri Lanka
Two significant reports were just issued on human rights in Sri Lanka. The first, AI's report entitled "Twenty Years of Make-Believe: Sri Lanka's Commissions of Inquiry," was released today. The…
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Mahmoud Abbas to Meet With Obama Today
[caption id="attachment_2176" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas"][/caption] President Barack Obama is slated to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today, to discuss what Press Secretary Robert Gibbs calls "ways…