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Human Rights Flashpoints – August 11, 2009
AFGHANISTAN - Increased violence prior to elections As the second presidential election draws closer, increased violence from Taliban militants appears imminent. This past Monday, Taliban militants attacked official buildings in…
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Verdict Against Aung San Suu Kyi
A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to three years in prison, a sentence which was immediately reduced to a…
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Human Rights Flashpoints – August 4, 2009
MYANMARÂ - Tensions rise in anticipition of verdict The situation in Myanmar (Burma) is getting more tense this week in anticipation of a verdict against Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San…
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Awarded 2009 "Ambassador of Conscience" Award
Yesterday, twenty years after being declared a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International (with more than 13 of those 20 years spent under house arrest) Daw Aung San Suu Kyi,…
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Call Obama on Torture Day
Today, June 26, is the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. In establishing the day in 1998, then UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan wrote, "Today the United Nations appeals…
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UN Human Rights Council flunks test on Sri Lanka
I can't tell you how disappointed I am. The UN Human Rights Council concluded its special session on Sri Lanka yesterday by adopting a resolution proposed by the Sri Lankan…
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The Name Says It All: Burma's Insein Prison
[caption id="attachment_2109" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Myanmar's Insein Prison, where Auung San Suu Kyi and hundreds of others are held (c) Digital Globe 2008. Image taken from Google Earth"][/caption] Myanmar's opposition leader…
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Aung San Suu Kyi Charged Today in Myanmar
Myanmar’s (Burma) pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was charged today with violating the terms of her house arrest after an American man allegedly snuck into her home last week. …
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Ma Khin Khin Leh is Free!
[caption id="attachment_1288" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Ma Khin Khin Leh, © Private"][/caption] After serving nearly 10 years of a life sentence in Myanmar (Burma), prisoner of conscience and long-time AIUSA priority case…
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Our Top 10 Wins of 2008
Thank you Amnesty International activists for all of your important work this year! Your activism has led to some major advances in human rights in our battles against torture, violence…
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A Stronger US Stance Against Mass Atrocities?
With every day that passes, grave human rights violations continue in places like Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burma. President-elect Barack Obama’s recent personnel decisions have fostered speculations…