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Iranian Journalists Detained in Unknown Location since June
UPDATE: 22 OF 25 IRANIAN NEWSPAPER STAFFERS FREED The Committee to Protest Journalists published a statement today that said 22…
June 30, 2009
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Crisis in Honduras…Obama and Chavez agree?
Unrest in Honduras flared today as protesters spared with police over the recent exile of President Manuel Zelaya. Zelaya was…
June 30, 2009
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Human Rights / Death Penalty Lawyer Arrested in Iran
In the midst of all of the political and social turmoil in Iran right now, activist and lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei…
June 30, 2009
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Israeli Naval Force Blocks Humanitarian Aid from Entering Gaza
The Israeli navy intercepted, boarded, and took control of a Greek cargo ship carrying foreign peace activists, including former US…
June 30, 2009
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Israel Offers a Temporary Settlement Freeze
Israeli senior officials yesterday said that Israel is open to a 3-6 month complete settlement freeze (including natural growth) in…
June 29, 2009
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Troy Davis Decision: No Decision
Today, on its last day of work before summer vacation, the U.S. Supreme Court postponed its review of Troy Anthony…
June 29, 2009
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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…
June 26, 2009
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Fight Poverty by Protecting Human Rights
(Originally published on the Boston Globe) On the evening of Sept. 18, 2007, six men broke into the home of…
June 26, 2009
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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…
June 26, 2009
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Seriously Namibia? Forcible Sterilization of Women?
BTL stands for bitubal ligation, or surgical sterilization of women by damaging the fallopian tubes. It was reported yesterday that…
June 26, 2009
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Beaches, Palm Trees, Displacement – Welcome to Sri Lanka's War Zone
Amnesty's Science for Human Rights project just released a satellite image of Menik Farm in Sri Lanka, a de-facto internment…
June 25, 2009
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U.S. must stand firm on settlement freeze when meeting with Quartet in Trieste
The Middle East Quartet are set to meet this Friday, June 26, in Trieste, Italy. The meeting comes at a…
June 25, 2009