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UN v. USA re: Death Penalty
On May 26, the United Nations released a report by the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, which…
June 10, 2009
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Help Release Laura Ling and Euna Lee
On Tuesday, we heard from T. Kumar about what U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee face in their 12…
June 10, 2009
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The June 12 Elections in Iran: A New Future?
Enormous crowds throng the streets of Tehran and great excitement is in the air. Commentators note that the June 12…
June 10, 2009
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Life Inside a North Korean Prison Camp
The news has been buzzing with reports of the two U.S. journalists who were sentenced to 12 years imprisonment with…
June 9, 2009
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Amnesty On-the-Ground in Kenya
This week, Amnesty International kicked off a high level research mission to Kenya to launch our first Demand Dignity campaign…
June 9, 2009
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Women's Rights on the Line
A vote in Congress tomorrow (6/10) will decide the fate of a new Office of Global Women’s Issues, a key…
June 9, 2009
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Exposing the Truth is Dangerous
Since writing Los Demonios del Edén -- a book that exposed child prostitution and trafficking in Cancun, Mexico -- Lydia…
June 8, 2009
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Amnesty Int'l Blocked from Chevron Shareholder Meeting
By Tony Cruz, member of Amnesty International USA’s Business & Economic Relations Group On Wednesday, May 27th, I traveled to…
June 8, 2009
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Sri Lanka: what price "stability"?
In an interview published today in The Nation, a Sri Lankan newspaper, Mahinda Samarasinghe, the Minister of Disaster Management and Human…
June 7, 2009
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Easterly on Amnesty's Poverty and Human Rights Campaign
Just a word of introduction as this is my first post here. My name's Sameer Dossani and I'm the campaign…
June 6, 2009
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Sri Lanka: need stronger action by U.N.
I have to say I'm disappointed. Today, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon briefed members of the Security Council in an informal…
June 6, 2009
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Guinea-Bissau: Look Kids…Big Ben, Parliament
Just in case you think the odds are slim that two government figures would be assassinated within a 48 hour period…
June 5, 2009