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One Year After Disputed Elections Many Languish in Iran&039;s Prisons

Amnesty International's comprehensive new report "From Protest to Prison – Iran One Year After the Election" shows, large numbers of…

June 14, 2010

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Doctors Detained for Strike Action, at Risk of Torture in Sudan

This posting is part of our Urgent Action Series. For more information visit www.amnestyusa.org/uan Officers of Sudan’s National Intelligence and…

June 14, 2010

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Armenia: Anger over Mild Sentence for Serial Pedophile

Activists and victims in Armenia are outraged that a serial pedophile has received mild sentence by a court in capital…

June 12, 2010

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Visualizing the Human Rights Crisis in Northwest Pakistan

Amnesty International recently released a new report and website on human rights abuses in northwest Pakistan. This guest-posting is part…

June 11, 2010

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The US Needs to Ensure that the Israeli Siege of Gaza is Lifted

For three years, the population of the Gaza Strip has been suffering the debilitating effects of Israel's blockade imposed when…

June 11, 2010

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Not all fun and games in South Africa

As the first World Cup match between Mexico and South Africa kicks off today, it is not all fun and…

June 11, 2010

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Four days to more deportations from Europe to Iraq

On Wednesday 60 Iraqis were forcibly returned to Baghdad from the United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands. Next Wednesday…

June 11, 2010

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US Must not Turn Blind Eye to Human Rights Crisis in Northwest Pakistan

It is civilians who suffer most from the fighting between the Taleban and Pakistani government forces in northwest Pakistan. Many…

June 10, 2010

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Tissa&039;s pardon - we&039;re still waiting

On May 4, I wrote on this site about the Sri Lankan government's announced pardon of the journalist J.S. Tissainayagam…

June 10, 2010

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A Birthday in Evin Prison - an opportunity to remember Iran&039;s prisoners

To coincide with the 12 June anniversary of the disputed election last year in Iran, Amnesty International has prepared a…

June 10, 2010

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European governments forcibly return asylum seekers to Iraq

Today 60 Iraqis were forcibly removed from the United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands. They had applied for asylum…

June 9, 2010

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I Am Neda

By Mikel Jollett and Nazanin Boniadi for The Neda Project The tragic death of Neda Agha-Soltan on June 20th, 2009,…

June 8, 2010