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Indian Adivasis Can&039;t Crash White House Parties

After nearly two weeks, I continue to be surprised at how much news coverage there is about the party crashers…

December 9, 2009

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My husband&039;s place is not in prison

This post was written by Shaimaa, the wife of Write-a-thon case, Musaad Suliman Hassan Hussein (known by his pen name…

December 9, 2009

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Do you think the Mexican military commits human rights violations?

Amnesty International does. It looks like Human Rights Watch does too. So do countless family members of those who have been…

December 9, 2009

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Write-a-Thon Series: Birtukan Mideksa

This posting is part of our Write-a-Thon Cases Series. For more information visit www.amnestyusa.org/writeathon/ Birtukan Mideksa, an opposition party leader,…

December 8, 2009

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Suicide Bomber Interrupts Graduation in Somalia

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009: 52 students were set to graduate in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, an unprecedented number for this country…

December 8, 2009

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Ohio's Rush to Resume Killing

UPDATE:  Kenneth Biros was executed by Ohio's new, untested, one-drug method.  It took the execution team about 30 minutes to…

December 7, 2009

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Tentative Hope for Internally Displaced Persons in Africa

An internally displaced person is someone forced from their home by natural disaster, extreme poverty or political conflict but do not leave…

December 4, 2009

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Modern Warfare 2

The New York Times reported this morning that in the past two years the US military has killed more than…

December 4, 2009

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Changing the Battle Against AIDS in South Africa

Yesterday on World AIDS Day, South Africa was in the news quite a bit. The executive director of UNAIDS was…

December 3, 2009

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Write-a-Thon Series: Alisher Karamatov and Azam Farmonov

This posting is part of our Write-a-Thon Cases Series. For more information visit www.amnestyusa.org/writeathon/ Human rights defenders Alisher Karamatov (aged 41),…

December 3, 2009

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Business As Usual in Zimbabwe

Everything and nothing has happened in Zimbabwe over the past month. Prime Minister Tsvangirai briefly boycotted the unity government. His…

December 2, 2009

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Sri Lanka unlocks the camps, but not for long

I wish, I really wish, that I had only good news to report today.  Today was the day the Sri Lankan…

December 2, 2009