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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&039;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&039;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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UN Security Council: action needed on Sri Lanka

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is expected to brief the Security Council tomorrow on Sri Lanka.  As with past sessions on…

June 5, 2009

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Connecticut Is Wrong To Veto Death Penalty Abolition Bill

I am extremely disappointed that Governor M. Jodi Rell today vetoed HB 6578, which would have abolished the death penalty…

June 5, 2009

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Guinea-Bissau: Look Kids&8230;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

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Whatever happened to American leadership?

Yesterday the Council of the European Union, made up of ministers from all 27 EU countries, agreed to allow former…

June 5, 2009

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Obama&039;s Speech and the Arab Reaction

In the immediate aftermath of President Obama’s speech today in Cairo, the heavy web traffic of discussion among Arab activists…

June 4, 2009

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Iranian Presidential Debate Heats Up

Last night turned into a fiery exchange of words during the second of several debates lined up ahead of next…

June 4, 2009

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A New Hope?

Nearly twenty years ago Troy Davis was convicted of killing a Georgia police officer. As has become well known, the…

June 4, 2009