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Roxana Saberi Freed!
We're happy to report that American-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi was freed from prison in Iran! Roxana had been given an…
May 11, 2009
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Sri Lanka: Red Cross needs security guarantees
Yesterday, a ferry chartered by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) evacuated 495 sick and injured patients from…
May 8, 2009
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Good News from Chevron: Toxic Waste Won&039;t Make You Sick!
The thousands of communities living among Texaco’s decades-old toxic waste pits in the Amazon will be so relieved! It turns…
May 8, 2009
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Not So Merry Go &039;Round of Justice in Zimbabwe
It's a bad time to be defender of human rights in Zimbabwe. Late last year, Zimbabwe authorities abducted eighteen human…
May 8, 2009
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Shocking video from Sri Lankan camp for displaced civilians
I just watched a shocking video from Channel 4 News, a British television company, taken inside one of the camps…
May 7, 2009
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Make It the Best Mother&039;s Day!
Ground-breaking legislation that could help end violence against women around the world is currently in Senator Kerry's hands – just…
May 7, 2009
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U.N. calls for pause in Sri Lankan fighting
Yesterday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for a temporary pause in the fighting in Sri Lanka between the government forces…
May 6, 2009
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Amnesty Researchers On-the-Ground in Chad
Amnesty International researchers are currently on-the-ground in Chad investigating the growing numbers of refugees streaming across the border from Darfur. …
May 6, 2009
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Why Madonna May Be Good for Malawi
Madonna’s appeal to a Malawi court regarding her adoption of a little girl was heard this week. Personally, I could…
May 6, 2009
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Military Commissions Redux
(As originally posted on Daily Kos) 100 days have come and gone with all the accompanying media hoopla but it…
May 6, 2009
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Obama salutes Tissainayagam
In his May 1 statement in honor of World Press Freedom Day, President Obama singled out for recognition a few…
May 5, 2009
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Sri Lanka: "Just Gimme Some Truth"
Last Friday, I watched the Al Jazeera video, "Sri Lanka admits military bombed 'no-fire' zone,"Â in which the Sri Lankan Foreign…
May 5, 2009