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Political prisoner release should prompt continued pressure on Myanmar
Three prisoners of conscience for whom Amnesty International has campaigned for years have been released.
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Ugandan gay rights activist wins top human rights award
Ugandan LGBT activist Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera has been awarded the 2011 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders.
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Another Indigenous Activist Freed in India!
On September 30, the Indian Supreme Court ordered that indigenous (adivasi) human rights activist Kopa Kunjam be released. Mr. Kunjam had been in jail since December of 2009 for his…
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Syrian woman activist wins human rights award
Razan Zaitouneh, who was forced into hiding after defying the Syrian authorities' crackdown on dissent, has won the 2011 Anna Politkovskaya Award.
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Paraguay to restore Indigenous community’s ancestral lands
After many years of campaigning, an Indigenous community in Paraguay is closer to moving back to their traditional lands.
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Malaysia to repeal law used to stifle dissent
Prime Minister Najib Razak plans to repeal the Internal Security Act, which allows the authorities to detain people indefinitely without charge or trial.
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Great News! Mohammed Hasan al-Labwani Released
Mohammed Hasan al-Labwani, who was arrested on August 18 in al-Zabadani, near Damascus, has now been reunited with his family. He was charged by an investigating judge with “weakening national…
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Great News! Chinese Designer Liu Zhenggang Released
Liu Zhenggang, a designer working at internationally renowned artist Ai Weiwei’s design firm, was released from detention on 24 June. He is now at his home in Beijing, China and…
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Great News! Saudi Arabian Human Rights Activist Released
Fadhel Maki al-Manasif (previously spelled Fadel Makki al-Manasef), 26 years old, was told on April 30 to report to the criminal investigation department at the police station in al-‘Awwamiya, a…
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Great News! Death sentence of Indian migrants revoked
On September 12 the Court of Appeal in Sharjah, UAE, revoked the death sentence of 17 Indians accused of murdering a Pakistani man and reduced the sentence to two years’…