An Enduring Double Standard
Earlier this month a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Attorney General John Ashcroft…
October 1, 2009
Darfur Refugees Raped in Chad Camps
A new Amnesty International report draws a shocking picture of the fate of women and girls who fled the violence…
September 30, 2009
Human Rights Flashpoints – September 29, 2009
What's Up This Week: Crackdown in China Food Crisis in Africa Upcoming Dates China: Crackdown in Preparation for 60th Anniversary…
September 29, 2009
All Charges Against Zimbabwe POC Jestina Mukoko Dropped
Today the Zimbabwe Supreme Court ruled in favor of the motion brought by Jestina Mukoko's lawyer that all charges against…
September 29, 2009
Myanmar releases over 115 political prisoners
Big news. According to our latest count, the Myanmar government has granted amnesty to at least 126 political prisoners, including…
September 29, 2009
More From Sierra Leone
Gouri has wrapped up her on-the-ground reporting from Sierra Leone -- but the Amnesty International caravan is still campaigning for the…
September 29, 2009
Troy Davis gets visitors in Georgia: Peachy with a side of Keane
By Laura Moye, Death Penalty Abolition Campaign Director This is just a quick note from Savannah, Georgia, where I am…
September 28, 2009
Mugabe Says Things in Zimbabwe are Just Fabulous
President Robert Mugabe granted an interview to CNN reporter Christiane Amanpour today - his first interview with a Western news…
September 25, 2009
Torture of U.S. Citizen is First Test for New U.S. Policy Towards Burma
Shortly after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a shift in U.S. policy towards the oppressive military regime in…
September 25, 2009
Facing the Crisis of Maternal Mortality
Gouri is in Sierra Leone this week to get a first-hand perspective of how maternal mortality affects the women and…
September 24, 2009
Sri Lanka: time to end irregular detention
Mostly I've been blogging about the internally displaced civilians who are being held in internment camps in northern Sri Lanka. …
September 24, 2009
We called for an end to maternal mortality, the crowd went wild
Gouri is in Sierra Leone this week to get a first-hand perspective of how maternal mortality affects the women and…
September 23, 2009