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Update
Faxes Jammed! Guatemalan Government Responds to Our Actions for Norma Cruz
The faxjam action for Guatemalan human rights defender Norma Cruz is causing the authorities to take notice. Keep up the pressure so she can do her work safely.
January 27, 2012
Report
The Spring that Never Blossomed: Freedoms Supressed in Azerbaijan
In recent years, the government of Azerbaijan has consolidated its authoritarian rule. Peaceful protest has effectively been criminalized, journalists and bloggers jailed.
January 27, 2012
Update
London Olympics Faces Public Meltdown For Dow Chemical Sponsorship
A London Olympics commissioner has quit over sponsor Dow Chemical's ties to one of the worst corporate human rights disasters of the 20th century. But will the 2012 games cut its Dow ties completely?
January 26, 2012
Press Release
Migrants Making Dangerous Journey Through Mexico ‘Desperately Need Socks,’ says Amnesty International
A thought-provoking new campaign by Amnesty International highlights the plight of thousands of Central American migrants travelling across the region every year by calling for donations of a particular, humble item of clothing.
January 26, 2012
Press Release
London 2012 Organizers Must Admit Dow Mistake After Ethics Chief Quits, says Amnesty International
London 2012 Olympic organizers must admit their mistake in awarding a lucrative contract to the Dow Chemical Company, Amnesty International said today after the Games' ethics commissioner quit over human rights concerns about the company.
January 26, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Finds Deaths of Detainees Amid Widespread Torture in Libya
Several detainees have died after being subjected to torture in Libya in recent weeks and months amid widespread torture and ill-treatment of suspected pro-al-Gaddafi fighters and loyalists, Amnesty International said today.
January 26, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Demands Investigation Into Deadly Use of Tear Gas Against Protesters in Bahrain
Amnesty International called on Bahrain today to investigate more than a dozen deaths that followed the misuse of tear gas by security forces.
January 26, 2012
Update
Ohio Produces Nation's 140th Death Row Exoneration
Joe D'Ambrosio is the 140th U.S. death row exoneree, and the 6th from Ohio. With a high execution rate and a high error rate, Ohio should halt executions.
January 25, 2012
Update
Human Rights in the Middle East: Why US Voices Matter
What happens in DC impacts human rights around the world. Where there is silence, the status quo remains. But when concerned US citizens and residents speak up, elected officials notice.
January 25, 2012
Update
Is Your Cell Phone Funding Human Rights Abuses?
From jewelry to cell phones, consumers are inadvertently supporting a trade in minerals that perpetuates horrific human rights abuses in the Congo. A new law could prevent this trade if the SEC acts.
January 25, 2012
Press Release
Chimes of Freedom
“Chimes of Freedom: Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International” gathers an extraordinary line up of recording artists who have contributed new unreleased recordings of iconic songs by the incomparable singer-songwriter.
January 25, 2012
Update
Female Vocalists Bring Strength and Soul to New “Chimes of Freedom” Album
The album represents the greatest collection ever of Dylan covers by female artists
January 24, 2012