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The Best Way to Combat Violence Against Women in Iran: Stop Violating Them!
Iran has responded to the uptick of gang rapes of women with executions and the suggestion that the women could have encouraged the attackers.
August 26, 2011
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Celebrate Women's Equality Day: Demand Equality!
By Alice Dahle, Women's Human Rights Coordination Group Friday, August 26 marks the 91st anniversary of the vote for women in the US. On August 26, 1920, Congress passed the 19th Amendment to the Constitution after a 72-year campaign which began in 1848 at the world’s first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York. The struggle for American women’s right to vote was long, difficult, and at times, divisive. The Suffrage movement split after the Civil War over whether to support adoption of the 15th Amendment, which gave black men the right to vote, or to insist that women…
August 26, 2011
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Remember the Disappeared in the Philippines
Indigenous people's activist James Balao, one of at least 200 disappeared citizens in the Philippines, was taken from his home by armed men a few years ago. The authorities must answer questions regarding his disappearance.
August 26, 2011
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Amnesty International Urges Brazil to Scrap Amnesty Law That Protects Rights Abusers
Amnesty International today urged the Brazilian authorities to revoke a law that prevents the investigation and prosecution of those responsible for hundreds of cases of human rights violations.
August 26, 2011
Press Release
Detainees Killed by al-Gaddafi Loyalists in Libya, Says Amnesty International
Amnesty International has uncovered evidence that forces loyal to Colonel Mu'ammar al-Gaddafi have killed numerous detainees being held at two military camps in Tripoli on August 23 and 24.
August 26, 2011
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Repressive Laws Remain Despite End to State of Emergency in Sri Lanka, Says Amnesty International
The Sri Lankan government must follow up its repeal of the state of emergency by removing repressive legislation such as the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), Amnesty International said today.
August 26, 2011
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Troy Davis And Faulty Witness IDs
Doubts about Troy Davis' guilt, highlighted in a new video series, are heightened by growing doubts about the reliability of witness testimony in general.
August 25, 2011
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Cheney’s National Security Claims Were Long Ago Rebutted, Says Amnesty International as former VP’s Memoir is Released
Tom Parker, policy director for terrorism and human rights for Amnesty International USA, issued the following statement in advance of the release of former VP Dick Cheney’s memoir.
August 25, 2011
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Millions of Slum Dwellers in Cairo Still at Risk after Mubarak
Despite the fall of the Mubarak regime in Egypt, millions of slum dwellers live in dangerous and unsanitary conditions and are at risk of forced evictions.
August 24, 2011
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Amnesty International Urges Bangladesh Government to Act Now to Stop Unlawful Killings
The Bangladesh authorities must honor their pledge to stop extrajudicial executions by a special police force accused of involvement in hundreds of killings, Amnesty International said today in a new report.
August 24, 2011
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Amnesty International Calls New Arrest in Anna Politkovskaya’s Murder “Step in the Right Direction”
The arrest of a former senior Russian police official in connection with the murder of journalist and human rights defender Anna Politkovskaya in 2006 is a major step forward, Amnesty International said today.
August 24, 2011
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Syrian Journalist at Risk of Torture, Says Amnesty International
Journalists and activists in Syria who pass on information about the country's unrest to the media face torture and other ill-treatment, Amnesty International said today, as one journalist started his second week in incommunicado detention.
August 24, 2011