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Supreme Court Outlaws Juvenile Executions
With its March 1st decision in Roper v. Simmons, the U.S. Supreme Court removed the U.S. from the list of nations that...
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Illinois passes anti-discrimination Law
On January 11, 2005, Illinois became the 15th US state to amend its state human rights statute to bar discrimination on the...
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Cambodian refugee expresses gratitude to letter-writers
Cambodian authorities accused Sok Yoeun, a member of a Cambodian opposition party, of being responsible for a 1999 rocket...
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Death sentences commuted for members of Uzbek pop group
Two lead singers of Al-Vakil, a well-known Uzbek pop group, Danis Vladimirovich Sirazhev and Arsen Albertovich Arutyunyan,...
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Tibetan tourist guide thanks activists for his release
On May 13, 1993, Tibetan tourist guide, Gedun Rinchen was arrested after security forces raided his home and found documents...
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Turkish Prisoner of Conscience thanks Urgent Action Activists
Eren Keskin, a human rights activist and lawyer, was arrested on June 1, 1995 and sentenced to serve a prison sentence for...
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Tiananmen Square activist thanks UA activists
Student leader Wang Dan, jailed for his part in the 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square, spoke at Amnesty...
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“I can tell you that these letters work”.
Thanks to all who joined AI in calling for the release of former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim. He was freed on...
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“I knew I was not alone”
Christine Anyanwu, publisher of the Sunday Magazine in Nigeria was detained without charge apparently for publishing...
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Urgent Action appeals help Palestinian professor
Fathi Subuh, a university professor, was arrested by the Palestinian Authority's Preventative Security Service (PSS)on July...
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Tunisian human rights lawyer explains importance of Urgent Actions
On the night of February 11, Tunisian security forces ransacked the office of Radhia Nasraoui, a human rights lawyer and...
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Honduran human rights defender thanks Urgent Action activists.
Along with two other grassroots leaders in Honduras, Coronado Avila had been receiving death threats - allegedly from armed...