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Crank It Up – We are Calling on All Crows to help end violence against women around the world!
Earlier this morning, Chad Stokes – lead singer of State Radio and co-founder of women’s empowerment organization Calling All Crows – stopped by the Amnesty DC office along with co-founder…
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Standing Up for Women in the DRC
This post is part of our Write for Rights Series Yesterday, the UN Group of Experts on the DRC just released their newest report. In it, they describe how army…
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Rounded Up and Raped in the Congo
The mass rapes that took place in the Walikale region of the Democratic Republic of Congo this past August exposed the vulnerability of civilians and the urgent need to improve…
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Good News for International Justice
For years, rebel group leader Callixte Mbarushimana has been living in France, enjoying impunity for heinous crimes committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).  Callixte leads the Democratic Forces for the…
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I will not be safe until all Congolese women are safe
In 2007, armed soldiers broke into my house in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), held my children hostage and assaulted two of them. They did this not to rob…
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Time to Celebrate! A Victory on Conflict Minerals
I woke up to fantastic news this morning. After a long night of compromise, at about 5:00 am this morning, Representatives and Senators participating in the Wall Street Reform conference…
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Urgent Action Needed for Congo: Wall Street Reform Conferees Need to Hear From You
Over the past few months, your activism has helped us ensure that Congress would act on conflict minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo. So it’s great news that House…
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Get on the Bus for Human Rights
Chances are, if we've met, you've heard me talk about Get On The Bus for Human Rights (GOTB)! I've got several versions under my belt -- the PowerPoint presentation, the…
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Sexual Violence Still Prevalent in the DRC
[caption id="attachment_8970" align="alignright" width="168" caption="Displaced people in Kibati camp, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), November 2008. Copyright: UNHCR/P. Taggart"][/caption] Today, Oxfam International and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative released…
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February 15-19: Take Action to Stop the Flow of Conflict Minerals
[caption id="attachment_7839" align="alignleft" width="241" caption="Child labourers at a cassiterite (tin oxide mineral) mine in Numbi, South Kivu, April 2009. Copyright Amnesty International "][/caption] Next week, activists like you are mobilizing…
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Tentative Hope for Internally Displaced Persons in Africa
[caption id="attachment_6422" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Children in Kalma Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, South Darfur, Sudan."][/caption] An internally displaced person is someone forced from their home by natural disaster, extreme poverty or…
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Human Rights Flashpoints – October 20, 2009
What's Up This Week: Afghanistan: Elections Run-Off Angola: Humanitarian Crisis Upcoming This Week Afghanistan Elections – Take Two On Sunday, the UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) announced the results from…