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Will Gov. Schwarzenegger Grant Clemency?
Kevin Cooper has been on death row in California for 25 years. There are major unresolved doubts about his guilt and many have called on outgoing Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to…
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Funding Bill Threatens Fair Trials for Detainees
The Senate is about to vote on an omnibus spending bill which includes a provision that would represent a major setback to the fight for human rights at Guantanamo.
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One Month To Go: Sudan Moves Toward Tipping Point
It's the one-month countdown to the referendum in South Sudan. A lot is at stake in the plebiscite that is widely expected to split Africa’s largest country in two. Considering…
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Iranian Authorities Irresponsibly Endanger Lives of Human Rights Activists in Squalid Prison
Two seriously ailing human rights defenders—Emadeddin Baghi and Ebrahim Yazdi—are both back in Evin Prison, suffering from the squalid conditions there and not receiving proper medical care.
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Call your Senators TODAY on War Crimes in Sri Lanka
Update: the letter was sent to Secretary Clinton on Dec. 10, with 17 signatories! Here's who signed: Sherrod Brown, Burr, Murray, Hutchison, Casey, Gillibrand, Hagan, Cornyn, Mikulski, Cardin, Lieberman, Lautenberg,…
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From Chaos To Progress, But Not Without Bloodshed
As beautiful as the country is, Brazil has suffered for decades from the creation and development of shantytowns, known to locals as favelas, where poverty, violence and anarchy frequently dictate…
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More Torture, Please?
Seventy percent of Americans believe we should commit crimes against humanity. Not that they would put it that way. They would say something like, in the words of a Pew…
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Immigration: A Human Rights Issue, Not a Political Issue
By Aida V. Nieto, Bill Archer Fellow for Amnesty International USA On November 5th, the United States appeared before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva to review its human…
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Amnesty International & Gael GarcÃa Bernal Release Immigration Films
Amnesty International and Gael GarcÃa Bernal launch films on migrants in Mexico.
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Progress for Women Fighting for Peace
Yesterday the United Nations Security Council strengthened the commitments it made a decade ago to women affected by war. High level ministers, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, met to mark…
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Homophobic Hate Crimes Spreading Throughout Brazil
Although Sao Paulo hosted in 2010 the biggest gay parade in the world, with over 3.3 million people, Brazil suffers from one of the highest numbers of hate crimes in…
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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…