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The UN Votes on Goldstone Report — But Will It Act?
There are powerful efforts to ensure that the Goldstone Report doesn’t get acted on. Amnesty International believes the report is a means toward justice in a conflict in which the…
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A real chance for accountability for private security contractors
At the end of December, the human rights movement had some disappointing news. Federal Judge Ricardo Urbina dismissed the charges against the five Xe (Blackwater) guards accused in the shooting…
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Human Rights on Several Fronts in Israel/PNA
At a time of significant international interest in the region, Amnesty International hopes that it will lead to a renewed focus on human rights issues as the best way to…
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Soccer, Terrorism, Repression and Constitutions in Angola
[caption id="attachment_7467" align="alignleft" width="168" caption="Angolan president Eduardo dos Santos"][/caption] The new decade started off with a bang in Angola-literally. Fireworks exploded in the night sky at the opening games of…
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Imprisoned For Love in Malawi
Homosexuality is little tolerated or accepted in much of Africa. South Africa legalized gay marriage in 2006, but incidence of hate crimes towards gay and lesbian persons are not uncommon. Uganda…
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UN official says Sri Lankan execution video authentic, calls for war crimes investigation
We mentioned in this site last August that a shocking video had been released which appeared to show extrajudicial killings in Sri Lanka during the final months of the war…
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Sri Lankan editor's killers still at large
About a year ago, my first entry was posted to this site, about the murder of the Sri Lankan editor Lasantha Wickramatunga on Jan. 8, 2009.  Mr. Wickramatunga had been an outspoken…
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Congress Moves on the 2009 Tribal Law and Order Act
On Thursday, December 10th, the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security held a hearing to discuss the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2009, for which AIUSA was…
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Happy Birthday, Bangladesh
George Harrison, former Beatles, singing "Bangla Desh" (Ringo Starr, another Beatles member is at the drums) at the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh in New York City. Well, it's technically, Liberation…
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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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Mozambique: "I Can’t Believe in Justice Any More"
Just a few weeks ago, on October 28th, elections were held in Mozambique, elections won by President Armando E. Guebuza of the ruling Frelimo party by about 75% of the…
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A Half Measure of Justice
The Obama administration’s decision to refer a further five GTMO detainees, including self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, for trial federal court in New York City is a small but…