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Who Plays By the Rules? Not Rick Perry
Let’s hope that Texas Governor Rick Perry was paying attention in kindergarten. Most likely, that’s where he learned to play by the rules. The rule, in this case, is article…
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15 Human Rights Success Stories of 2013
With the start of a new year comes the opportunity to take stock of the progress we've made and the successes we helped accomplish in 2013.
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Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill Must Be Vetoed
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni must veto the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which was passed in a surprise vote this morning.
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Is Executing A Man With A Brain Disorder “Timely Justice”?
Frank Walls should be granted clemency. He is a remorseful prisoner with brain disorders that have left him functioning at the level of a 12-year-old.
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One Month after Drones Report, Administration Still Fails to Explain Killings
A month has passed since Amnesty International released its report, “‘Will I Be Next?’ US Drone Strikes in Pakistan,” but the Obama Administration still has not publicly acknowledged and investigated…
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China: Abolition of Labor Camps Must Lead to Wider Detention Reform
China's reported decision to abolish 're-education through labor' (RTL) camps nationwide will be little more than a cosmetic measure unless the authorities tackle the deeply entrenched abuses of the country's…
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The Odd – But Welcome – Reason This Inmate Received a Stay of Execution
The myth of the "humane" execution has been exposed, and debunked. If states want to do the right, humane thing, they need to abolish the death penalty altogether.
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4 States That Are Trying – and Failing – to Find a More Humane Way to Kill
This October, as public support for the death penalty dropped to its lowest in 40 years, several states had to scramble to acquire execution drugs.
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Tavis Smiley, Nazanin Boniadi Join Human Rights Activists at Amnesty International Western Regional Conference on Nov. 1-3 in Los Angeles
Hundreds of human rights activists will gather at Amnesty International’s 2013 Western Regional Conference in Los Angeles on November 1-3.
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The Power of Us
That audacious proposal - to literally change the world - is exactly why we at Amnesty come together to build an "us" in the first place. And it works.
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Amnesty International: USA Must Investigate Unlawful Drone Killings in Pakistan
New evidence indicates that the U.S. has carried out unlawful drone killings in Pakistan, some of which could amount to war crimes or extrajudicial executions.
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“Will I be Next?” US Drone Strikes in Pakistan
"Will I be next?," a new report from Amnesty International, finds that this killing, and several other so-called targeted killings from US drone strikes in Pakistan, violated the right to…
