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Afghan Government’s Takeover of Women’s Shelters Adds Insult to Injury
The recent move by Afghanistan’s Ministry of Women Affairs (MoWA) to take control of women’s shelters is deeply worrying. I have spoken to NGO workers who run these shelters, and…
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Jurors, Family Members Oppose Texas Execution
The family of Timothy Adams does not want the state of Texas to execute him on February 22. The loss of a loved one through the instrument of state killing…
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Ohio Sets 7 Execution Dates
Ohio has just set 7 new execution dates – meaning there is now an execution scheduled each and every month between February and October. But the chorus of voices opposing…
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Q&A: Human Rights And Unrest In The Middle East
Questions answered about human rights and unrest in the Middle East.
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Brazil Must Stop Siding With Oppressive Regimes
Brazil’s recent history of siding with some of today’s most oppressive governments must end. As we watch the events in Tunisia and Egypt unfold, Brazil’s track record of supporting and…
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Tweet for a Fair Trial of Walid Yunis Ahmad in Iraq
We need your help to flood the Kurdish Regional authorities with Tweets, emails and letters on or around February 6th, urging them to ensure that Walid Yunis Ahmad receives a…
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Troy Davis Update: Appeals in Supreme Court Filed
On Friday, January 21, 2011, Troy Davis’ lawyers filed an appeal and a cert. petition with the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Ohio at Death Penalty Crossroads
On the question of capital punishment, Ohio is moving simultaneously in two different directions. The pace of executions has accelerated, but those most experienced with the death penalty are calling…
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Uganda Gay Rights Activist Murdered
In a tragic update to a posting several weeks ago regarding gay rights in Africa, a leading activist in Uganda was horrifically murdered yesterday.
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Opting Out of Our Degrading Death Penalty
Hospira, Inc., the only FDA approved manufacturer of the lethal injection anesthetic sodium thiopental, has decided to stop making that drug, throwing the status of U.S. executions into disarray.
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Georgia: Execution Info Could Inspire Terroristic Acts
The state of Georgia has refused to turn over information on its lethal injection procedures with the absurd claim that such disclosure could "compromise security against sabotage, criminal or terroristic…
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Ohio Supreme Court Justice Calls for End to Death Penalty
Justice Paul E. Pfeifer is a Republican who has been a Justice on Ohio’s Supreme Court since 1993. He was re-elected again last November. Yesterday, after he was sworn in…