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#DearObama: Use Your State of the Union to Move from Words to Actions on Race and Policing
[caption id="attachment_53611" align="alignleft" width="3000"] Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images[/caption] This blog is part of a series on human rights in the State of the Union address. The United States has an obligation…
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#Write4Rights Brings Human Rights Home
On Human Rights Day, Amnesty International USA and Donda’s House are teaming up for the world's biggest letter writing event, Write for Rights. Join in from anywhere in the world as…
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Gender-Based Violence and the Arms Trade Treaty
[caption id="attachment_55941" align="alignleft" width="3529"] FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images[/caption] By: Alice Dahle, Co-chair, Women's Human Rights Thematic Specialist On December 24, the first ever international Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) regulating the sale…
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10 Appalling Attacks on Human Rights and 1 Powerful Way You Can Help
[caption id="attachment_55801" align="alignright" width="600"] MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty[/caption] 11 THOUSAND PEOPLE are victims of gun violence in the United States, each year. On January 29, 2013, fifteen year old Hadiya Pendleton became yet…
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Young, Black, Alive: Breaking the silence on Brazil’s soaring youth homicide rate
[caption id="attachment_55266" align="alignright" width="1024"] The new “Young Black Alive” campaign is aimed at tackling the underlying human rights issues behind Brazil’s soaring youth homicide rate. © Anistia Internacional Brasil[/caption] By…
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Attacks Continue against Honduran Rights Activists
The murder on November 11, 2014 of Juan Ángel López Miralda, a human rights activist and former leader in the peasant movement in Honduras, follows a troubling pattern of abuses…
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Amnesty International and John Legend Launch Write for Rights Campaign
Amnesty International today released a new video from award winning artist John Legend as part of its Write for Rights campaign. The campaign is the world’s largest letter-writing event in…
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Mexico betrayed
[caption id="attachment_54601" align="alignleft" width="618"] Printouts of missing College students, missing in Iguala. (Reuters)[/caption] It has been a month since the disappearance of 43 ‘normalistas’, students that train to become teachers…
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On the Streets of America: Human Rights Abuses in Ferguson
Michael Brown, an 18-year-old unarmed African American man, was fatally shot by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, 2014. Brown’s death set off a long-overdue conversation…
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Struggles for Maternal Health: Barriers to Antenatal Care in South Africa
Too many women and girls are dying needlessly in South Africa during pregnancy or shortly after giving birth. One of the reasons is that they delay accessing antenatal care.
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‘Welcome to hell fire’: Torture and other ill-treatment in Nigeria
Torture is a routine occurrence in Nigeria, largely to extract "confessions" or as punishment for alleged crimes. Hundreds of suspects in police and military custody across the country are being…
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Looking Back on an Extraordinary Year
It’s been over a month since Michael Brown’s death reignited a desperately needed national conversation about the importance of defending human rights at home just as strongly as we do…