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Azerbaijan: Brutal Crackdown Against Journalists Continues
By Nic Carter, Amnesty International USA Over the last year, Azerbaijan has imprisoned dozens of journalists, human rights advocates, bloggers, lawyers, and academics who have criticized the regime. Ilham Aliev’s repressive…
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Amnesty International USA Urges Obama to Address Torture by Chicago Police
President Asked to Support City Council Ordinance Granting Reparations to Survivors During Chicago Visit
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#DearObama: Prioritize Fair and Humane Immigration Reform in Your State of the Union
[caption id="attachment_54041" align="alignleft" width="3000"] (Win McNamee/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 to…
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“Circles of hell:” Domestic, Public and State Violence Against Women in Egypt
Despite some recent piecemeal reforms, shortfalls in Egyptian laws and entrenched impunity continue to foster a culture of routine sexual and gender-based violence in the country.
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Ghoncheh Ghavami released but Iran must drop all charges against her
[caption id="attachment_53551" align="alignright" width="600"] Ghoncheh Ghavami[/caption] When Ghoncheh Ghavami decided to take a stand this past June to protest Iran’s ban on women attending volleyball games, she likely did not…
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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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Bitter Harvest: Exploitation and Forced Labor of Migrant Agricultural Workers in South Korea
The South Korean government must end the exploitation and widespread use of forced labour of migrant agricultural workers, Amnesty International said, as it published a new report that reveals how…
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Chinese Dissident Ai Weiwei Opens Exhibit Featuring Amnesty International Research at Alcatraz
The latest installation from Chinese artist and human rights activist Ai Weiwei, featuring research from Amnesty International, will open to the public at Alcatraz on September 27.
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‘The killing of Michael Brown stung my heart’ Organizing for justice in Ferguson
[caption id="attachment_53611" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] Police block demonstrators from gaining access to Interstate Highway 70 on September 10, 2014 near Ferguson, Missouri. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)[/caption] By Ernest Coverson, Field…
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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…
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Jon Stewart’s New Film Rosewater and Ongoing Persecution of Journalists in Iran
[caption id="attachment_53201" align="aligncenter" width="594"] Jason Rezaian at The Washington Post via Getty Images in Washington, DC on November 6, 2013. (Photo by Zoeann Murphy/The Washington Post via Getty Images)[/caption] When…
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Will the President of Myanmar Keep His Promise?
Until these laws are rewritten in a way that cannot be interpreted objectively or in accordance with the whims of the day, Myanmar will not be able to move forward.