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What Does Your Cell Phone Have to Do with Armed Conflict?
This victory is an important step in bringing much-needed transparency and accountability to companies’ sourcing of conflict minerals.
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What You Need to Know About Vietnam’s Human Rights Record
President Sang should realize that absent significant progress on human rights, his hopes for building a closer relationship with Washington may be dashed.
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Amnesty Celebrates Mandela’s Birthday, Lifetime of Activism
Today, the former South African President and Nobel laureate Nelson Mandela, father of South African democracy and role model for human rights defenders everywhere, turns 95.
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Amnesty Youth Activist Reflects on Historic U.N. Education Summit
Last Friday, Malala Yousafzai addressed international leaders and youth at the U.N. General Assembly. Her message was clear: protect the right to education for young people across the world.
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Kazakhstan Continues to Dismiss Allegations of Torture Despite Evidence
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev deceived the international community with his government’s promise to eradicate torture and fully investigate the lethal use of force by police.
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Stand With Malala Yousafzai & the Right to Education at the United Nations
Hundreds of youth leaders from around the world will come together at the United Nations headquarters in New York to stand in solidarity with Malala Yousafzai and the millions of…
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Deconstructing the Leahy Law: Fact vs Fiction
There are some misconceptions currently floating around about the US government's Leahy Law and we want to set the record straight on a few things.
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New Website Launched to Engage Chinese-Speaking Activists and Supporters Worldwide
Amnesty International has launched a new Chinese-language website containing research reports, articles, and blog entries on the organization’s research and activism around the world.
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Guantanamo Detainee Seeks Victim Status in Poland Investigation into CIA Prison
A Yemeni man held by the U.S. military has become the third person to seek victim status in an ongoing investigation by the Polish Prosecutor’s Office into Poland's involvement in…
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What Great Powers Do
They don’t respond to the tragic self-immolation of more than 100 Tibetans by further tightening the screws. And Great Powers don’t imprison people indefinitely without charge on Caribbean Islands.
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Nigerian President Must Veto Discriminatory Anti-LGBTI Bill
Amnesty International and nine other international human rights groups urged Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to veto a draconian new law that would formalize discrimination against LGBTI people.
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Cartoon Candidate Only One Addressing Human Rights in Iranian Election
Only one candidate is seriously addressing the issue of human rights in the lead-up to Iran’s presidential election on June 14. Her name is Zahra and - oh, by the…