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Tweet @BarackObama and @StateDept Demanding Apology for Torture
Join our Twitter action: Turn up the pressure on President Obama, Congress and the State Department to begin to make amends for Maher Arar's terrible mistreatment -- starting with an…
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Comprehensive Immigration Reform Introduced: Just in Time?
If the Act does not directly address the discrimination intrinsic to the whole immigration system, it may serve as a band-aid, but it won’t likely stop human rights abuses of…
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Recent String of Human Rights Successes in Iran Welcomed
Iran has recently released a string of human rights defenders and others imprisoned for their beliefs.
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Freed Iranian Human Rights Activist Tells Amnesty International of Continuing Hunger Strike Over Prisoners’ Deaths
Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] Freed Iranian Human Rights Activist Tells Amnesty International of Continuing Hunger Strike Over Prisoners’ Deaths (New York) -- Emadeddin Baghi, one of Iran’s most outspoken…
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Immigrant Rape Survivors: The Target of Contempt
For some lawmakers, crossing the U.S. border undocumented is considered a more egregious crime than committing rape.
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Annual Report: India 2011
Head of state: Pratibha Patil Head of government: Manmohan Singh Death penalty: retentionist Population: 1,214.5 million Life expectancy: 64.4 years Under-5 mortality (m/f): 77/86 per 1,000 Adult literacy: 62.8 per…
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Amnesty International Demands that Iran Lift Ban on Trade Unions and End Persecution of Labor Activists; Launches Campaign to Support Iranian Labo
New Report Shows Vicious Repression of Union Activists, Including Beatings and Imprisonment Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] (New York) – Amnesty International said in a new report today that…
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Immigration Detention: The Golden Goose for Private Prisons
Massive growth in US immigration detention may be terrific for business, but it's not good immigration policy.
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Hollywood Unites for Iranian Filmmakers
Iran Mission to UN accepts 21,000 petition signatures from Amnesty International delegation including Oscar winning filmmaker Paul Haggis, actresses Nazanin Boniadi and Trudie Styler.
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Iran Mission to the United Nations Accepts 21,000-Plus Petition Signatures from Amnesty International Delegation of Hollywood Luminaries
On behalf of Amnesty International, Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis delivered a stack of 21,000 petition signatures into the hands of an officer of the Iran Mission to the United Nations…
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Hollywood Luminaries Deliver Petition to the Iran Mission
Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] Academy Award Winner Paul Haggis, Actress Nazanin Boniadi, Film Producer Trudie Styler and Former Imprisoned Journalist Maziar Bahari Join Amnesty International June 8 to…
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Hollywood Luminaries Deliver Petition to the Iran Mission
Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] Academy Award Winner Paul Haggis, Actress Nazanin Boniadi, Film Producer Trudie Styler and Former Imprisoned Journalist Maziar Bahari Join Amnesty International June 8 to…