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Story of Two Women: Two Death Sentences in Iran
This past week Amnesty International and other human rights organizations have been highlighting the plight of two women sentenced to death in Iran. Both of them have suffered incredible injustices,…
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Combat Exploitative Child Labor with Human Rights
On June 8, 2010, I attended the "Working Together to Combat Child Labor" conference in Washington, DC. The meeting was organized by the US Departments of State and Labor to convene high-level U.S.…
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Tissa is finally free!
The Sri Lankan journalist J.S. Tissainayagam (often referred to as "Tissa") is finally free!  As I wrote on this site earlier, Tissa had been sentenced last year to 20 years' hard labor,…
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Free Our Midwives!
[caption id="attachment_10218" align="alignleft" width="242" caption="Older daughter Mirabelle holding Jadzia just minutes after a home birth. "][/caption] Normally I write on this blog about human rights issues in South Asia. Â But,…
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One Year After Disputed Elections Many Languish in Iran's Prisons
Amnesty International's comprehensive new report "From Protest to Prison – Iran One Year After the Election" shows, large numbers of people are suffering in Iran's prisons—those arrested in the wake…
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Armenia: Anger over Mild Sentence for Serial Pedophile
Activists and victims in Armenia are outraged that a serial pedophile has received mild sentence by a court in capital Yerevan.
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Tissa's pardon – we're still waiting
On May 4, I wrote on this site about the Sri Lankan government's announced pardon of the journalist J.S. Tissainayagam (often referred to as "Tissa"), who'd been unjustly convicted and…
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Congressman Jack Bauer
You would be forgiven for thinking that Jack Bauer was actually running in the fall elections, as his name is being continually invoked on the campaign trial. The Daily Beast…
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Sad Loss of a Women's Human Rights Pioneer
[caption id="attachment_9530" align="alignleft" width="110" caption="Rhonda Copelon, American University"][/caption] I recently heard the sad news that Professor Rhonda Copelon died on May 6th 2010. Professor Copelon's work was critical to defining…
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Prominent Iranian Film Director Jafar Panahi Held for Months Without Charge
One of Iran's most acclaimed film directors, Jafar Panahi, has been locked up in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison, without charge, for more than two months.
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Demand Clean Air and Water for Iraq
Iraq’s historic and cultural treasures have been looted, its infrastructure destroyed, and Iraqis continue to face violence, persecution and harassment. Yet one area of damage that has been discussed very…
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Desi Spotlight Series: Drishtipat
This posting is part of our Desi Spotlight Series. It's time for another in my very irregular series featuring the amazing work of South Asians in the United States working…