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Myanmar releases over 115 political prisoners
[caption id="attachment_5431" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="Thank you to all the Amnesty activists who sent postcards calling for the release of more than 2,000 people detained in Myanmar."][/caption] Big news. According to…
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Torture of U.S. Citizen is First Test for New U.S. Policy Towards Burma
[caption id="attachment_5390" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Burma's Insein Prision, where Kyaw Zaw Lwin is held. © 2009 Digital Globe. All Rights Reserved. Image taken from Google Earth."][/caption] Shortly after U.S. Secretary of…
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Amnesty International Hits the Road with U2!
Its official: Amnesty International USA is touring with U2. U2’s “360 Degrees” US tour kicked off this past Saturday, September 12th in Chicago, but Amnesty has been a part of…
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Human Rights Flashpoints-September 1, 2009
Burma - New Fighting in Northeast The last few days have seen renewed violence in Myanmar (Burma). Fighting erupted between government forces and one of the so-called ceasefire groups, when…
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Human Rights Flashpoints – August 11, 2009
AFGHANISTAN - Increased violence prior to elections As the second presidential election draws closer, increased violence from Taliban militants appears imminent. This past Monday, Taliban militants attacked official buildings in…
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Verdict Against Aung San Suu Kyi
A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to three years in prison, a sentence which was immediately reduced to a…
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Human Rights Flashpoints – August 4, 2009
MYANMAR - Tensions rise in anticipition of verdict The situation in Myanmar (Burma) is getting more tense this week in anticipation of a verdict against Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San…
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Awarded 2009 "Ambassador of Conscience" Award
Yesterday, twenty years after being declared a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International (with more than 13 of those 20 years spent under house arrest) Daw Aung San Suu Kyi,…
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Call Obama on Torture Day
Today, June 26, is the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. In establishing the day in 1998, then UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan wrote, "Today the United Nations appeals…
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UN Human Rights Council flunks test on Sri Lanka
I can't tell you how disappointed I am. The UN Human Rights Council concluded its special session on Sri Lanka yesterday by adopting a resolution proposed by the Sri Lankan…
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The Name Says It All: Burma's Insein Prison
[caption id="attachment_2109" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Myanmar's Insein Prison, where Auung San Suu Kyi and hundreds of others are held (c) Digital Globe 2008. Image taken from Google Earth"][/caption] Myanmar's opposition leader…
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Aung San Suu Kyi Charged Today in Myanmar
Myanmar’s (Burma) pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was charged today with violating the terms of her house arrest after an American man allegedly snuck into her home last week. …