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Photos of Teddy Bears Land Belarus Student Behind Bars
Imprisonment of 20-year-old student for posting pictures of Teddy Bears online is further nail in coffin for freedom of speech in Belarus.
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India Needs Independence From Hunger
65 years after independence, India still has some of the highest rates of malnutrition in the world.
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Use of Amputation as Punishment in Northern Mali is Reason for Concern
Amnesty international condemns the punitive amputations carried out on Wednesday by the Unity Movement for Jihad in West Africa in Ansongo, a town in the North of Mali.
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Aleppo: Why We Should Be Alarmed
New documentation from Aleppo, including satellite images, shows why the world needs to be alarmed.
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UAE Activist Asks Police for Help, Gets Arrested Instead
Recent crackdowns in United Arab Emirates comes amid newly public calls for political freedom.
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Who Deserved To Die This Week?
Who "deserves" execution (if anyone) is the central moral question in the death penalty debate; our system is terrible at determining who deserves to die.
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‘Beehive’ Journalist Silenced for Exposing Foreign Land Grabs in Cambodia
'Beehive Radio' journalist was arrested after speaking out against forced evictions the Cambodian government is carrying out to make room for a Russian rubber company.
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Greece Must Halt Mass Police Crackdown on Irregular Migrants
A large number of the 7,500 foreign nationals arrested in Athens over the last few days are reported to be of Asian, African and North African origin.
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DR Congo Must Protect Human Rights Defenders Working Amid Conflict in North Kivu
Amnesty International urges DR Congo to end threats being made against human rights defenders and journalists by government officials and armed group M23.
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Crackdown on Freedom of Expression in Vietnam Must End
Mass arrests at a peaceful protest in Hanoi are just the latest blow to freedom of expression in Vietnam.
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Amnesty International Calls Supreme Court Failure to Stop Texas Execution of Man with Low I.Q. “Highly Disturbing”
Amnesty International said today it is "highly disturbing" that the U.S. Supreme Court – ignoring its own decade-old ruling – refused to prevent the execution in Texas of Marvin Wilson,…
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Time is Running Out for Pussy Riot
A verdict could come August 17 for the members of Pussy Riot who face 3 years in prison for performing a song critical of President Putin.