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Battle for the Future of India
The protests against a South Korean mining company in a rural district in India will determine the course of India's development.
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Amnesty International Decries Azerbaijan Police’s Violent Dispersion of Peaceful Rallies Ahead of Eurovision
Amnesty International today called on Azerbaijan police to immediately end the use of violence to suppress freedom of expression, following two separate peaceful protests that were broken up by police…
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Amnesty International Hosts “Shadow Summit” With Afghan Women’s Rights Leaders As NATO Summit Opens May 20 in Chicago
As the NATO Summit leaders begin to fill in the missing pieces of the military exit strategy for Afghanistan on Sunday, May 20, Amnesty International will stage a "Shadow Summit"…
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The Execution of Michael Selsor
Michael Selsor spent 36 years in prison. There, he changed, and grew, and shared his life lesson with school children. He was put to death anyway on May 1.
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Marriage Equality: It’s About Human Rights, Not States’ Rights
President Obama's statement in support of marriage equality was a huge boon to the human rights movement, but the fight continues at the state level.
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Amnesty International Urges Singapore Authorities to Save Malaysian Man From Execution
A young Malaysian man under threat of imminent execution in Singapore for drug trafficking should be granted clemency, Amnesty International and the Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) have said.
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Exploitation of Nepal’s Migrant Workers
Thousands of Nepalese face exploitation and forced labor when working in countries around the world. This is despite laws intended to protect them.
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Amnesty International Urges FARC to Release French Journalist
Amnesty International today urges the FARC to immediately and unconditionally release a French journalist, who has been held captive since April 28.
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Amnesty International Declares Bahraini Activist Prisoner of Conscience Following Arrest for “Insulting” Tweets
Nabeel Rajab, the director of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, has been charged with "insulting a national institution."
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The Elephant in the Courtroom
No one is served by the Military Commissions happening right now at Guantanamo. Not the defendants, not the victims, and, not the American people.
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Violence Against Armenian Women is a Crime, Not a Tradition
Armenia is the only country among its Council of Europe neighbors without legislation criminalizing domestic violence.
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Inside Syria’s crackdown: ‘I Found My Boys Burning in the Street’
Amnesty researcher reports the harrowing testimonies from Syria.