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Jon Stewart Takes on Guantanamo and the NDAA
The Daily Show called out President Obama and Senators on the NDAA, a bill that would keep Gitmo open and entrench indefinite detention as standard.
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Amnesty International Calls for Immediate Release of Human Rights Activists Arrested in Zimbabwe
Amnesty International said today it considers three Zimbabwean human rights activists arrested this week to be "prisoners of conscience" and called for their immediate and unconditional release.
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Recording Artist-Producer Pharrell Williams Joins Amnesty International Youth Activists at “Write for Rights” Event Friday at Los Angeles’ Roosevelt High School
On Friday, Dec. 9 to celebrate Human Rights Day, Amnesty International will host Pharrell Williams, the award-winning recording artist, producer and human rights supporter, who will join 1,200 students and…
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Amnesty International Urges China to Release Nobel Peace Laureate Liu Xiaobo and Other Activists
China must release jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo along with others imprisoned for dissent, Amnesty International said today - one year after the Chinese activist won the award.
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Turkey's Anti-Terrorism Law Tramples on Human Rights
Many Turkish lawyers, human rights defenders, politicians, and intellectuals remain locked up, victims of an anti-terrorism law desperately in need of repeal.
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No Execution For Mumia Abu-Jamal
Prosecutors have given up their quest to execute Mumia Abu-Jamal -- his sentence will now be commuted to life without parole. He should have gotten a new trial.
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Amnesty International Urges Senate Committee to Pass the SAVE Native Women Act
Amnesty International announced today its support for S. 1763, the Stand Against Violence and Empower Native Women (SAVE Native Women) Act. The SAVE Native Women Act was recently introduced on…
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Amnesty International Welcomes Decision on Mumia Abu-Jamal Case
In response to the Philadelphia prosecutors’ decision not to seek another death sentence for Mumia Abu-Jamal, Laura Moye, director of Amnesty International’s Campaign to Abolish the Death Penalty, made the…
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Indefinite Detention: 3 Conservative Voices of Reason
The NDAA threatens to detain suspects indefinitely, undercuts the rights of US citizens, and sideline our best tools in countering terrorism. While it passed the Senate, not everyone agrees.
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Death Penalty Coalition Including Amnesty International Urge Asia to Stop Executions and Unfair Trials in New Report
A hard-line group of Asian countries are defying the global trend against the death penalty and putting to death thousands of people after unfair trials every year, the Anti-Death Penalty…
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Academy Award-Winning Composer Hans Zimmer Honors Amnesty International on 50th Anniversary, Composing Human Rights Anthem
Hans Zimmer, the Academy and Grammy Award-winning composer, and film score collaborator Lorne Balfe have composed an anthem to salute Amnesty International’s 50th anniversary titled “One More Voice for Freedom,”…
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Amnesty International Calls for Release of Hundreds Held in Russian Election Protests
The Russian authorities must release all of the peaceful protesters detained over the weekend amid allegations of fraud in Sunday's parliamentary elections, Amnesty International said today.