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The Attack On US Workers' Rights
Amnesty International urges several US states to abandon planned legislation that would drastically restrict workers' rights.
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Horrifying Trend: Medics Brutally Attacked in Middle East Protests
Amnesty International has received several disturbing reports of targeted attacks and other human rights abuses against medical professionals in the Middle East and North Africa – while they were caring…
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Georgia Execution Drugs Seized by DEA
Yesterday, the DEA seized Georgia’s supply of sodium thiopental, the anesthetic most states use as the first drug in a three drug cocktail to execute prisoners, explaining that there are…
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Justice For Sri Lanka On The Streets Of Chicago
Amnesty volunteers took to the streets of Chicago to collect petition signatures calling for justice in Sri Lanka.
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March 21st KEY Date in Human Rights Council for Gaza Conflict Victims
UPDATE Friday, 3/18/11, 7:35pm: The UN appointed Committee of Independent Experts released their updated assessment of the Israeli and Palestinian domestic investigations into violations of international law committed by Israeli…
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Thinking in an emergency: The principles of mutual protection
As a child growing up in the high hills of South India, Rae Langton used to walk to school side by side with a friend. So did all the other…
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Mass-graves and State Silence in Turkey
In the nineties, at the height of the war between the Turkish military and the Kurdish nationalist Kurdish Worker's Party, or PKK, it was clear that the Turkish security forces…
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Joan Baez: A Lifetime of Human Rights Advocacy
Amnesty International turns 50 this year, and closely linked to Amnesty's legacy of championing human rights is that of folk legend Joan Baez. Baez was an active Amnesty supporter from…
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Suggested Itinerary for Sarah Palin’s Visit to India
Memo to Former Governor Sarah Palin regarding her upcoming visit to India... To: Former Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin From: Govind Acharya, South Asia Co-Group, Amnesty International USA Subject: Your…
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Freedom of the Press? Not in Turkey
Increasingly, Turkey is not a place where it is safe to work as a journalist. In the past weeks, police have arrested a string of journalists, accusing them of being…
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First Steps Toward Abolition in Connecticut
Following the lead of Illinois, Connecticut took a step toward death penalty abolition with a marathon hearing on Monday, March 7. Yale Amnesty group coordinator testified at the hearing and…
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No More Rapes: End Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Haiti
After she moved into a makeshift shelter in Dessalines Square, Champ-de-Mars, Haiti, “Suzie” and her friend were gang raped in front of their shelter. “After they left I didn’t do…