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Where is the Troy Davis case now?
Troy Davis' legal team is appealing the federal district court ruling that Davis did not meet the court’s self-described “extraordinarily high” standard to prove his innocence following the two-day evidentiary…
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Known and Forgotten
It would have been a better title for former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s recently released memoir. There are things Rumsfeld remembers and things he has conveniently forgotten. What we…
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CSRTs Come Back From The Dead
With a stroke of his pen, President Obama today extinguished any last lingering hopes that his administration would eventually do the right thing on Guantanamo and restore due process rights…
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We Will Not Be Silent: Governor Deal, Veto HB 87!
Yesterday, March 3rd, the Georgia House voted 116-56 to pass HB 87, the anti-immigrant Arizona copycat law. The vote was down party lines, with only one Republican casting a “no”…
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Iraqi Government Sends Mixed Signals as Protests Continue
On Friday Iraqis will take to the streets again in mourning over the 29 peaceful demonstrators who were killed last week in Baghdad’s Day of Rage. Among the protesters killed…
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Calderón and Obama: A Lot More to Discuss Than Drugs
President Obama and President Calderon will meet on March 3rd at the White House. We are urging them to make human rights a priority and we look forward to working…
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Celebrate 50 Years of Human Rights History
Count down is on, and we are only 16 days until Amnesty International’s 50th Annual General Meeting and Youth Summit. Meet us in San Francisco for an exciting weekend where…
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Immigrants Are Welcome Here, Arizona Copycat Bills are Not!
Arizona 1070 copycat immigration bills are spreading across the US. On Monday, Georgia state Republicans introduced bills enabling law enforcement to detain anyone they think may not be a US…
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Will Ohio Carry Out an Execution Nobody Wants?
Ohio is set to carry out an execution on March 10 that the victim's family does not want, and that the manufacturer of the execution drug strenuously objects to. Will…
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Prometheus Bound: Connecting the Arts and Human Rights
Amnesty International is proud to announce our partnership with the American Repertory Theater’s production of Prometheus Bound, written by Tony and Grammy Award-winning playwright Steven Sater (Spring Awakening) and Grammy…
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Women of Zimbabwe Arise Hunted by Police
[caption id="attachment_18214" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Women of Zimbabwe Arise marching in Harare, Zimbabwe"][/caption] In the last two days, members of civil rights organization WOZA have been targeted and arrested by police in Zimbabwe.…
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Immigrants Are Welcome Here, Arizona Copycat Bills are Not!
Arizona 1070 copycat immigration bills are spreading across the US. On Monday, Georgia state Republicans introduced bills enabling law enforcement to detain anyone they think may not be a US…