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Most Voters Prefer Alternatives to the Death Penalty
A new poll demonstrates that U.S. voters don’t consider the capital punishment a wise use of their tax dollars. It also finds that most U.S. voters don’t consider the death…
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Write a letter for human rights this December
Each year more and more people across the world are coming together to mark International Human Rights Day on December 10 by taking part in Amnesty International's Write for Rights…
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Indonesia Must Block Virginity Tests for School Girls
As reports surfaced of Indonesian high schools forcing their female students to take pregnancy and virginity tests, we’re getting concerned about the effect this will have on women’s rights throughout…
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Another Presidential Flip-flop
The Obama administration is apparently considering holding Khalid Sheik Mohammed and other GTMO detainees indefinitely as Prisoners of War. Far from closing GTMO, the new Obama plan seems to be…
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Death Penalty Abolition in Illinois Begins THIS WEEK
Abolition of the death penalty in Illinois could be a reality THIS MONTH, and it begins THIS WEEK. No matter where you are form, participate in the Virtual Lobby Day…
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Why Is Kareem Amer Still in an Egyptian Detention Center?
It’s hard not to speculate that certain Egyptian security officials decided to use Amer to send a message that nobody in the US, in the West or even in Egypt…
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Aung San Suu Kyi Finally Free!
We are thrilled that Aung San Suu Kyi was finally released today in Myanmar after seven and a half years of house arrest.
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DNA Test Exposes Execution Based on Bad Evidence
Claude Jones was sentenced to death based on one hair. Now, 10 years after his Dec. 7, 2000 execution, the Texas Observer reports that DNA tests have concluded that the…
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Detention and Torture: Just Another Day in the Life of a Human Rights Defender in China
This post is part of our Write for Rights series. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="Mao Hengfeng"][/caption] Mao Hengfeng has been repeatedly detained and tortured for her advocacy on behalf of…
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We’ll Know Aung San Suu Kyi’s Fate Within 24 hours
After being detained for 15 of the past 21 years, democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi could be free tomorrow… if Myanmar's rulers don't change the rules first.
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Top UK Officials Doubt Bush Claims
Former President George Bush has spent the past week touring media outlets to promote the publication of his new memoir “Decision Points” in which he proudly admits that he authorized…
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Death Sentence of Convicted Sorcerer Rejected in Saudi Arabia
The Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia today decided not to ratify the death sentence of a Lebanese man accused of "sorcery."