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Tabloid Promotes Lynching of Homosexuals in Uganda
On October 2, a tabloid called the ‘Rolling Stone’ published an incendiary article claiming that homosexuals were going to raid the schools and “recruit 100,000 innocent kids by 2012”. The…
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This Weekend, All Eyes on Myanmar
Update (November 5): Government attacks on freedoms compromises elections (AI Press Release) This Sunday, Myanmar will hold its first national election in twenty years. Considering the authorities ongoing restrictions on…
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Obama: India Ain't Just About Gandhi and Outsourcing
As an Indian-American, anytime the US President visits India, I get excited about the possibilities of a stronger relationship between the two gigantic countries. And, tomorrow, US President Barack Obama is…
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Executions, Secrecy and the Public Right to Know
Voices of dissent are routinely silenced in oppressive regimes around the world. However, some of the same tactics are used in the United States to suppress information about the death…
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Indonesian Girls Lack of Reproductive Health Services
A new report from Amnesty International, Left Without a Choice, highlights the frightening and almost insurmountable task women and girls in Indonesia face in achieving reproductive health in the face…
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Does Knowing Your Rights Make You Insane?
Knowing one’s own rights and advocating on behalf of others is perhaps the sanest thing one could do, but Andrei Bondarenko could be forced to undergo possibly dangerous psychiatric treatment…
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Las Vegas Amnesty Group's Union Rights Video Chosen By UN
Last night I attended the debut of the US Human Rights Network’s Testify! Project, a collection of videos and written testimonies exploring stories of injustice from throughout the United States. The…
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Keeping Maternal Mortality on the Agenda at UN Human Rights Meeting
Linda Coale died of a blood clot a week after giving birth to her son, Ben, by c-section. The infant welcome packet included extensive information about acclimatizing pets to a…
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Fears Grow for Iran Stoning Case Lawyer and Son
As reports surfaced this week of the imminent execution of Iran’s Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, we are also grew increasingly concerned with the fate of her lawyer and son. We fear…
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Will Obama Cut Ties With Indonesian Torture?
President Obama will visit his childhood home of Indonesia in early November in his first official visit since taking office. While his visit may bring back fond memories of his…
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Progress for Women Fighting for Peace
Yesterday the United Nations Security Council strengthened the commitments it made a decade ago to women affected by war. High level ministers, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, met to mark…
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Homophobic Hate Crimes Spreading Throughout Brazil
Although Sao Paulo hosted in 2010 the biggest gay parade in the world, with over 3.3 million people, Brazil suffers from one of the highest numbers of hate crimes in…