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Urge Your Representative to Join the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (formerly known as the Congressional Human Rights Caucus) enhances and coordinates the activities of Members of Congress with a strong interest in human rights.…
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Texas: Execution Drugs Should Be "State Secret"
Tired of taking a back seat to Arizona in death penalty zeal, Texas today upped the ante in the high stakes game of keeping secrets from the public in whose…
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu on "Dignity"
In the foreword to "Dignity: In Honor of the Rights of Indigenous People", Archbishop Desmond Tutu explains the importance and contributions of indigenous people. Tutu says that indigenous people remind…
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Court Allows Arizona to Kill Prisoner with Secret Drugs
Secretly trafficking and then openly using unapproved drugs is now A-OK. That’s the message sent out yesterday by the Arizona Supreme Court, which allowed state officials to conceal their source…
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Countdown to Burma's Elections
On November 7, 2010 Myanmar will hold its first national elections in two decades against a backdrop of political repression.
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Arizona's Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy for Executions
Arizona today admitted that it acquired the execution drug sodium thiopental from a non-FDA approved source, but continues to seek to execute Jeffrey Landrigan on October 26. The state refuses…
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Senate to Vote on 9/11 Health and Compensation Act
The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act will be voted on in the Senate in November. Please urge your Senator to support the Act which ensures medical treatment for…
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Human Rights Activists in China Locked Up For Speaking Out
China expressed outrage over the Nobel committee’s decision to award its prestigious Peace Prize to incarcerated Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo. But the real outrage is China’s treatment of…
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Human Rights, San Francisco, And You
Our 50th Anniversary Annual Conference in San Francisco is going to be our biggest and most exciting ever. You won't want to miss out! Register now.
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Roma Community in Romania Still Treated like Waste Six Years On
[caption id="attachment_13898" align="alignright" width="240" caption="The families are socially excluded and their living conditions are inhumane © Amnesty International"][/caption] By Fotis Filippou, EU Team Campaigner for Amnesty International Amnesty International recently…
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9 Out of 10 Counties, Zero Death Sentences Since 2004
What makes a punishment "unusual?" The 8th Amendment to the Constitution bans "cruel and unusual" punishments, and the Supreme Court in recent years has suggested that a punishment becomes unusual…
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Khadr Trial Delayed Amidst Reports of Plea Deal
Omar Khadr's military commission trial was pushed back a week to October 25th. The delay comes amidst reports of a possible plea agreement for the young Canadian who has been…