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Please Stay Alive, We Are Supposed to Kill You
Brandon Rhode was rushed to the hospital to prevent him from dying following his suicide attempt delaying his scheduled execution by the state of Georgia.
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The Great Experiment?
In a recent report to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the US touted its human rights record and argued that: The American experiment is a human experiment; the…
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Zimbabwe Irony: WOZA Protest Police Violence, Arrested
Human rights activists took the streets of Zimbabwe to protest police misconduct. They were met with police violence and apprehensions.
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Iraqi Government Responds to Amnesty Report on Detentions
The Iraqi Government responds to Amnesty International report on 30,000 imprisoned Iraqis on Aljazeera's Inside Iraq.
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African Activists' Struggle to Improve Maternal Health
Activists and medical workers in Sierra Leone and Burkina Faso tell Amnesty International that world leaders need to put human rights at the heart of efforts to combat maternal mortality…
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Indigenous community held hostage in Brazil
[caption id="attachment_13049" align="aligncenter" width="252" caption="Guarani-Kaiowá leaders"][/caption] In October of 2009, the indigenous community Guarani Kaiowá Y’poà was violently evicted from its ancestral land near Paranhos, in the state of Mato…
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Time for Justice in Senegal
For more than 10 years, victims of former Chadian president Hissène Habré have been waiting for justice. Since he was chased from power in 1990, Habré has been living in…
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My Assignment in Gaza
I didn’t expect to feel joy in the middle of an area that’s been divided by struggle for decades. But there they were – a group of girls, like rays…
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Millennium Development Goals Are Failing World's Poorest People
The Millennium Development Goals are failing the world's poorest people because governments are ignoring and abusing human rights.
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Congress Should Withhold Aid to Mexico Tied to Human Rights Performance
Mass killings of migrants. Covering up human rights violations by tampering with evidence. The increase in the number of complaints of human rights violations committed by the Mexican military. Does…
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Tell Your Senators to Support the DREAM Act!
This Tuesday Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that he would include the DREAM Act in a defense authorization bill. The DREAM Act will help thousands of committed students and…
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Iran's Humanitarian Release of U.S. Hiker is Welcomed
Amnesty International and other organizations have harshly—and rightly—criticized Iran’s egregious human rights violations. However it is truly a cause for celebration when the Iranian authorities decide to take the high…