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Mother of Cuban Prisoner of Conscience Faces Harrassment
Reina Luisa Tamayo has been repeatedly harassed by Cuban authorities and government supporters, in attempts to prevent her from remembering her son and continuing to protest the detention of political…
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Activists in Indonesia at Risk of Torture
A group of 10 Malukan activists were recently detained by Indonesia's anti-terrorism police squad.
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Pakistan's Floods: A Crisis of Empathy
As global citizens we may not have the power to control the destruction borne of natural catastrophes but we do have the power to alleviate the alienation borne of a…
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Easter Island: Eyes on Chilean Police
For two weeks now, unarmed indigenous activists in Easter Island – or Rapa Nui – have occupied public (read Chilean) property, claiming ancestral rights to a land that has seen…
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Can/Will Oklahoma Stop this Execution?
Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry has granted two month-long reprieves for Jeffrey David Matthews. Matthews’ case is deeply troubling, but the Oklahoma Board of Pardons and Paroles voted 3-2 against commuting…
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Omar Khadr’s Lawyer Collapses, Trial Postponed
Alex Neve reports from Guantanamo: Omar Khadr’s military lawyer, Lieutenant Colonel Jon Jackson, collapsed in court late in the afternoon while cross examining a witness. Khadr's trial has now been…
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State Dept.: no accountability yet for Sri Lanka war crimes
As my colleague Christoph Koettl mentioned in his earlier post on this site, the State Department today issued its follow-up report on war crimes in Sri Lanka. Why a follow-up report? …
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Digging Deeper Into Naomi Campbell’s "Dirty Little Stones"
Getting past the hype of the celebrity laden Charles Taylor trial to the real issue: blood diamonds and human rights abuses in Africa.
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Exiled from Oklahoma
Sometimes the best defense is no defense. That may be the moral of the story by Dan Barry in yesterday’s New York Times about James Fisher, who accepted a plea…
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Guantanamo: ‘Jury’ selected for Omar Khadr’s military commission trial
By Alex Neve, Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada. Neve is currently at Guantánamo to observe the military commission trial against detainee Omar Khadr. This is the third post in…
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Taliban Leaders Should Be Prosecuted for War Crimes
A new UN report reveals that civilian casualties caused by the Taliban have increased nearly 31%. The Taliban and other insurgent groups to be investigated and prosecuted for war crimes.…