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Men Getting Away with Rape as an Everyday Occurrence in South Asia
Throughout South Asia, women face rape at the hands of men who will almost certainly get away with it. Â Rafia Zakaria, a columnist for Ms Magazine writes of one case…
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U.S. Hikers Still Imprisoned in Iran
It's been one year since three U.S. hikers were captured and imprisoned by Iranian forces while hiking near the Iraq-Iran border.
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Protests at the Vedanta Resources Annual Meeting Led by Bianca Jagger
The Amnesty International section in the UK announced today that Bianca Jagger (ex-wife of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger) has submitted 30,000 signatures on a petition asking Vedanta Resources, a…
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Still a State of Unconstitutional Affairs in Colombia?
Colombia has one of the highest number of internally displaced people in the world. A resolution making its way through the US House of Representatives would help address the needs…
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The Distinctive Vocabulary of a New York Lawyer
Back when I lived in Texas there was an TV ad (it may have run nationally) for a certain picante sauce made in San Antonio. In the ad, a cook…
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A Small Victory for Arizonans, A Bigger Victory For Human Rights
In a welcome, 11th hour order that prevents Arizona from putting into place much of its immigrant profiling law [SB1070], Judge Susan Bolton ruled that the offensive sections of the…
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Amnesty Rocks the Warped Tour
There is something remarkably similar about the passion that drives a human rights activist and the passion that inspires a musician. A person who is willing to stand beneath the…
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Egypt: Striking a Blow Against Impunity?
The death of Khaled Said has moved the Egyptian public in a way that few other cases have.
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Iran Must End Harassment of Stoning Case Lawyer
We reported last month that Iran halted the stoning of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. And while this may seem like cause for celebration, an uneasy cloud of uncertainty has shrouded this…
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Urge Your Representative TODAY to Demand Accountability for Sri Lanka Crimes
After a US State Department official called for reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka last week, US lawmakers are now taking concrete action to hold the State Department to its…
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SB1070: What Starts in Arizona, Stops in Arizona
In just two days, Arizona's discriminatory bill, SB1070, will officially become law and go into effect. What's more frightening, however, is that other states are now slated to follow Arizona's…
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Flawed Science and New York Lawyers
Cameron Todd Willingham was convicted in 1991 and sentenced to die for an arson that killed his three children in Corsicana, Texas. Throughout, he insisted that the fire was an…