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Armenia: Anger over Mild Sentence for Serial Pedophile
Activists and victims in Armenia are outraged that a serial pedophile has received mild sentence by a court in capital Yerevan.
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Visualizing the Human Rights Crisis in Northwest Pakistan
Amnesty International recently released a new report and website on human rights abuses in northwest Pakistan. This guest-posting is part of our Eyes on Pakistan blogging series. The Northwestern Pakistan…
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The US Needs to Ensure that the Israeli Siege of Gaza is Lifted
For three years, the population of the Gaza Strip has been suffering the debilitating effects of Israel's blockade imposed when Israel decided to treat the area as a "hostile entity"…
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Not all fun and games in South Africa
As the first World Cup match between Mexico and South Africa kicks off today, it is not all fun and games for the homeless, refugees, migrants and street hawkers who…
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Four days to more deportations from Europe to Iraq
On Wednesday 60 Iraqis were forcibly returned to Baghdad from the United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands. Next Wednesday more asylum seekers will be flown back to a city…
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US Must not Turn Blind Eye to Human Rights Crisis in Northwest Pakistan
It is civilians who suffer most from the fighting between the Taleban and Pakistani government forces in northwest Pakistan. Many of these residents live in a human rights free zone…
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Tissa's pardon – we're still waiting
On May 4, I wrote on this site about the Sri Lankan government's announced pardon of the journalist J.S. Tissainayagam (often referred to as "Tissa"), who'd been unjustly convicted and…
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A Birthday in Evin Prison – an opportunity to remember Iran's prisoners
To coincide with the 12 June anniversary of the disputed election last year in Iran, Amnesty International has prepared a campaign to highlight the situation of political prisoners, many of…
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European governments forcibly return asylum seekers to Iraq
Today 60 Iraqis were forcibly removed from the United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands. They had applied for asylum and were denied. Ten Iraqis who were in the UK,…
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Were US missile and cluster munitions used in a fatal attack in Yemen?
Based on the evidence provided by these photographs, the US government must disclose what role it played in the al-Ma'jalah attack, and all governments involved must show what steps they…
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I Am Neda
By Mikel Jollett and Nazanin Boniadi for The Neda Project [caption id="attachment_9998" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Actress Nazanin Boniadi and The Airborne Toxic Event's Mikel Jollett"][/caption] The tragic death of Neda Agha-Soltan…
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Torture Awareness Month
Speaking in Grand Rapids, Michigan, last Wednesday former President George W. Bush appeared to take personal responsibility for the decision to waterboard Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: “Yeah, we waterboarded Khalid Sheikh…