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AGM's one minute
This year’s AGM was a huge success! Over 600 Amnesty supporters were in attendance, ranging from staff to interns, to student activists and newly recruited members. At this year’s AGM…
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Speaking Out for Maternal Health in San Francisco
This post is by Cecilia Lipp, AIUSA San Francisco Organizing City Activist Leader. [caption id="attachment_9030" align="alignleft" width="205" caption="L-R: Larry Cox of Amnesty International USA, Maddy Oden of the Tatia Oden…
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Get on the Bus for Human Rights
Chances are, if we've met, you've heard me talk about Get On The Bus for Human Rights (GOTB)! I've got several versions under my belt -- the PowerPoint presentation, the…
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Despite Progress Maternal Mortality Remains a Crisis
By Rachel Ward, Managing Director, Research Unit News coverage of the study published in The Lancet about declining maternal deaths worldwide largely ignored the appalling fact that the United States…
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Arrest One of Us in Zimbabwe, Arrest us All!
[caption id="attachment_8913" align="alignleft" width="201" caption="Women of Zimbabwe Arise"][/caption] [UPDATE: 61 of the 65 members arrested outside ZESA headquarters in Harare earlier today have been released. Four members, Jenni Williams, Magodonga…
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Needed: One White Colonial Ruler for Zimbabwe
[caption id="attachment_8941" align="alignleft" width="190" caption="Prospective Colonial Ruler Sarah Hager (on left) with several potential minions."][/caption] As a mostly white person, I have decided that I would like to be the…
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Will you stand with Aung San Suu Kyi?
Amnesty International is asking you to stand with Aung San Suu Kyi and the people of Myanmar through a symbolic photographic action. We are hoping to gather at least 2,100…
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Communication Breakdown
Wow, what fabulous news-- according to the United Nations, almost 564 million people in India have cell phones. Â Sounds great considering how few people had access to telephones 10 years…
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Sexual Violence Still Prevalent in the DRC
[caption id="attachment_8970" align="alignright" width="168" caption="Displaced people in Kibati camp, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), November 2008. Copyright: UNHCR/P. Taggart"][/caption] Today, Oxfam International and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative released…
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Thailand’s Political Transformation
This blog was originally posted on Open Democracy. The weeks of popular protests by thousands of red-shirted demonstrators in the center of Bangkok reached a critical stage on the late…
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Obama Through the Looking Glass
The withdrawal of Dawn Johnsen’s nomination to Head the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) at the Department of Justice in the same week that the White House publicly authorized the…
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"I owe my life to Amnesty International"
"I owe my life to Amnesty International... Now I am dedicating that life to campaigning against the death penalty and raising awareness about human rights." [caption id="attachment_8891" align="alignright" width="204" caption="Hafez…