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Hey India, Help Free Aung San Suu Kyi
India should use it's democratic cred and influence as a rising global power to help Aung San Suu Kyi and other Prisoners of Conscience (POC) in Myanmar. In 1993, the…
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International Community has an Opportunity to Send Iran’s Government a Clear Message on Human Rights
The world has watched in horror as the unrelenting violence in Iran continues to unfold several months after the disputed June 12 presidential elections. Now the international community has a…
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Soccer, Terrorism, Repression and Constitutions in Angola
[caption id="attachment_7467" align="alignleft" width="168" caption="Angolan president Eduardo dos Santos"][/caption] The new decade started off with a bang in Angola-literally. Fireworks exploded in the night sky at the opening games of…
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Health Care Reform: Back to Human Rights Basics
In a turbulent week in U.S. politics that saw the president abandoning his promise of universal health insurance and the Supreme Court elevating corporate spending in elections to a human…
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Playing Al Qaeda's Game
Speaking during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Fort Hood shootings last Thursday Senator James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) announced,  “I for one, I know it’s not politically correct to…
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Women of Zimbabwe Arise March for Education, Member Jailed
[caption id="attachment_7424" align="alignleft" width="140" caption="Women of Zimbabwe Arise take to the streets in Zimbabwe."][/caption] UPDATE January 25th: Today a delegation of 200 women and men marched again in Bulawayo to…
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State Death Penalty Debates Begin
As we move deeper into January, most state legislative sessions have begun. The unifying feature in all these state legislatures is the grim economic and budget picture, but despite that,…
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We're Going to #CloseGitmo!
Another January 11th Guantanamo anniversary has come and gone, and still 198 men are detained at the facility (and hundreds more at Bagram). Over the last year there has been some…
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UN sends a strong message to U.S. about the state of its indigenous people
The United Nation's first report on The State of the World's Indigenous Peoples, released on January 14, 2010, contains figures and an assessment that are both shocking and illuminating, even…
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Mourning the loss of Haitian Women's Rights Leaders
The reports from Haiti are more tragic everyday. The loss, the devastation, the aftershock, the grief and the suffering. Today, there are reports of losses to the women's human rights…
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On Behalf of Women and Girls in Eastern Chad: A Call for Action
[caption id="attachment_7357" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Refugees in Mile refugee camp, eastern Chad. (c) Amnesty International "][/caption] Yesterday, Reuters began reporting that the government of Chad has formally requested that the mandate…
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Yes, Ruchika's Death Must Not Be in Vain
Ruchika's Death Must Not Be in Vain The rape and suicide of Ruchika Girhotra in 1990 has received volumes of attention in the Indian media unlike most rape cases in…