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Google, Actions speak louder than words
Google made an unprecedented announcement this week by claiming it is no longer willing to continue censoring search results on Google.cn, its Chinese search engine. Meetings are underway with Chinese…
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Haiti Through Satellite Images
[caption id="attachment_7227" align="alignnone" width="338" caption="Click to enlarge (c) Digital Globe 2010"][/caption] Satellite images of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince show the effect of the major earthquake that hit the island earlier this…
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President Obama: Protect the Human Rights of Haitians
Haiti is devastated. According to media reports, the earthquake has resulted in thousands of deaths, more injuries, and likely countless people missing and displaced. Amnesty International researchers are monitoring the…
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Women: The Smartest Investment
In an empowering speech on Friday, January 8, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reiterated her commitment to women’s rights as human rights. Exactly 15 years since the UN’s International Conference…
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A Few Good Men?
"I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide, then questions the…
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Import Human Rights to Angola
[caption id="attachment_7164" align="alignleft" width="158" caption="Children living in the ruins of destroyed houses in Luanda, Angola."][/caption] Angola is experiencing a major revitalization as it slowly recovers from a devastating 27 year…
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Sri Lankan journalist granted bail
Great news! The detained Sri Lankan journalist, J.S. Tissainayagam, was granted bail today by the court in Sri Lanka. He is appealing the 20-year sentence he received last August under Sri Lanka's…
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Anti-Homosexuality Bill could mean a death sentence for LGBT People in Uganda
Uganda is a country where the human rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community have been stripped away by anti-gay legislation already on the books. The country's…
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Cover Up of Detention Center Deaths Exposed
This past weekend, the New York Times reported on the widespread and coordinated cover up of deaths in immigration detention. One such case, highlighted in our 2009 report on immigration…
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Real men are not afraid of women's empowerment!
As UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon put it "Violence against women and girls will not be eradicated until all of us – men and boys- refuse to tolerate it". Globally, men…
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Stop Harassing Gandhian Activists!
It's time for the Chhatisgarh state government to immediately put a stop to the torture and arbitrary arrest of peace activists in their state.
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Imprisoned For Love in Malawi
Homosexuality is little tolerated or accepted in much of Africa. South Africa legalized gay marriage in 2006, but incidence of hate crimes towards gay and lesbian persons are not uncommon. Uganda…