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Suicide Bomber Interrupts Graduation in Somalia
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009: 52 students were set to graduate in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, an unprecedented number for this country which has been ravaged by conflict for decades. But the…
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Ohio’s Rush to Resume Killing
UPDATE: Kenneth Biros was executed by Ohio's new, untested, one-drug method. It took the execution team about 30 minutes to find a vein; once the drug was administered, death occurred…
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Tentative Hope for Internally Displaced Persons in Africa
[caption id="attachment_6422" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Children in Kalma Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, South Darfur, Sudan."][/caption] An internally displaced person is someone forced from their home by natural disaster, extreme poverty or…
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Modern Warfare 2
The New York Times reported this morning that in the past two years the US military has killed more than 400 militants in 80 drone strikes for the loss of…
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Changing the Battle Against AIDS in South Africa
Yesterday on World AIDS Day, South Africa was in the news quite a bit. The executive director of UNAIDS was in Pretoria for the commemoration and along with South Africa's President…
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Business As Usual in Zimbabwe
[caption id="attachment_6360" align="alignleft" width="210" caption="Women and children are disproportionally affected by collapse of social services in Zimbabwe. "][/caption] Everything and nothing has happened in Zimbabwe over the past month. Prime…
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Sri Lanka unlocks the camps, but not for long
I wish, I really wish, that I had only good news to report today. Today was the day the Sri Lankan government promised that the displaced civilians who'd been held in…
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Join Morgan Freeman to Bring Human Rights Work to Light
(Originally posted onYouTube Blog) YouTube can be a powerful tool championing the rights of individuals and promoting free expression. This month, during International Human Rights Day, [YouTube is] partnering with…
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25 years later, Dow and India still failing the people of Bhopal
By Anna Phelan, Amnesty International USA’s Business and Economic Relations Group Last week President Obama and Prime Minister Singh met to discuss U.S.-India relations; it was the first state visit…
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Military Service, PTSD, and the Death Penalty
A day before President Obama is to announce plans for escalating troop deployments in Afghanistan, the US Supreme Court issued an important ruling concerning returning veterans overwhelmed by the trauma…
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We'll believe it when we see it!
I finally have good news to report:Â the Sri Lankan government announced this past Saturday that the displaced civilians unlawfully trapped in internment camps will be free to come and…
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Write-a-Thon Series: Rita Mahato
This posting is part of our Write-a-Thon Cases Series. For more information visit www.amnestyusa.org/writeathon/ [caption id="attachment_6268" align="alignright" width="297" caption="©AI"][/caption] Threatened with rape, death, and kidnapping, Rita Mahato has courageously continued her…