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Sri Lanka: are releases of displaced civilians genuine?
Amnesty International has been calling on the Sri Lankan government to grant freedom of movement to over 250,000 displaced civilians now being held in internment camps in the north. The government…
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Nairobi River Clean-up Could Leave More than 100,000 Kenyans Homeless
This posting is part of our Forced Evictions in Africa Series [caption id="attachment_5624" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="A boy stands in a polluted water course that runs through Soweto East, one of…
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King of Horror's New Anti-Torture Ad
When I was around 10-years-old, I somehow caught a few minutes of Christine, the film based on Stephen King's novel about a killer car. And it freaked me out. To this…
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Two hazards for Sri Lankan displaced civilians
I have two issues on my mind about the displaced civilians being held in internment camps in Sri Lanka:Â (1) will the camps be able to cope with the coming…
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Nigeria: Destroying Homes to Build Cinemas
This posting is part of our Forced Evictions in Africa Series Since 2000, the Nigerian government has forcibly evicted approximately two million people from their homes throughout the country. An…
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Where Do Human Rights Live in Zimbabwe?
This posting is part of our Forced Evictions in Africa Series. [caption id="attachment_5570" align="alignleft" width="181" caption="A seven-year-old boy cries after the destruction of his family home at Porta Farm, Harare,…
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Africa's Human Rights Scandal
This posting is part of our Forced Evictions in Africa Series This is how a man in Chad's capital N'Djamena described to us the destruction of his home in February…
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Gilad Shalit video released in exchange for 20 Palestinian prisoners
Hamas, the de facto administration in the Gaza Strip, released a video of 23 year old Gilad Shalit. Gilad, an Israeli soldier, was seized by armed Palestinian groups over three years ago in…
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Saturday Night Massacre, Business as Usual, or Both?
[caption id="attachment_5486" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="(c) Scott Langley"][/caption] An important hearing was supposed to take place in Texas today, but on Wednesday, September 30, Texas Governor Rick Perry abruptly replaced three members…
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Ohio Needs a Moratorium on Executions Now
The death penalty is always inhumane, but Ohio’s failed attempt to execute Romell Broom on September 15th was particularly disturbing. During the two-hour ordeal the execution team repeatedly attempted and failed…
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Amnesty's Conclusions about 2008 Georgia-Russia Conflict Supported by New EU Report
Yesterday, the EU published its final report detailing international law violations that occurred during the Georgia-Russia war in August last year and its aftermath. This report highlighted many of the…
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An Enduring Double Standard
Earlier this month a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Attorney General John Ashcroft had violated the rights of U.S. citizens in the wake…