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Human Rights Flashpoints – August 25, 2009
NIGERIA - Instability Despite an Amnesty Deal Hundreds of militants in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, including one of the main rebels group’s (Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger…
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Executed for a crime that never occurred?
In 2004, Cameron Todd Willingham was executed in Texas for setting a fire that killed his three children. He maintained his innocence to the end, and those who looked into…
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Update: Leonard Peltier Denied Parole
To our deep disappointment, Leonard Peltier was denied parole on Friday, nearly a month after his July 28 parole hearing. In addition to our online action, Amnesty International had sent…
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Sri Lanka: Justice for the ACF 17
You may not have been aware of it, but this past Wednesday, Aug. 19, was the first World Humanitarian Day. August 19 was designated by the U.N. General Assembly last…
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Private military and security companies wanted for hire by CIA as "hitmen"?
September 16, 2009 will be the second anniversary of the Nisour Square shootings, in which six Blackwater (now Xe) personnel shot and killed 17 Iraqi civilians outside Baghdad’s green zone.…
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Sri Lanka: end impunity for human rights violations
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa said last Tuesday that no one should be above the law, including members of the police or armed forces. This follows a widely publicized incident…
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Secretary Clinton on Maternal Health and Human Rights
In an interview in next Sunday's New York Times Magazine, Secretary of State Clinton says: When it comes to our global health agenda, maternal health is now part of the…
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The Media Hype May Be Over, But There Is Still A Crisis In Honduras
Amnesty International issued a report today about the ongoing crisis in Honduras following the coup d'etat which took place June 28. Many press outlets have covered the report and accompanying…
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In Zambia, One Person's Human Rights Violation is Another's Porn
The editor of Zambia's largest independent newspaper, The Post, is currently on trial for distributing pornography. Chansa Kabwela was charged in July for "circulating obscene matters with the intention to corrupt…
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The Human Right to Health Care in Context
Riffing off of the news that President Obama is adding a moral component to his (heretofore mostly economic) pitch for health care reform, Desiree Evans, of the Institute for Southern…
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Human Rights Flashpoint – August 18, 2009
AFGHANISTAN – Election violence and a nod to “warlord politics” The world is looking to Afghanistan this week, where Presidential and Provincial Council elections will be held on August 20th.…
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A Medicare-like Public Plan For All: Still Crucial
Over the weekend, the Obama administration may have weakened its support for a "public option" as one part of the health care package emerging from Washington. On Sunday, Health and…