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Welcome Back Laura Ling and Euna Lee!
Laura Ling and Euna Lee, two US journalists who had been held by North Korean officials since March on charges that they had entered the country illegally to document human…
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Human Rights Flashpoints – August 4, 2009
MYANMARÂ - Tensions rise in anticipition of verdict The situation in Myanmar (Burma) is getting more tense this week in anticipation of a verdict against Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San…
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A Tale of Two Taliban
(Originally posted on Daily Kos) In the last month, a spotlight has fallen on two sharply different terrorism cases that illuminate the best and worse of America's efforts to defeat…
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Heavy Criticism Emerges after Jerusalem Evictions
Yesterday, approximately 55 Arabs, including 14 children, were evicted from their houses in east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah after the Israeli Supreme Court ruled in favor of Jewish families…
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Happy birthday, Medicare!
[caption id="attachment_3326" align="alignnone" width="475" caption="July 30, 1965: President Lyndon Baines Johnson signs Medicare into law. Also seated is President Harry Truman, recipient of the first Medicare card. "][/caption] Â Medicare…
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Maryland Lethal Injection Regs for Public Comment
The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services recently proposed new regulations for lethal injection procedures. Executions in Maryland have been at a halt since 2005, when a court…
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Displaced children at risk in Sri Lankan camps
Yesterday, the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers (of which Amnesty International is a member) issued a briefing paper on children affected by the recent conflict in Sri Lanka.  The paper details how…
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IDP's Still Locked Up in Sri Lanka
[caption id="attachment_3306" align="alignnone" width="480" caption="Menik Farm displacement camp in Sri Lanka. (c) Digital Globe 2009"][/caption] The IDP situation in Sri Lanka continues to worsen as weeks continue to pass without…
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Stuck Between a Rock and U.S. Immigration Policy
Sarnata Reynolds, AIUSA’s policy and campaign director for refugee and migrant rights, spoke at a press teleconference on Thursday July 30th, 2009, set to discuss the bills presented by Senators…
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Iranian American Entertainers Speaking Out
Many Iranian Americans have turned to the arts as a means of critiquing the status quo both in Iran and the US. Among them is Maz Jobrani, an Iranian American …
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Loss of Foreign Humanitarian Aid Brings Major Implications for the Honduran People in Need
As always, it is those with no resources that lose out first. Despite of the acute international pressure, protests, threats of violence and the possibility of a civil war, the…
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Human Rights Flashpoints – July 28, 2009
HONDURAS Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya attempted to return to Honduras for the second time on Friday, July 24, 2009. After a brief moment in his home country, Zelaya retreated…