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Nicaragua's Abortion Ban Is Endangering Women's Lives
Since July 2008, abortion in all circumstances has been banned in Nicaragua. The new law makes no exceptions for terminating pregnancies that endanger the health or life of the woman,…
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Uighur Blogger Still Held
Since July 8, Ilham Tohti, editor of the Web site Uighur Online and a professor at Central Nationalities University in Beijing, has been held incommunicado by Chinese authorities. He was…
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Awarded 2009 "Ambassador of Conscience" Award
Yesterday, twenty years after being declared a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International (with more than 13 of those 20 years spent under house arrest) Daw Aung San Suu Kyi,…
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Iran Global Day of Action a Resounding Success
Protests in more than 80 countries, with numbers ranging from a couple hundred to several thousand, took to the streets on Saturday to stand in solidarity with the Iranian people…
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The course of justice in Sri Lanka
The Sri Lankan Supreme Court yesterday acquitted five soldiers for the murder of 10 Muslim youths in Udathalawinna on December 5, 2001, during a general election. The five had been security guards…
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Global Day of Action for Iran this Saturday
On July 25, people in more than 60 cities across the world will be standing in solidarity with the Iranian people in their struggle for human rights. Protesters in Iran…
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Another Birthday in Prison
Saturday marks the 41st birthday of Chinese journalist and poet Shi Tao. It will be the fifth birthday he celebrates in prison. He is serving serving a 10-year prison term…
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Hope and Human Rights Abuses in Honduras
Mediation efforts in Costa Rica concerning the ongoing crisis in Honduras reached a turning point today as diplomats and the interim (and openly racist) Honduran government agreed that ousted President…
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Exploitation in the DRC fuels mining trade: Apple, Dell look the other way
Prominent US and multinational companies such as Apple, Dell, Motorola, Nokia, and Hewlett-Packard are among the businesses pinpointed as culprits in an unflinching, new report released by Global Witness that…
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Response to General Dostum
Last week’s revelations about war crimes committed in Afghanistan in 2001 and the US supported cover up have caused quite a stir. Even General Abdul Dostum, the alleged perpetrator of…
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Human Rights Flashpoints
This is the first edition of Human Rights Flashpoints, a weekly column about countries at risk of escalating human rights violations. SUDAN—Abyei decision and border skirmish with Chad Tensions are…
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The Gambia, Where Persecution Has Replaced Justice
The following comes to us from Essa Bokarr Sey, the former Ambassador of the Republic of The Gambia to France (1999-2001) and to the United States (2002-2003). We asked him…