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The Name Says It All: Burma's Insein Prison
[caption id="attachment_2109" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Myanmar's Insein Prison, where Auung San Suu Kyi and hundreds of others are held (c) Digital Globe 2008. Image taken from Google Earth"][/caption] Myanmar's opposition leader…
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International tribunal needed on Sri Lanka
While the fighting in Sri Lanka's war zone reportedly intensified today, we saw a couple of firsts in terms of public statements on the crisis:Â for the first time, the…
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Irony, Zimbabwe Style
Last week, 18 human rights defenders and political activists in Zimbabwe had their bail revoked, sent to prison and then bail granted again the following day after Zimbabwe civil society…
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Sri Lanka: While the UN talks, the killing goes on
While members of the U.N. Security Council met informally in New York yesterday to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka's war zone, there were claims of more civilian deaths from…
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"Finding Goodness Where You Least Expect It" – Interview with WOZA Founder Jenni Williams
[caption id="attachment_2054" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Jenni Williams © Scott Langley & Amnesty International"][/caption] Anyone who met Jenni Williams and her colleague Magodonga Mahlangu at AIUSA's Annual General Meeting this Spring knows…
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Satellite Imagery Offers Glimpse on Sri Lankan War Zone
[caption id="attachment_2059" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Before and After: Right image (May 10) shows significant removal of IDP shelters compared to left image (May 6). Copyright 2009 DigitalGlobe."][/caption] New satellite imagery analysis…
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UN: bloodbath now in Sri Lanka
Yesterday, a doctor working in Sri Lanka's war zone reported that at least 378 people were killed by shelling over the weekend.  The doctor said that 1,122 others had been injured and…
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Sri Lanka: Red Cross needs security guarantees
Yesterday, a ferry chartered by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) evacuated 495 sick and injured patients from the Sri Lankan war zone and delivered 25 metric tons…
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Good News from Chevron: Toxic Waste Won't Make You Sick!
The thousands of communities living among Texaco’s decades-old toxic waste pits in the Amazon will be so relieved! It turns out that despite decades of scientific research, long-term exposure to…
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Not So Merry Go 'Round of Justice in Zimbabwe
It's a bad time to be defender of human rights in Zimbabwe. Late last year, Zimbabwe authorities abducted eighteen human rights defenders and political activists. Their families feared them dead.  …
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Make It the Best Mother's Day!
Ground-breaking legislation that could help end violence against women around the world is currently in Senator Kerry's hands – just in time for mother's day.  What a great gift it…
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Amnesty Researchers On-the-Ground in Chad
Amnesty International researchers are currently on-the-ground in Chad investigating the growing numbers of refugees streaming across the border from Darfur. Alex Neve, Secretary General of Amnesty Canada, has been documenting…