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Ex-President Fujimori Convicted of Human Rights Violations
Today, in a landmark decision, former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was convicted for torture, kidnapping and forced disappearances committed during the early 1990s. This is a crucial victory in the…
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Happy World Health Day!
Today is the 60th World Health Day, which the World Health Organization uses to highlight a different health theme each year. Today it's making hospitals safe in emergencies, which WHO Director-General Margaret…
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Who Wants To Know?
Yesterday, the Seattle Times reported that Washington State’s execution team resigned, out of concern that their identities might be revealed during the course of a pending lawsuit over that state’s…
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Another Blow to Illegal Detention
Judge John Bates took a stand for human rights and common sense when he ruled yesterday that foreign prisoners held in the U.S. prison at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan who…
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Will victims of Gaza tragedy ever find justice?
Although the UN initiated a Board of Inquiry into allegations of war crimes in Gaza, Dion Nissenbaum, Jerusalem Bureau Chief for McClatchy news company, says "I'm not sure what impact this…
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Guantanamo, Now "Relaxing, Calm and Beautiful"
Proving that there truly is no prerequisite for intelligence in pageant winners, Miss Universe either just revealed her deep ignorance of global issues or her utter lack of humanity. Either…
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Arrest warrants coming for 6 Bush-era officials in Madrid?
Last week the National Court in Madrid received a complaint filed on behalf of five Spanish nationals formerly detained in Guantanamo who have charged that they were tortured in U.S.…
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China Blocks YouTube, Google Plays Dumb
In case you haven’t heard, Google announced a few days ago that YouTube had been completely censored in China. According to the New York Times, "Google said it did not…
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Immigrant detention report makes it onto Olbermann
Here's the clip - you have to watch until the end - where Amnesty's new report on immigrants in detention, Jailed without Justice, is featured by Keith Olbermann on MSNBC:
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Immigrants Locked Away in Legal Limbo
New research shows immigrants, including asylum seekers fleeing torture and long-time lawful permanent residents, are being unjustly detained in the U.S. Tens of thousands of people sit locked up in…
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The Latest Buzz on our New Immigration Detention Report
< p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">Here’s what the papers are saying about the report we released today, Jailed Without Justice: Immigration Detention in the USA. USA Today: “Opposing view: We're seeing progress”…
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The Guardian 'Gaza War Crimes Investigation' – 3 videos
[caption id="attachment_1548" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Hermes 450 unmanned drone used by Israel."][/caption] The Guardian website posted three incredible videos March 23rd by Clancy Chassay, Christian Bennett, Sarah Brodbin, Maggie O'Kane and Mustafa Khalili. …