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Both Illegal and Dumb
This weekend saw the publication of two powerful opinion pieces on the futility of using torture as an interrogation tool. Writing in The (London) Times on Friday General Lord Guthrie,…
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The Crisis Continues
[caption id="attachment_1077" align="alignleft" width="236" caption="As Israelis vote, Palestinians rebuild; Tents serve as temporary shelter while humanitarian supplies filter into Gaza."][/caption] The crisis in Gaza continues as the Israeli elections wrap…
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What Happened to Philip Rizk? — Update
[caption id="attachment_1060" align="alignleft" width="129" caption="Philip Rizk"][/caption] The Gaza war was bound to get caught up in the human rights abuses of other countries in the region. From Egypt comes news…
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Macho Posturing Does Not Make Us Safer
Speaking to Politico last Tuesday, former Vice-President Richard Cheney opined: “When we get people who are more concerned about reading the rights to an Al Qaeda terrorist than they are…
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Does Letter Writing Really Work?
Those of us who work in the Individuals at Risk Campaign get this question a lot, especially from people who are considering joining the Urgent Action Network, in which people…
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Al Jazeera Video on AI Mission
In a moving story on Al Jazeera English, Amnesty International researcher Donatella Rovera walks through a bombed out home in Gaza and discusses how AI has found evidence that Israel…
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Hospital Shelled in Sri Lanka, 9 Civilians Killed – But Does Anyone Care?
As the deadly violence continues to escalate in Sri Lanka I am distraught by the lack of attention it’s receiving. Just last week a hospital in northern Sri Lanka, where…
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Powerful New Video to Save Troy Davis
Indie rock group State Radio has joined forces with Amnesty International USA to create a powerful new video about the case of death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis. Davis faces…
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Honduras: Two Transgender Women Killed, Another Threatened
Tegucigalpa is quite a dangerous place these days for transgender people. As if being marginalized by the larger society and frequently harrassed by police weren't enough, the transgender community in…
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Researching Allegations of War Crimes in Israel and Gaza
Following the outbreak of the recent conflict in Gaza and southern Israel on December 27, 2008 and then Israel's ground invasion of Gaza on January 3, Amnesty International delegates traveled…
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Sri Lanka: Nowhere Safe
The war in Sri Lanka has escalated this past weekend but one thing about the 26 year conflict has not changed; Tamil civilians bear the brunt of the attacks, injuries,…
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Much Ado about Blackwater: Part I – What were they (we) doing in Iraq anyway?
In a series of blog posts, I will humbly try to contribute clarity to the plethora of news coverage recently devoted to Blackwater Worldwide, a company which, among other things,…