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Israel Foreign Minister Livni in DC
On my way to work this morning, I noticed a brief mention in the paper that Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni will meet with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice…
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China's e-blockade a blow to human rights victims of the world
It's not surprising that with the Olympics come and gone, reports are surfacing of China's cracking down of the Internet, again, and with the help, of course, of Chinese and US companies,…
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Sri Lankan Civilians Trapped in War Zone Urgently Need Protection
You may not have heard about it, but there’s a humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka right now – over 250,000 civilians are trapped in the war zone between the Sri…
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Crisis in Gaza and Southern Israel
AI's Philip Luther updates the situation in Gaza and Southern Israel from on the ground reports by an Amnesty International delegation.
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Justice for Darfur
In the next few weeks, the International Criminal Court (ICC) is expected to hand down its decision about indicting Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity,…
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Obama to Close Gitmo
Barack Obama has announced that he will close Guantanamo. Throughout the world, this announcement will be understood as an introduction to a new kind of American leadership, a repudiation of…
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It's Not Complicated
Again and again we're told that closing Guantanamo is "complicated." I don't see what's complicated about it. Flying a chunk of metal with people in it to the moon? That's…
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An Impending Three-Month Spree
[caption id="attachment_747" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Execution witness viewing room (c) Scott Langley "][/caption] Starting tomorrow (Jan. 14), Texas will embark on a three-month spree of executions in which 14 men (one…
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Direct from our researcher near Gaza
Reporting directly from southern Israel, Amnesty International researcher Donatella Rovera answered questions submitted about the Gaza crisis. Our vote for the toughest question answered: How can AI even ask the…
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Seven Years Later: Our Power, Our Responsibility
This week we mark the 7th anniversary of the day the U.S. government first began warehousing “enemy combatants,” terrorism suspects and hapless wrong-place-wrong-time detainees at Guantánamo. Since then, hundreds of…
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UN Should Investigate War Crimes
Last week, the UN passed a binding resolution calling for “an immediate, durable and fully respected ceasefire leading to the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza." Resolution 1860 also calls…
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Outspoken Journalist Killed in Sri Lanka
Yesterday morning, a brave Sri Lankan journalist paid the ultimate price for freedom of expression. Lasantha Wickramatunga, the editor of the Sunday Leader newspaper, was shot by unidentified gunmen while…