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Haiti: A Safe Haven for "Baby Doc" Duvalier…Really?
Haiti has dropped the case against former leader Jean-Claude Duvalier, despite evidence of his involvement in torture, disappearances, and killings. Will "Baby Doc" really get away with murder?
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The Death Penalty: What Would Dr. King Do?
“Returning violence for violence multiples violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.” - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Guantanamo: Reopening Under New Management
As Guantanamo approaches its 10th anniversary, the US continues to go in the wrong direction. Most recently, signing indefinite detention into law and planning first new arrivals to Gitmo in…
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Student Activist Zia Nabavi Marks Another Birthday in Prison
Students in Iran are often permanently banned from university study because of their peaceful political activities.
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2011: Five Good Signs For Death Penalty Abolition in the US
2011 could be the turning point for death penalty abolition in the U.S.
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Kim Jong-il’s Death Could be Opportunity for Human Rights in North Korea, Says Amnesty International
The death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and assumption of power by his son, Kim Jong-un, present an important opportunity for improving the country’s catastrophic human rights record.
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Iran Resorts to Mass Executions to Deal with Its Drug Crisis
At least 488 people have been executed for alleged drug offenses so far in 2011, a nearly threefold increase on 2009, a new Amnesty International report says.
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No One's Above the Law
Holding politicians from powerful nations to the same standard to which they themselves hold the leaders of less powerful nations is not a “left-wing” position – it is a just…
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Amnesty International Urges Romania To Come Clean Over Secret Prisons
The Romanian authorities must re-open an investigation into CIA secret detention centers on its territory, Amnesty International said today after new evidence of secret prisons was revealed by a German…
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Locking Up Children For Life In The US
The USA is the only country in the world to sentence children as young as 11 years old to life imprisonment without parole.
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Senate's Disastrous New Detention Bill
The new National Defense Authorization Bill (S1867) presented to the Senate by the Armed Services Committee is a disaster for civil liberties and human rights.
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Jailed Former Presidential Candidate in Belarus Denied Access to Lawyer, Says Amnesty International
The Belarusian authorities must immediately grant a jailed former presidential candidate access to his lawyer, Amnesty International said today after it emerged that he had been subjected to the latest…