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The Children Left Out of Obama’s Inaugural Speech
Why do children in Uganda, the DRC and Mali continue to have a target on their back? Because a global free-for-all lets weapons flow into the hands of armed groups…
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7 Ways for Obama to REALLY Earn that Nobel Peace Prize
At the local level, Americans are demonstrating a strong commitment to advancing human rights. In recent elections, voters legalized marriage equality in nine states and passed the DREAM Act to…
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United States Needs to Address Gun Violence Worldwide by Showing Leadership on Arms Trade Treaty
As President Obama unveiled plans to address the issue of domestic gun violence today, Amnesty International USA urged the administration to show similar leadership to address the need for a…
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Fleeing Syria: Entire Towns Empty As Refugee Crisis Grows
The spiraling conflict in Syria might lead up to one million refugees, the UN warns. The international community must provide adequate financial support.
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Death Penalty In 2012: Seven Significant Signs
In 2012, death sentences and executions maintained their historically low levels, and only nine states actually carried out an execution. In fact, the majority of U.S. states have not carried…
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Women Need a Strong Arms Trade Treaty
In an interview with an Amnesty International researcher last year, a female survivor of armed violence in the Cote d'Ivoire told her story and calls on the Obama administration to…
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Syria: Shutting down of internet and mobile networks alarming development
News that communications are being targeted by the Syrian authorities raises the alarming prospect that they are seeking to prevent the world from learning what is happening amid increasingly intense…
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A Chance to Connect: Tactics, Teamwork and Truth Shine at Regional Conferences
Amnesty International USA hosted the 2012 Regional Conferences in on November 10, bringing together 1,000 people from around the country to hear inspiring speakers, share tactics, learn about pressing issues…
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“Shocking” Video Shows Armed Group Carrying Out Summary Killings of Men in Syria’s Idlib Province, Says Amnesty International
New video evidence emerged on Thursday that appears to show an armed group in Syria’s Idlib province carrying out a mass summary killing of men in their custody, Amnesty International…
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Human Rights must be at the Forefront of Third and Final Presidential Debate
Grave abuses of human rights fuel or underpin many of the foreign policy challenges that will be the focus of Monday night’s final presidential debate.
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Amnesty International Condemns Indiscriminate Bomb Attack in Busy Beirut Residential District
A large explosion, reportedly from a car bomb attack in the busy Ashrafiya residential district in downtown Beirut, killed at least eight people and wounded dozens more.
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Turkish Human Rights and the Syrian Conflict
Human rights are gravely at risk in Turkey and the war in Syria seems to be exacerbating the situation.