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Raif Badawi
In May 2014, Raif Badawi was sentenced to 10 years behind bars, 1,000 lashes, a 10-year travel ban, and a lifetime ban from appearing in the media. He was convicted…
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Evaporating Hope for My Missing Daughter
The mother of Syrian human rights attorney and activist Razan Zaitouneh shares her reflections on the one-year anniversary of her daughter's forced disappearance.
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One of the World’s Worst Industrial Disasters Exposed on the Big Screen
families of more than 20,000 women, men, and children who have died following the 1984 toxic gas leak at the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India.
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A Time to Grieve and a Time to Dance
[caption id="attachment_53476" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Polina Andrianova and Anna Abramova of the Russian LGBTI organization “Coming Out” (« Выход ») in St Petersburg.[/caption] By Conor Fortune, News Writer at Amnesty International,…
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Zone 9: The Growing Gulag in Ethiopia
The Ethiopian government's arrest of members of the Zone 9 blogging collective is outrageous. And it is just the tip of the iceberg of the crackdown on free expression.
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Amnesty International USA Remembers Screenwriter, Director and Activist Paul Mazursky
Following the news that director and screenwriter Paul Mazursky had passed away Monday, June 30, 2014 at the age of 84, Steven W. Hawkins, executive director of Amnesty International USA,…
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Have You Seen What’s Happening in Thailand?
Despite the sunny resorts and hot weather, current events in Thailand are far from a Thai Spring.
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Viet Nam: Prisoners of Conscience Released But Dozens Remain Jailed
The early release in Viet Nam of several prisoners of conscience is welcome, but serves to highlight the situation of at least 70 others who remain jailed for peacefully expressing…
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How the Academy Blew It
The Academy chickened out and went with safe; handing the award to one of its own, lest they risk discomfort. And The Act of Killing is very discomforting.
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“A Person Under Surveillance is No Longer Free”: Why We Care About Obama’s Speech Today
Who does U.S. surveillance impact? Millions of people around the world, including activists, scholars, artists and journalists.
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The Company That Forced Its Employees to Work For 9 Months Without Pay
"Hopeless." This is how Rahul summed up his first stint as a migrant worker in Qatar.
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Margaret Huang Named Amnesty USA’s Deputy Executive Director of Campaigns and Programs
Margaret Huang, the executive director of Rights Working Group, will join the global human rights organization on January 6, 2014 as Deputy Executive Director of Campaigns and Programs.