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Having a Secret Policeman's Ball

Brad Schreiber | Posted 07.13.2009 | Entertainment

Martin Lewis is a multi-headed entertainment serpent no longer interested in being a mere producer but is bent on some plan for world domination.

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June 12 Elections in Iran: A New Future?

Amnesty International | Posted 07.12.2009 | World

Read More: Amnesty International, Elections, Iran, Human Rights, Iran Election, World News

As Iranians prepare to go to the polls to elect their president, human rights has surprisingly emerged as a subject of debate among the four candidates.

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Amnesty International Confuses Poverty and Human Rights

William Easterly | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: Amnesty International, Human Rights, Global Poverty, Economic Development, World News

Calling poverty a "human rights violation" does not point to any concrete actions that the "violator" must stop in order to restore rights to the "violated."

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That Little Matter of Solving World Poverty, Mr. President

Amnesty International | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

Read More: Amnesty International, Obama, Annual Report, Poverty, Human Rights, World, Amnesty International Report 2009, Obama Election Day, Barack Obama, World News

While world leaders are focused on attempts to revive the global economy, they are neglecting deadly conflicts that are spawning massive human rights abuses.

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Torture as Literature

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 06.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Corruption, Amnesty International, China, Nicaragua, Nancy Pelosi, North Korea, Abu Ghraib, Torture, Living News

The unity, faith, and support for the nation that America experienced after September 11th is giving way to distrust and fragmentation.

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Troy Davis is Still With Us

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Troy Davis, Death Penalty, Capital Punishment, Human Rights, Amnesty International, Politics News

Excerpt from an article I originally posted back in September: Two hours before Troy Davis was scheduled to die, the U.S. Supreme Court granted him a...

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Sri Lanka Shelling: Doctors Flee From Last Hospital

AP | KRISHAN FRANCIS | Posted 06.14.2009 | World

Read More: Sri Lanka, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Sri Lanka Civil War, Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers, Sri Lanka Civilian Deaths, Sri Lanka Rebels, Sri Lanka Violence, Sri Lankan Army, Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Shelling, Tamil Tigers, Tamil Tiger Rebels, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Red Cross, Civilian Casualties, World News

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Thousands of civilians waded across a vast lagoon under a hail of rebel gunfire Thursday, breaking out of Sri Lanka's war z...

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Obama Asks Tamil Tigers To Surrender, Sri Lanka To Mind Civilians

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

Read More: Tamil Tigers, Sri Lanka Civil War, Obama Tamil Tigers, Obama Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Civilian Deaths, Sri Lanka Army, David Miliband, Red Cross, United Nations Security Council, Amnesty International, UN Security Council, Susan Rice, Human Rights Watch, Ban Ki-Moon, International Red Cross, Hillary Clinton, World News

President Obama, speaking this afternoon, made a direct statement to both the Tamil Tigers as well as the Sri Lankan government regarding the enduring...

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Raising Women's Voices for Health Care

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: LGBT Health Care, Immigrant Health Coverage, National Women's Law Center, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Raising Women's Voices, House Resolution 676, Women's Health, Health Care Reform, Health Coverage, Maternity Health Care, Women of Color Health Care, Health Care, Gender Rating in Health Care, Amnesty International, Politics News

The financial downturn has made it crystal clear that women's economic status is intertwined with the health care equation.

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Iran Juvenile Executions: Amnesty International Protests Death Sentence Of Juveniles

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

Read More: Delara Darabi Executed, Foreign Affairs, Iran Youth Executions, Iran Judicial System, Amnesty International, Iran Juvenile Executions, Iran, Iran Illegal Death Sentence, The Hanging of Delara, Iran Human Rights, Iran Executions, Human Rights, Delara Derabi Dead, Delara Darabi, Advocacy, Amir Khaleqi, Safar Angooti, World News

A week after the execution of a 22-year-old Iranian woman, Delara Darabi, two more controversial cases have emerged to contribute to the country's hig...

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Why We Approach the Durban II 'Anti-Racism' Conference with Trepidation

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Jews, Holocaust, Durban 2, Durban Review Conference, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Foreign Affairs, Anwar Al-Sadat, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, Amnesty International, Iran, Durban Process, Apartheid, Libya, World Conference Against Racism, Bahai, UN Human Rights Council, Africa, Durban, Zionism, Anwar El-Sadat, Durban Ii, Durban 2009, Israel, Zionism Is Racism, Durban Conference, Advocacy, World News

Despite cosmetic changes to the Durban conference, there is every reason to believe we are in for yet another hate fest. Let's hope that this farce will not generate new tragedies.

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NGO Leaders Challenge G-20 Summit To Expand Scope

Huffington Post Contributors | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

Read More: Greenpeace International, G8, Rich Versus Poor Countries, Plan International, Global Economy, G20 Summit, Low Income Countries, International Save the Children Alliance, Third World, President Barack Obama, Action Aid, World Bank, Imf, China, Amnesty International, London, Care International, Unemployment, Global Financial Crisis, World Vision International, Global Poverty, Oxfam International, g20, G-20, G-20 Summit, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, World News

By: Irene Khan - Secretary General, Amnesty International Dr Gerd Leipold - Executive Director, Greenpeace International Jeremy Hobbs - Executive Dir...

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Lev Ponomarev, Russian Human Rights Activist, Attacked

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.02.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Lev Ponomarev, Human Rights, For Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Vladimir Putin, Moscow, Russia Human Rights, Dmitry Medvedev, World News

Lev Ponomarev, the leader of the Moscow-based group "For Human Rights," was attacked and brutally beaten Tuesday in what the human rights activist is ...

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Gambia Rounds Up 1,000 'Witches': Rights Group

AP | TODD PITMAN | Posted 04.18.2009 | World

Read More: Yahya Jammeh, Witches Gambia, Africa Witches, Gambia, Africa, Africa Witch Hunt, Gambia Witches, Amnesty International, Gambia Witch Hunt, Gambia Witch, Witch Hunt Gambia, Amnesty International Gambia, Gambian Witches, Witch Hunt Dakar, Senegal Witches, Dakar Witch Hunt, World News

DAKAR, Senegal — Authorities in Gambia have rounded up about 1,000 people and forced them to drink hallucinogens in a witch-hunting campaign tha...

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White Phosphorous Shells Used In Gaza Made In U.S.: Amnesty International

Times Online | Posted 03.27.2009 | World

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White phosphorus bombs used by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip were produced and supplied by American arms manufacturers, according to an Amnesty Int...

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Amnesty Urges Israel Arms Embargo

Al Jazeera English | Posted 03.26.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel Arms Embargo, Hamas War Crimes, Israel War Crimes, Hamas Arms, Gaza, Israel, Amnesty International, Israel White Phosphorus, Hamas, White Phosphorus, Us Arms Israel, UN Security Council, World News

Amnesty International, the human rights group, has called for a global arms embargo on Israel over its conduct during the war on Gaza....

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Clinton's Human Rights Stance "Damages Future US Initiatives:" Activists

AFP | Posted 03.23.2009 | World

Read More: Human Rights, Clinton Tibet, Clinton China Human Rights, Clinton Human Rights, Clinton China, Amnesty International, Hillary Clinton, Clinton Asia, World News

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Amnesty International and a pro-Tibet group voiced shock Friday after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton vowed not to let human...

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Hamas Murder Campaign In Gaza Exposed: Human Rights Group

Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 03.16.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza Strip, Human Rights, Operation Cast Lead, Hamas Fatah, Gaza Hamas, Amnesty International, Fatah, Hamas, Israel, Israel Hamas, Israel Gaza Operation, Islamists, Hamas Murder Campaign in Gaza Exposed, World News

The terrorist organization Hamas has allegedly killed and tortured dozens of people accused of being "collaborators" with Israel, according to the Gua...

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Justice Threatens Peace in Congo & Rwanda

Olivier Kamanda | Posted 03.04.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda Genocide, Rwanda, Amnesty International, International Law, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Laurent Nkunda, Criminal Justice System, Africa, Criminal Justice, World News

In recent months, a number of warrants, arrests, and prosecutions have provided African countries with an opportunity to test the international criminal legal regime.

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President Obama Must Free Leonard Peltier

Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prison Industry, Native Americans, Leonard Peltier, Obama, Justice, Prison Inmates, Imprisonment, Crime, Prisoners, Fbi, Amnesty International, Criminal Justice, Unfair Sentencing, Criminal Justice System, Political Prisoners, Jail, Prisons, 1970s, Politics News

Imprisoned in the late 1970s for allegedly murdering two FBI agents, Leonard Peltier has never been given a fair trial.

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Shaky Foundations & Bernie Madoff

Marc Gunther | Posted 01.28.2009 | Business

Nonprofits and foundations have to pay a lot more attention to how and where their money is invested. They can't just be responsible donors. They need to be responsible owners as well.

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Congo: Government, Rebels Use Rape As Weapon Of War, Report

AP | FRANK JORDANS | Posted 01.12.2009 | World

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GENEVA — The widespread raping of women and girls in eastern Congo is condoned by both the country's army and its rebel groups and has been used...

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Speak Up for Human Rights: The Price of Silence is Much Too High

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 01.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Argentina's Dirty War, Alicia Partnoy, Emmanuel Jal, Breaking Entertainment News, War on Terror, Link TV, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Guantanamo, United Nations, Eleanor Roosevelt, UN General Assembly, International Law, Samuel Kofi Woods, Child Soldier, Barack Obama, Amnesty International, Mary Robinson, Patriot Act, Human Rights, The Price of Silence, Sudan, Music Has No Enemies, Itunes, Torture, 100 Days, Entertainment News

In an effort to rally attention to the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Amnesty International is releasing the international song and video, The Price of Silence.

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Distorting Obama's Views on Israel

Stephen Zunes | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Campaign, Barack Obama Israel, Iran, Israel, Barack Obama, Campaign Ads, Republicans, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Pat Buchanan, Dennis Ross, Tom Delay, Republican Smear Ads, Ehud Barak, Amnesty International, 2008 Presidential Election, Yasir Arafat, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Revolutionary Guard, Tony McPeak, Human Rights Watch, Obama Hamas, Smear Tactics, Cynthia McKinney, David Bonior, Ralph Nader, Politics News

Rather than being necessary for getting him to the White House, Obama's right-wing positions regarding Israel and its neighbors are actually hurting him.

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A Culture of Violence Against Women: More Than Rape Kits

Amie Newman | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

There is good reason to hunt down the facts about the rape kits. But the larger issue - of rape, sexual assault and how we deal with violence against women in this country - has been overlooked.

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