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Amnesty Accuses Spanish Police Of Racial Profiling

AP | By CIARAN GILES and ALAN CLENDENNING | Posted 02.13.2012 | World
Read More: Spanish Police, Spain Police, Amnesty International, Spain, Spanish Police Racial Profiling, Spain Immigrants, Spain Police Racial Profiling, World News

MADRID -- Amnesty International on Wednesday accused Spanish authorities of using racial and ethnic profiling, with police singling out people who are...

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The FBI, Sandusky, and How We Think About Rape

Marianne Mollmann | Posted 02.11.2012 | Crime
Read More: Fbi, Amnesty International, Rape, Human Rights, Crime Figures, Sexual Assault, Date Rape, Rape Definition, Rape Statistics, Crime News
Marianne Mollmann

Forced intercourse is rape whoever committed it, whatever the victim wore or said, and wherever it occurred. The American Law Institute should follow the lead of the FBI and update its definitions to reflect reality.

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Are These Donations A Royal Rip-Off? The Truth Behind Street Solicitations

2011-03-16-Screenshot20110316at9.39.25AM.jpeg | Will Evans | Posted 12.05.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Street Solicitator, Natural Resources Defense Council, For-Profit Fundraising, Amnesty International, Street Soliciting, Charitywatch, Street Donations, Save the Children Federation, Los Angeles News

Story comes courtesy of California Watch. By Will Evans Thirteen charitable organizations raised more than $1 million each in California by hiri...

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Penny-Wise and Pound-Foolish: Proposed Funding Cuts for Response to Violence Against Women

Marianne Mollmann | Posted 02.01.2012 | Politics
Read More: Violence Against Women Act, Human Rights, Violence Against Women, Vawa, Patrick Leahy, Mike Crapo, Amnesty International, Women's Rights Movement, Domestic Violence, Politics News
Marianne Mollmann

Domestic violence is a continuing, costly, and consistently underserved problem. Cutting federal funds for dealing with it is not only bad news, it is a bad idea.

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Bob Dylan To Release Cover Songs To Benefit Amnesty International

AP | Posted 01.23.2012 | Impact
Read More: Amnesty International, Bob Dylan Amnesty International, Video, Songs for Charity, Charity, Bob Dylan, Chimes of Freedom, Bob Dylan Charity, Impact News

NEW YORK — A sprawling new collection of Bob Dylan cover songs is being released in January to benefit Amnesty International. The human rights ...

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Rebuilding Libya

Saeb El Kasm | Posted 01.21.2012 | World
Read More: Amnesty International, Arab Spring, Asset Recovery, Accountability, Obama Libya, Libya Future, Libya Government, Libyan Rebels, Future Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, World News
Saeb El Kasm

Along with a record of overwhelming human rights abuses, Gaddafi left his people with a country rife with corruption, poverty and severe internal divisions.

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Senate Introduces Disastrous New Detention Bill

Amnesty International | Posted 01.18.2012 | Politics
Read More: Military Commissions, Amnesty International, Military Tribunals, Guantanamo Prisoners, Guantanamo Detainees, National Defense Authorization, Human Rights Guantanamo, Civil Rights Detainees, Politics News
Amnesty International

The new National Defense Authorization Bill presented to the Senate is such a disaster for civil liberties and human rights it is difficult to know where to begin.

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Sexual Harassment: Not Really About Sex at All

Marianne Mollmann | Posted 01.11.2012 | Home
Read More: Education, Sex Ed, Sexual Harassment, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Amnesty International, Parenting, Children's Health, Sexuality, Sex Education, Violence Against Womenm, Sexual Harassment Middle School, Home News
Marianne Mollmann

To be a bit more blunt about it: sexual harassment in middle and high schools today is motivated by either misogyny or homophobia. Neither has to do with sex.

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Sacrificing Women's Rights For "Popular Rule:" Why Equality Is Essential

Marianne Mollmann | Posted 01.09.2012 | World
Read More: Egypt, Equality, Libya, Women's Rights, Afghanistan, Human Rights, Amnesty International, World News
Marianne Mollmann

Judging from experiences in other countries women may not fare better after a dictatorship or autocratic rule than before it.

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UN Special Rapporteur: Abortion Restrictions Don't Work

Marianne Mollmann | Posted 12.20.2011 | Politics
Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Amnesty International, United Nations General Assembly, Abortion Laws, Abortion Debate, Women's Health and Rights, United Nations, Politics News
Marianne Mollmann

Sure, the criminalization of abortion might be an impediment to getting a safe and timely abortion, but never a real barrier to getting one at all. Spread the word: abortion restrictions just don't work.

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Why the Use of Steve Jobs as an Anti-Choice Political Stunt Is Flawed

Marianne Mollmann | Posted 12.20.2011 | Politics
Read More: Abortion, Steve Jobs, Amnesty International, Parenting, Human Rights, Maternity Leave, Abortion Rights, Adoption, Politics News
Marianne Mollmann

In fact, in my experience interviewing women around the world about pregnancy and child-bearing, abortion is the end rather than the beginning of their decision-making processes.

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Why Amnesty International is a Shadow of its Old Self

Anthony Amore | Posted 12.12.2011 | Politics
Read More: Paul Wolfowitz, Alex Neve, Colin Powell, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Amnesty International, Condi Rice, Canada, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Anthony Amore

Alex Neve, the Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada, is calling for the Canadian government to arrest former President George W. Bush whe...

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Star Talks About His Documentary For Amnesty International

www.bbc.co.uk | Posted 12.15.2011 | Latino Voices
Read More: Migrant Workers, Amnesty International, Documentary, Gael Garcia Bernal, Cultura, The Invisibles, Latino Voices News

Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal has visited Washington, DC, to campaign for comprehensive immigration reform. Bernal, who starred in The Motorcyc...

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Catholic Bishops Endanger Church Tax Exempt Status

Michele Somerville | Posted 12.14.2011 | Religion
Read More: Center for Constitutional Rights, Amnesty International, Cloyne Report, Roman Catholic Church and Equal Marriage Rights, Catholic Church and Same-Sex Marriage, Clergy Abuse Crisis, Roman Catholic Church, The Holy See, Doma, Tax Exempt Status of the Church, Religion and Sexuality, DOMA and the Catholic Church, Survivors of Persons Abused by Priests, Catholic Church, Timothy Dolan United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Gay Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, Religion News
Michele Somerville

Bishops play a dangerous game when they threaten to use the leverage they think they have to bring secular law in line with canon law.

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Human Rights Watch Demands George W. Bush's Arrest

Posted 12.13.2011 | Impact
Read More: Video, Economic Summit, Human Rights Watch, George W. Bush, Amnesty International, British Columbia, Waterboarding, Canada, Arrest, Torture, Detainees, Impact News

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch demanded the arrest and prosecution of former president George W. Bush before his appearance at an econom...

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Faces of Change, Women Activists on the Front Lines: Leyla Yunus

Kiri Westby | Posted 12.10.2011 | Women
Read More: Women's Rights, Leyla Yunus, Eurovision Song Contest, Human Rights, Women, Human Rights Watch, Kiri Westby, Azerbaijan, Change, Amnesty International, Faces of Change, Social Change, Inspiration, Students for a Free Tibet, Nobel Peace Prize, Human Right, New Azerbaijan Party, Institiute for Peace and Democracy, Women News
Kiri Westby

How would you react if you had five minutes to evacuate your home, all the while knowing the destruction was taking place because you had the audacity to speak the truth?

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Jessica Prois

Beyond Banned Books Week: How You Can Fight For Oppressed Writers

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Prois | Posted 11.30.2011 | Impact
Read More: Banned Book Week, Nurmemet Yasin, Activism, Abuzar Al Amin, Lydia Cacho, Amnesty International, Prageeth Eknaligoda, Oppressed Writers, Slidepollajax, Isa Saharkhiz, Impact News

After a week of celebrating the liberty to dive into titles like "Lolita" or the "Catcher in the Rye," Banned Books Week comes to a close. Yet there a...

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1,000 Young Protesters, Angered by Troy Davis Execution, Take To NYC Streets

Kate Fridkis | Posted 11.26.2011 | New York
Read More: Occupy Wall Street, Protest, Troy Davis Vigil, Troy Davis Execution, Nypd, Rally, Amnesty International, Death Penalty, March, Kate Fridkis, New York News
Kate Fridkis

On Thursday evening, what started as an Amnesty International vigil in honor of Troy Davis in Union Square soon became a full-blown march through the streets of New York.

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WATCH: Troy Davis Inspires Poignant Art Piece

Posted 11.23.2011 | Arts
Read More: Mentalgassi, Video, Street Art, Troy Davis Execution, Amnesty International, UK Arts, London, Civil Rights, Troy Davis, Brothers and Sisters, Berlin, Arts News

Following the controversial execution of Troy Davis, a 2010 art piece that depicted Davis as an inmate has gained new meaning. The piece is a collabor...

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The "Toast to Freedom" That Led to Amnesty International

Bill Shipsey | Posted 11.22.2011 | World
Read More: Toast to Freedom, Nobel Peace Prize, Peter Benenson, Human Rights, Amnesty International, World News
Bill Shipsey

An experience I had nearly 25 years ago, and recent research I conducted for a short film on Peter Benenson's 'epiphany' moment, has contributed to my pursuing further details of a fascinating part of Amnesty International's founding.

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Troy Anthony Davis And Georgia's Plan To Commit An Irreversible Sin

Michele Somerville | Posted 11.21.2011 | Religion
Read More: Troy Anthony Davis, Capital Punishment, Lethal Injection, Amnesty International, Death Penalty, Death Penalty and Church, Countries With the Death Penalty, Catholic Church, Catholicism and Death Penalty, Troy Davis Death Penalty, Troy Davis Execution, Troy Davis Clemency, Christianity, Ethics, Troy Davis, Anthony Davis, Mark MacPhail, Troy Anthony, Troy, Who Is Troy Anthony Davis, Religion News
Michele Somerville

Despite that a preponderance of doubt still attends the Troy Anthony Davis death sentence, it looks like the state of Georgia will strap him to a table tomorrow and end his life.

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Rick Perry Executed an Innocent Man/ Save Troy Davis!

Katie Halper | Posted 11.15.2011 | Crime
Read More: Texas Death Penalty, Cameron Todd Willingham, MoveOn.Org, Texas Death Row, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Troy Davis Execution, Amnesty International, Ncadp, Innocent, Naacp, Rick Perry, Troy Davis, change.org, Crime News
Katie Halper

Rick Perry's record number of executions drew applause at last week's GOP debate. Among the 234 -- make that 235 as of today -- killed under Perry was Cameron Todd Willingham, who received the death penalty for killing his three daughters by arson.

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Mideast Milosevic

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 11.01.2011 | World
Read More: European Union, Arab League, Amnesty International, Bashar Al-Assad, Syria Human Rights, Human Rights Syria, Syria Protests, Syria Riots, World News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Given the unyielding escalation of terror emanating from Syria in recent days, the fortitude and courage of the Syrian people warrants greater international coverage and a full-fledged effort to bring Bashar al-Assad and his cohorts to justice.

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Sub-Saharan Africans And Black Libyans Targeted By Rebel Fighters

Bloomberg.com | Posted 11.01.2011 | Black Voices
Read More: Libya, Amnesty International, Sub-Saharan African, Ethnic Cleansing, Black Libyan, Libya Protests, Black Voices News

Black Libyans and sub-Saharan Africans are being targeted by rebel fighters who suspect them of backing Muammar Qaddafi, Amnesty International said. ...

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Close Gitmo and Help Solve the Debt Crisis

Amnesty International | Posted 10.24.2011 | Politics
Read More: Guantanamo, Amnesty International, Debt Crisis, Gitmo, Politics News
Amnesty International

It is not news that the United States is facing a debt crisis and that public spending is under scrutiny like never before, yet one decade-long drain on the public exchequer has so far escaped the financial meltdown: the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp.

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