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Attempts to Interfere with High Profile Trial in Guatemala
Amnesty International has issued an Urgent Action in response to the June 21 raid of Impunity Watch's office in Guatemala. Three armed men forced their way into the office and…
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Salvadoran Authorities Want to Send Maria Teresa Back to Jail
Maria Teresa Rivera's recent release from prison was a major victory for women's rights in El Salvador. Nonetheless, the nation's Attorney General has said he intends to appeal the decision…
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That Time When Solitary Confinement Was Not Considered “Solitary Confinement”
It has been more than three years now, but I can still remember the awestruck feeling I had in January 2013 while observing Chelsea Manning’s court-martial proceedings for the unauthorized…
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Whom would you suspect of killing Berta Cáceres?
Gunmen brutally murdered Berta Cáceres, award-winning leader of the Council of Indigenous and Popular Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), in La Esperanza, Honduras on March 3, 2016. Almost immediately, the Honduran…
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The New “Cash Cow” for Assad in Syria: Human Rights Abuses
The Syrian economy is collapsing, and the Syrian people are suffering. But the Assad regime has found a new “cash cow” that is reaping great profit for the government: enforced…
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Unlawful Surveillance Threatens Our Activism. Here’s How We Can Fight Back.
Mass surveillance is not only a violation of our rights to privacy. It is a threat to Amnesty International’s research and global activism.
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Attacks Continue against Honduran Rights Activists
The murder on November 11, 2014 of Juan Ángel López Miralda, a human rights activist and former leader in the peasant movement in Honduras, follows a troubling pattern of abuses…
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Weekend of Resistance: Students Stand in Solidarity with Ferguson
By Gerry Carolina, Northeast Regional representative for the National Youth Action Committee, and coordinator of Amnesty International, Mount Holyoke College It's been 2 months since the death of Michael Brown,…
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African healthcare laid bare by Ebola epidemic
Today, the outbreak of Ebola has meant that Sierra Leone’s struggling healthcare system, and others in neighboring African countries – particularly Liberia and Guinea – have been completely overwhelmed. The…
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The United States is Not Just a Bystander in Israel-Gaza Violence
The U.S. is violating its own laws and policies, as well as (potentially) implicating itself in the commission of any future violations that may take place.