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Africa: U.S. Shows Strong Support for New Global Arms Trade Treaty
New York City :: NY :: USA | 6 days ago
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A senior US diplomat has said his government will be quick to sign the new Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), a move Amnesty International said raises hopes for swift implementation of the potentially lifesaving treaty around the world. Assistant Secretary of
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The Hijacking of Human Rights
Pen :: India | 1 month ago
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Apr 7, 2013 The appointment of Suzanne Nossel, a former State Department official and longtime government apparatchik, as executive director of PEN American Center is part of a campaign to turn U.S. human rights organizations into propagandists for
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We Did It, So Can You :Sri Lankan University Students in US respond to Amnesty's Anti-Sri Lanka Campaign
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 6 months ago
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00 editor Sri Lankan Students Association of the University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA organized an awareness event on Sri Lanka's conflict and on post-conflict developments on November 15, 2012. During the event the student group screened
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Yoko Ono awards peace prize to Pussy Riot
Moscow :: Russia | 8 months ago
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Ono presented the biennial LennonOno Grant for Peace to Pyotr Verzilov, husband of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, one of the arrested band members. "It's an incredible honour to receive this award from Yoko Ono," he said. "It's incredible to see the people
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Syria: Many Agendas at Work
Damascus :: Syria | 11 months ago
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49 06/19/2012 Much has been written about the barbarous massacre in the Syrian administrative area of Al-Houla on 25 May 2012, in which 108 persons are known to have died including 49 children. Absent a definitive report from the UN observer mission
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AP Interview: UN official says no to Syria amnesty
Harare :: Zimbabwe | 12 months ago
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Amnesty International activists to participate in worldwide 'write-a-thon' this week Amnesty International activists to participate in worldwide 'write-a-thon' this week Local Amnesty International activists will join others around the world this
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Amnesty: US ranks 5th on global execution scale
New York :: NY :: USA | 1 year ago
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The United States was the only Western democracy that executed prisoners last year, even as an increasing number of U.S. states are moving to abolish the death penalty, Amnesty International announced Monday. America's 43
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Amnesty: US ranks 5th on global execution scale
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 year ago
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The United States was the only Western democracy that executed prisoners last year, even as an increasing number of U.S. states are moving to abolish the death penalty, Amnesty International announced Monday. America's 43 executions in 2011 ranked it
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Epix to Broadcast Amnesty International's Star-Studded Secret Policeman’s Ball
New York City :: NY :: USA | over 1 year ago
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2/16/2012 by Georg Szalai Bryan Bedder/Getty Images Seth Meyers, Jason Sudeikis, Kristen Wiig, John Oliver, Andy Samberg, Sarah Silverman and Bill Hader join Coldplay, Jon Stewart and others on the lineup of musicians and comedians at the event that
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Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Headlining at Amnesty International Event
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert know the importance of freedom and free speech. Perhaps that is what led the two television hosts to headlining at an upcoming Amnesty International event . The Secret Policeman's Ball is coming to the United
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