Amnesty International Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008 Amnesty International Demands Immediate Release of Abducted Human Rights ...
No one teaches reporters how to cover a war, much less wars that include genocide. Most of us rely on the wisdom of experienced colleagues and a lot of...
Africa's Other Holocaust NEWSWEEK----From the magazine issue dated Dec 15, 2008 The story is depressingly familiar. Once again, war pushes an African nation to...
Amnesty International Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, Dec. 8, 2008 New EU Mission in Kosovo Must Bring Justice to War Crimes Victims, Urges ...
Eclectic National Human Rights Book Awards 2008 Winners of the Gustavus Myers Center Outstanding Book Awards announced BOSTON, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Ten...
Dec. 7 ROMANIA: ROMANIA AND THE HOLOCAUST----Reviving Memory in a Killing Field Holocaust education is normal in Germany. But in some parts of Europe, where...
Dec. 10 GLOBAL: 25-Nation Poll Finds Worldwide Support for Principles in Universal Declaration of Human Rights Most Favor UN Taking a Larger Role in Promoting...
URGENT ACTION APPEAL - From Amnesty International USA 9 December 2008 UA 335/08 Enforced disappearance/ Fear for safety/ Torture and ill-treatment RUSSIAN...
URGENT ACTION APPEAL 12 December 2008 UA 340/08 - Fear for safety/Death threats COLOMBIA Julio Mecheche Manyoma (m) Aquileito Mecheche Barahona (m) Milciades...
Dec. 15 IRAN: An Iranian woman, blinded by a jilted stalker who threw acid in her face, has persuaded a court to sentence him to be blinded with acid himself ...
Dec. 15 TURKEY: Turkish intellectuals issue apology to Armenians A group of about 200 Turkish intellectuals on Monday issued an apology on the Internet for the...
Jan. 2 RUSSIA: New law in Russia ends jury trials for 'crimes against state' President Dmitry Medvedev signs the controversial measure with little publicity. A...
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION COALITION TO STOP THE USE OF CHILD SOLDIERS HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Leading Rights Groups...
Honduras: Investigate Murder of Transgender Activist Cynthia Nicole fought tirelessly to secure basic rights protections for transgender sex workers, the...
Human Rights Groups Decry Bush Administration's Whitewash Report On Racial Discrimination In United States Groups Call On Obama Administration To Implement...
URGENT ACTION APPEAL - From Amnesty International USA 15 January 2009 UA 11/09 - Fear for safety MEXICO Up to 45 migrants in San Cristobal de las Casas...
'A DANGEROUS LUXURY' The International Criminal Court's Dream of Global Justice (By Thomas Darnstdt, Helene Zuber and Jan Puhl) The International Criminal...
URGENT ACTION APPEAL - From Amnesty International USA 16 January 2009 UA 14/09 Fear of torture/incommunicado detention SAUDI ARABIA Khaled al-'Omair (m) ...
URGENT ACTION APPEAL - From Amnesty International USA Note: Please write on behalf of these persons even though you may not have received the original UA when...
URGENT ACTION APPEAL - From Amnesty International USA 16 January 2009 UA 08/09 Fear for safety GUATEMALA Leaders of the Movement of United Vendors of the...
Jan. 17 USA: Statement on U.S. torture may have unexpected fallout Just 14 months ago, at his confirmation hearing to become attorney general, Michael Mukasey...