Hamas Must End the Death Penalty
Trapped between a crushing Israeli blockade and human rights violations at home, the 1.6 million Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip face many challenges in their daily lives. In our 2012 Annual...
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Egypt’s Generals Retake Power
Supporters of Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi (portrait) celebrate in Cairo's Tahrir square on June 18, 2012. PATRICK BAZ/AFP/GettyImages Over the last four days, a stunning succession of...
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Will Bahrain Convict an 11-year-old “Protester”?
Ali Hassan could face jail time for allegedly "participating in an illegal gathering."(Photo Mohammed Al-Shaikh/AFP/GettyImages) This Thursday, an 11-year-old boy will find out if the Government of...
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Update: Bahrain Keeps Ridiculous Charges Against 11-Year-Old Boy
Ali Hassan has been spared a prison sentence for now but will be subject to government monitoring for a year. (AFP/GettyImages) Despite an outpouring of global concern, news reports indicate that the...
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Will Congress Put Bahrain in the Human Rights Spotlight?
Bahraini Shiite boy crouches by pile of tear gas canisters collected by protesters (AFP/Getty Images) Against a backdrop of ongoing human rights violations in Bahrain, the US Congress is about to hold...
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Will Bahrain’s King Stop Imprisoning Peaceful Critics?
Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab repeatedly has been targeted and abused by the authorities for his peaceful activism. Update: Nabeel Rajab was found guilty today August 16, of taking part...
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Nabeel Rajab: Why Did the U.S. State Department Drag Its Feet?
Nabeel Rajab On August 16th, Bahraini political activist Nabeel Rajab was sentenced to three years in jail for his peaceful role in protests critical of Bahrain’s monarchy. He had already been in...
View ArticleSend a Tweet, Free a Prisoner
Just one week after a global Twitter campaign by Amnesty International, Palestinian Waleed Hanatsheh walked free from an Israeli prison. Israeli officials had jailed him without charge or trial for...
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Gaza Blockade: Still Operational, Still Violating Human Rights
One of our postcard actions in front of the White house This morning, Amnesty International USA delivered thousands of signed postcards to the White House. The postcards call on President Obama to...
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A Critic Gets it Wrong on Amnesty International and Libya
Libyan protesters in Benghazi in 2011 ©Sniperphoto Agency/Demotix In an article published by The Huffington Post and Counterpunch, author Dan Kovalik misrepresents Amnesty International’s position...
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This Weekend in Bahrain: Will U.S. Officials Stand Up for Freedom?
Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab repeatedly has been targeted and abused by the authorities for his peaceful activism. In the island nation of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf, a man by the name...
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One Palestinian Village Obama Should Visit
Former prisoner of conscience Bassem Tamimi holds plastic and rubber-coated bullets fired by Israeli forces. Yesterday morning, US President Barack Obama arrived in Israel to much fanfare. He has said...
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One Palestinian Village Obama Should Visit
Former prisoner of conscience Bassem Tamimi holds plastic and rubber-coated bullets fired by Israeli forces. Yesterday morning, US President Barack Obama arrived in Israel to much fanfare. He has said...
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What is the UN Saying on Syria?
Sunjeev Bery on Sky News Arabia Yesterday, I joined the team at Sky News Arabia for a live discussion of the latest report on Syria by an independent UN panel. Special thanks to Sky News producer Arwa...
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“The World Has Forgotten Us”: Syrian Mother Speaks
A child looks on next to a woman at a Syrian refugee camp 5 km from Diyarbakir after a snowfall. This past winter, refugees faced further misery due to increasing shortages of supplies, low...
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Our Top 5 Recommendations for the U.S.-Yemen Talks
A Yemeni hold up a banner during a protest against U.S. drone attacks on Yemen close to the home of Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi. Strikes by U.S. drones in Yemen nearly tripled in 2012...
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BREAKING: Pro-Morsi Demonstration Dispersed in Cairo, Amnesty Researchers On...
An unknown number of pro-Morsi protesters were killed in Cairo today as security forces undertook a planned operation to clear Morsi supporters from two sit-in demonstrations (Photo Credit: Ed...
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6 Steps For Syria We Want to Hear in Obama’s Speech Tonight
Amid a swirl of political developments, President Obama is set to deliver a national televised speech on Syria at 9:00 p.m. EST tonight. The speech was originally expected to be an effort by the White...
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Our Response to President Vladimir Putin’s New York Times Op-Ed
President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin (Photo Credit: Mikhail Kireev/Host Photo Agency via Getty Images). In his New York Times opinion piece regarding Syria, Russian President Vladimir...
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What If Your Home Was Turned into a Military Firing Zone?
The Israeli army wants to forcibly evict the roughly 1,000 residents of eight Palestinian villages southeast of Hebron in the occupied West Bank © Google Earth. Image © Landsat 2013. This article...
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