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How Nigerians Are Fighting Back Against Oil Companies
By Joe Westby, Amnesty International Corporate Campaigner and Onyekachi Okoro, Media for Justice Program, Center for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) “People are dying silently. The...
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Justice for Ali Ismail Korkmaz: Two Quick Ways to Take Action
Thousands of people, holding placards that read “We are here for Ali Ismail and for justice” gather outside a local courthouse (Photo Credit: Adem Altan/AFP/Getty Images). Ali Ismail Korkmaz was among...
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Introducing New Legislation That Will Help Families of Murder Victims
Maryland has become a model for directing the cost savings from repeal to taking care of murder victims’ family members (Photo Credit: Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images). By Andrea...
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THIS EXISTS: Country That Forced 200,000 Women Into Sexual Slavery
Women from the house of sharing at the ‘Wednesday Demo’ outside Japanese Embassy, Seoul (Photo Credit: Amnesty International). By Alice Dahle, Amnesty USA’s Women’s Human Rights Coordination Group...
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One Year After Factory Disaster, What Have We Learned?
The Rana Plaza catastrophe on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on April 24, 2013, that left 1,138 dead and more than 2,000 injured (Photo Credit: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images). Today...
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Introducing Amnesty’s New Global Campaign Against Torture
Darrell Cannon was tortured by three Chicago Police Department detectives at a remote site on Chicago’s South Side. Over course of a day, they pressed a cattle prod to his testicles and put it into...
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For Me, Torture is Personal
By Federico Boratto, Amnesty International Activist My name is Federico Boratto. I’d like to share my connection to Amnesty’s Stop Torture Campaign – a connection forged by someone who loved me enough...
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5 Torture Myths Debunked
Take action to stop torture at amnestyusa.org/torture. 1. Torture is Mainly Used Against Terror Suspects and During War Amnesty International research shows that torture and other ill-treatment...
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The Science of Torture
The stench of rotting flesh coming from the tiny, cramped cell overpowered him. This was the smell of torture. As soon he set one foot inside the small room at a police detention center in Nigeria’s...
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Missing Guests – The U.S. Africa Summit
Swaziland’s King Mswati III is one of nearly 40 heads of state on the guest list for President Obama’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit (Photo Credit: Stephane de Sakutkin/AFP/Getty Images). Johanna Lee...
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