Disregarding America's strong tradition of defending human rights, the President made bad policy bad law on October 17th when he signed the "Military Commissions Act of 2006." Find out the truth about this new law and how Amnesty International is fighting back.
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Over 400 women and girls have been brutally killed in Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua, Mexico since 1993. Some of the victims were employees of the maquiladora industry and disappeared on their way to or from work.
Excerpts from a briefing on military commissions legislation held on September 25, 2006. Tell your elected officials: This is not the America we believe in:
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With its landmark Boumediene decision, the Supreme Court has spoken: detainees at Guantánamo are entitled to the Constitutional right of habeas corpus?the fundamental right to challenge the legality of one's detention.
Footage from the 5th anniversary of the first transfer of detainees to the U.S. Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Hundreds of activists converged at the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court to Make their speak out and raise awareness.
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Oksana Chelysheva and Jennifer Latheef discuss the impact that Amnesty International supporters make in their lives by writing letters on their behalf.
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Human rights defender Adeeb Abdulrahman Yousif, director of the office of the Sudan Development Organization (SUDO) in Zalinge, West Darfur State. SUDO undertakes training in human rights and humanitarian work in Darfur.
