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Stop the imminent execution of Troy Davis!
Troy Davis is scheduled to be executed by the state of Georgia on September 23, even though his serious claims of innocence have never been heard in court. Take action now to stop the execution! The case has been tainted from the start, with a questionable police investigation, a lack of funding to ensure adequate defense, and an increasi...
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Tell Congress to Respect the Supreme Court's Decision on Habeas
In a crushing blow to the Bush Administration, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that Guantánamo detainees have a right to challenge their detention before a legitimate court. The court's decision is a stark indictment of wrongdoing at Guantánamo. Still, the decision will not close Guantánamo. It will not keep the adminis...
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Defend Online Freedom in China!
In China, you're banned from looking at the Amnesty International Web site – even if you're a journalist covering the Olympic Games! News that our site was blocked came the day after the release of our new report “Olympic Countdown: Broken Promises.” The report shows little progress in fulfilling the Chinese authorities'...
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Support Global Online Freedom Act
Could you be arrested for reading this? In April 2004, the Chinese journalist Shi Tao used his Yahoo! email account to send a message to a U.S.-based pro-democracy website. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for "illegally providing state secrets to foreign entities." Disturbingly, Yahoo! provided information to the government for his prose...
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Carrying the torch for human rights in China: Take Action!
On the heels of widespread protests all over the world, the Olympic torch relay continued in San Francisco today. China promised it would improve its human rights record before the 2008 summer Olympics. With the recent crackdown on peaceful dissent in Tibet, the rounding up and jailing of prominent human rights activists, and increas...
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