Keywords: Amnesty International
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INTERNATIONAL
- Rodrigo Acuña
- 03 October 2007
The 'Cuba Five' remain incarcerated in the US on terrorism charges. Since 1959 almost every US administration has seen Cuban civilians as 'fair game' in their efforts to overthrow Castro. Would a Democrat administration take a different approach?
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AUSTRALIA
China's commitment to complete media freedom coinciding with the gleaming stadiums and spectacular parades of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, is beginning to ring hollow. Amnesty International has claimed a renewed crackdown on journalists and internet users in the past year.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 19 September 2007
With his shag of grey hair and weather-worn face, Aussie journalist-cum-documentarian pits his astute investigative mind and radical's spirit against no lesser rival than the American political empire.
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RELIGION
- Chris Middleton
- 18 May 2007
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Amnesty International has improved the lives of countless numbers of people wrongly imprisoned for their beliefs, or subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment. Now its decision to abandon its neutral stance on abortion could undermine the effectiveness in its main advocacy work.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Andrew Hamilton
- 27 February 2007
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When we think of the rise and rise of Santa Claus, we might ask whether King Haakon was bringing a Trojan horse into the Christian camp when he brought Yuletide into Christmas. But he had good precedents. Outsiders continue to be important in retelling the Christmas story. This Christmas, Jan Egeland steps down as head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
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AUSTRALIA
- Peter Norden
- 27 February 2007
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Forty years ago Ronald Ryan had a noose put around his neck by the prison hangman. With the authority of the Victorian State Government, its then Premier, Henry Bolte, and the Victorian Supreme Court he was killed. Ryan was the last man hanged in Australia, and many believe he will always retain that infamous privilege.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Grant Morgan, Anthony Ham, Matthew Albert, Steven Columbus
- 07 July 2006
On your bus, Kerala leads, Sudan in Australia, Coming to terms.
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AUSTRALIA
- Arnold Zable
- 04 July 2006
Refugee stories told by Arnold Zable.
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AUSTRALIA
- Anthony Ham, Kath O’Connor, Bruce Duncan, Clive Shepherd
- 01 July 2006
Any excuse, Privatise or perish, Clear and present danger, Keep left unless undertaking
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INTERNATIONAL
- Andra Jackson
- 26 June 2006
Justice has become a life’s work for the Guildford Four’s Paul Hill.
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AUSTRALIA
Africa resists the moral authority of the West, says Anthony Ham.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Georgina Costello
- 26 June 2006
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The trafficking of women highlights the consequences of the government’s policy on illegal immigration
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