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Thursday, August 11, 2016

Human Rights Watch: The Week in Rights - August 11, 2016

Human Rights Watch

  • Turkey: End Attacks on Free Expression!

  •  Interview: Indonesia's LGBT Community Under Threat
  •  Venezuela’s Deepening Crisis
  •   Iran’s Mass Execution 
  •  Armenia: Arbitrary Detentions, Brutal Beatings
  •  DR Congo: Human Rights Watch Researcher Barred
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Welcome to AI Group #139
Welcome to Amnesty International Local Group 139, Madison, WI. We promote human rights through posting actions, news, and videos from Amnesty International and other human rights organizations. Some of these postings may not reflect the official position of Amnesty International. NOTE: We do not raise or advocate donations to any of the organizations in our postings.

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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
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