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Indonesia: Government exploiting pornography law to target LGBTI community
In response to the news that 141 men in Jakarta, Indonesia, have been arrested after attending what police described as…
May 22, 2017
Press Release
Knee-jerk repression as LGBTI activists arrested over Chechnya petition
Denis Krivosheev, Deputy Director for Europe and Central Asia at Amnesty International, responds to today’s detention of five LGBTI activists…
May 11, 2017
Press Release
El Salvador: Critical opportunity to put an end to total criminalization of abortion
The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador has a historic opportunity to reject the criminalization of abortion and protect the health…
May 8, 2017
Press Release
Honduras: Historic opportunity to decriminalize abortion
Ahead of a debate in the Honduran congress today over the country’s criminalization of abortion, Amnesty International’s Americas Director Erika…
April 25, 2017
Press Release
100 Ways Trump Has Threatened Human Rights in First 100 Days
As the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s administration come to a close, Amnesty International has compiled a list…
April 24, 2017
Report
South Africa: Women and girls risk unsafe abortions after being denied legal services
Women and girls risk unsafe abortions that can lead to serious health complications, and even death, due to persistent barriers…
January 31, 2017
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Russia: Lawmakers must halt alarming plans to decriminalize domestic violence
Ahead of the second reading of a bill to decriminalize some forms of domestic violence in the Russian State Duma,…
January 19, 2017
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Sierra Leone: Continued pregnancy ban in schools and failure to protect rights is threatening teenage girls’ futures
Sierra Leone must lift a deeply discriminatory ban on visibly pregnant girls attending school and taking exams, which continues to…
November 7, 2016
Report
Out of Sight Out of Mind
Decades of resource development and government policy failures have strained the social fabric of communities in northeast British Columbia (BC),…
November 1, 2016
Press Release
South Korea: Stop criminalization of abortion
The South Korean government must withdraw proposed rules that would increase the penalty for doctors who perform illegal abortions, said…
October 28, 2016
Press Release
Iraq: Yezidi survivors of horrific abuse in IS captivity neglected by international community
Yezidi women and girls who have been enslaved, raped beaten and otherwise tortured by the armed group calling itself Islamic…
October 7, 2016
Press Release
Amnesty International reaction to court decision to overturn burkini ban in France
Responding to the decision of France’s highest administrative court to overturn the ban on the burkini on a French beach,…
August 26, 2016