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France: Upholding burkini ban risks giving green light for abuse of women and girls
Failure to overturn the ban on the burkini would be a missed opportunity to end an assault on women’s freedoms…
August 25, 2016
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Ruling to release woman jailed after miscarriage in Argentina, a step forward for human rights
A ruling to release a woman sentenced to eight years in prison after having a miscarriage in Argentina is a…
August 17, 2016
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Women’s rights activists treated as enemies of the state in renewed crackdown in Iran
Iranian authorities have intensified their repression of women’s rights activists in the country in the first half of this year,…
August 9, 2016
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Uganda minister’s remarks against LGBTI people amount to advocacy of hatred
Reacting to threats by Uganda’s Minister of Ethics and Integrity Simon Lokodo that he will suppress the activities of lesbian,…
August 8, 2016
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Hanging of teenager in Iran shows authorities’ brazen disregard for international law
A teenager was executed in Iran after being convicted of the rape of another boy, the first confirmed execution of…
August 2, 2016
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Pakistan: End impunity for so-called ‘honor’ crimes
The Pakistani authorities must end impunity for so-called ‘honor’ killings and other violence against women, Amnesty International said today. “The…
July 19, 2016
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Scandalous proposal to increase jail terms for women accused of abortion in El Salvador
A new proposal by a group of parliamentarians from opposition party ARENA in El Salvador to increase jail terms for…
July 12, 2016
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Surviving Death: Police and Military Torture of Women in Mexico
An unprecedented Amnesty International investigation of 100 women arrested in Mexico reveals that they are routinely sexually abused by the…
June 27, 2016
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Mexico: Sexual violence routinely used as torture to secure confessions from women
An unprecedented Amnesty International investigation of 100 women arrested in Mexico reveals that they are routinely sexually abused by the…
June 27, 2016
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Ruling upholding anal tests on gay men in Kenya unacceptable
Today’s ruling by the High Court in Mombasa upholding the legality of anal tests on men suspected of engaging in…
June 16, 2016
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Groundbreaking UN decision rules Ireland’s ban on abortion violates human rights
The UN Human Rights Committee’s ground-breaking decision that Ireland’s law prohibiting and criminalizing abortion violated the human rights of a…
June 9, 2016
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Amnesty International publishes policy and research on protection of sex workers’ rights
Amnesty International today published its policy on protecting sex workers from human rights violations and abuses, along with four research…
May 24, 2016