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Press Release
Female refugees face physical assault, exploitation and sexual harassment on their journey through Europe
Governments and aid agencies are failing to provide even basic protections to women refugees traveling from Syria and Iraq. New research conducted by Amnesty International shows that women and girl refugees face violence, assault, exploitation and sexual harassment at every stage of their journey, including on European soil.
January 15, 2016
Press Release
“Comfort women” deal must not deny survivors justice
In response to the announcement that the Japanese and South Korean governments have reached an agreement on the issue of Japan's World War II military sexual slavery system, Hiroka Shoji, East Asia Researcher at Amnesty International said:
December 28, 2015
Press Release
Tunisia: Rapists given a way out while their victims are blamed and punished
Loopholes in Tunisia’s laws are granting perpetrators of rape, sexual assault and physical violence a way out while their victims are frequently punished and blamed when they dare to report the crimes against them, said Amnesty International in a new report published today.
November 25, 2015
Report
Shamed and Blamed: Pregnant Girls’ Rights at Risk in Sierra Leone
Thousands of pregnant girls, excluded from mainstream schools and barred from sitting upcoming exams, risk being left behind as Sierra Leone moves forward from the Ebola crisis, Amnesty International said in a report published today.
November 6, 2015
Press Release
Pregnant schoolgirls in Sierra Leone excluded from school and banned from exams
Thousands of pregnant girls, excluded from mainstream schools and barred from sitting upcoming exams, risk being left behind as Sierra Leone moves forward from the Ebola crisis, Amnesty International said in a report published today.
November 6, 2015
Press Release
Harrowing accounts emerge of the Taliban’s reign of terror in Kunduz Afghanistan
Mass murder, gang rapes and house-to-house searches by Taliban death squads are just some of the harrowing civilian testimonies emerging from Kunduz as Afghan forces today claimed to have regained control of key areas of the northern city, Amnesty International said.
October 1, 2015
Press Release
Amnesty International Marks International Day of Action for the Decriminalization of Abortion
Amnesty International supporters in more than 20 countries will mark the International Day of Action for the Decriminalization of Abortion on September 28 by telling governments to stop making criminals of women and girls who seek abortions.
September 28, 2015
Press Release
Policy on state obligations to respect, protect, and fulfil the human rights of sex workers (International Board)
REQUESTS the International Board to adopt a policy that seeks attainment of the highest possible protection of the human rights of sex workers, through measures that include the decriminalization of sex work, taking into account:
August 11, 2015
Press Release
Q&A on the Policy to Protect Human Rights of Sex Workers
Frequently Asked Questions Why does Amnesty need a policy to protect the human rights of sex workers? What is the difference between legalization and decriminalization? Why isn't Amnesty International calling for sex work to be legalized? Doesn't decriminalizing sex work just encourage trafficking? How does decriminalizing sex work protect women's rights? What evidence does Amnesty have to back up its proposed policy on sex work? Those who sell sex need protection, but why protect the “pimps”? Why doesn’t Amnesty International support the Nordic model? Why does Amnesty International believe that paying for sex work is a human right? As a…
August 11, 2015
Press Release
4,000 women and girls abandoned by the Irish State every year
Today in Dublin, Amnesty International activists from around the world staged a protest against Ireland’s restrictive abortion laws outside the Department of the Taoiseach (Prime Minister). Delegates brought 80 suitcases to signify the number of Irish women and girls who travel abroad each and every week to access a safe and legal abortion.
August 6, 2015
Press Release
Burkina Faso – Elections cannot ignore women’s crisis
Burkina Faso must urgently tackle the nationwide crisis where forced and early marriage, unwanted pregnancy and lacking sex education reduce hundreds of thousands of girls and women to second class citizens.
July 15, 2015
Press Release
10 Christian Women in Sudan at Risk of Flogging for Indecent Dress
The authorities in Sudan must immediately release and drop charges against 10 women who were arrested in the capital, Khartoum, charged with ‘indecent dress,’ said Amnesty International today.
July 12, 2015