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‘My Sleep Is My Break’ Exploitation Of Migrant Domestic Workers In Qatar
Qatar's laws do not limit the number of hours a day or the number of days a week that domestic workers can be asked to work. At its worst extreme, the abuse of domestic workers can involve physical and sexual abuse.
April 26, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty International to Highlight Local Human Rights Issues at Annual Conference in Chicago
On April 4-6 at the JW Marriott (151 W Adams St), hundreds of activists will gather for Amnesty International’s annual Human Rights Conference to focus on strengthening links between the local and the global aspects of the human rights movement.
April 2, 2014
Press Release
Human Rights “Missing in Action” During President Obama’s Saudi Arabia Visit
In response to reports that President Barack Obama did not raise the issue of Saudi Arabia's human rights record when he met with officials in the Gulf Kingdom today, Sunjeev Bery, Advocacy Director for Middle East and North Africa, Amnesty International USA, issued the following statement.
March 28, 2014
Press Release
Saudi Arabia: Plans to Defy Ban on Women Drivers this Saturday
A grassroots campaign will call for an end to the driving ban for women in Saudi Arabia on Saturday March 29.
March 26, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty International Calls on President Obama to Bring a Female Secret Service Driver to Saudi Arabia
Ahead of his visit to Saudi Arabia on Friday, Amnesty International is calling on President Obama to take a stand for human rights by having a woman Secret Service driver during his visit and seeking a meeting with Saudi Arabian women activists who are defying the ban against women driving.
March 25, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty International Visits Viet Nam for Human Rights Dialogue
Representatives from Amnesty International's Secretariat this week made their first visit to Viet Nam in decades.
February 20, 2014
Press Release
NHK Broadcaster Defends Sexual Slavery in Japan
The new head of Japan’s national broadcaster NHK defence of the country’s wartime military sexual slavery is deplorable, said Amnesty International.
January 27, 2014
Press Release
Court Orders Woman Gang-Raped For Falling in Love with a Muslim
Authorities must investigate the alleged gang-rape of a 20 year-old adivasi woman in Birbhum, West Bengal, India.
January 23, 2014
Press Release
Pussy Riot Members to Appear at Amnesty Human Rights Concert at Barclays Center on Feb. 5
Members of the Russian art collective Pussy Riot will participate in Amnesty International's landmark Bringing Human Rights Home concert at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on February 5.
January 21, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty Joins Call on President Obama: End Secrecy on Drone Strikes
On December 4th, 2013, Amnesty International joined eight U.S.-based human rights groups in an open letter to President Obama urging him to end the policy of secrecy and ensure accountability for unlawful US drone strikes.
December 6, 2013
Press Release
U.N. Must Not Let Peacekeepers Fail in Central African Republic
The international community must give peacekeepers in the Central African Republic all the means necessary to protect civilians or risk an escalation in atrocities that could spill over to neighboring countries, Amnesty International warned as the U.N. Security Council authorized deployment of an African Union (AU) force.
December 5, 2013
Press Release
Escalating Bloodshed and Reported Revenge Killings in Central African Republic
Revenge killings are being reported across Bangui and other parts of the Central African Republic today in the aftermath of the military clashes that happened in the early hours of the morning, Amnesty International said today.
December 5, 2013