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Press Release
Tunisia: Sentencing of six men for same-sex relations highlights state’s entrenched homophobia
The jailing of six Tunisian men sentenced to three years in prison for sodomy is a shocking example of deep-rooted state sanctioned discrimination against LGBTI people in the country, said Amnesty International today.
December 14, 2015
Press Release
Dominican Republic takes women’s rights back to 1884
The Dominican Republic has taken a drastic step backwards for women’s human rights as the Constitutional Court struck down reforms to the Penal Code that would have decriminalized abortion in certain cases, Amnesty International warned today.
December 3, 2015
Press Release
Northern Ireland: High Court Challenge on Same-Sex Marriage Welcomed
Ahead of a legal challenge in Belfast’s High Court tomorrow (Thursday), Amnesty International has reiterated its call for Northern Ireland to lift its ban on same-sex marriage.
December 2, 2015
Press Release
El Salvador’s total abortion ban sentences children and families to trauma and poverty
El Salvador’s extreme anti-abortion law is having a devastating effect on the lives of scores of children whose mothers, having suffered miscarriages or other obstetric emergencies, are being held behind bars accused of having illegal abortions, said Amnesty International in a new report today.
November 30, 2015
Press Release
Northern Ireland: Amnesty Welcomes Landmark Court Decision on Abortion Law
Amnesty International has welcomed today’s Belfast High Court decision in a Judicial Review case which found that laws governing abortion in Northern Ireland in cases of serious malformation of the foetus and sexual crime are in breach of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
November 30, 2015
Press Release
Cyprus: Marriage equality campaigners celebrate hard-won victory on civil unions
The Cypriot Parliament’s recognition of the right to same-sex civil unions is an important first step towards eradicating discrimination and achieving full marriage equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in Cyprus, Amnesty International said.
November 27, 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
Press Release
Chile: Urgent progress needed on right to decide after young woman arrested for a clandestine abortion
The arrest of a 22-year-old woman in Temuco for “consensual abortion” is yet another sign that the Chilean authorities have no time to lose with advancing legislation in the works to decriminalize abortion, Amnesty International said today.
November 13, 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. Â Â
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. Â Â
November 6, 2015
Press Release
President Obama Must Emphasize Human Rights in Meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo
Today, President Obama will host Indonesian President Joko Widodo for a meeting at the White House. In response, T. Kumar, International Advocacy Director for Amnesty International USA, issued the following statement:
October 26, 2015
Press Release
Indonesia: Repeal abhorrent bylaw that imposes flogging for consensual sex
Authorities in the Indonesian region of Aceh must immediately repeal a controversial new bylaw which imposes harsh flogging sentences for consensual sex in some instances and could make it easier for rapists to escape justice, said Amnesty International today.
October 23, 2015