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TAKE ACTION: Tell Iranian Prisoners They Are Not Forgotten During Iranian New Year
Many Iranians will not be able to celebrate Nowruz with their loved ones because they have been imprisoned for their activism. Send them a card today to tell them they are not forgotten.
March 9, 2014
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HAPPENING NOW: Horrific Violence and U.N. Peacekeepers Are Nowhere to Be Found
It's a miracle she survived. An 11-year-old girl was the lone survivor of a horrific assault on the village of Bouguere - in a country where sectarian violence has spiraled out of control.
March 8, 2014
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How You Can Fight for Women & Girls Forced to Marry Their Rapists in Mozambique
Mozambique is considering revisions to its criminal code that will allow accused rapists to escape punishment if they marry the sexual assault survivor.
March 7, 2014
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Stand Up For Women’s Rights in Chicago at Amnesty’s Annual Human Rights Conference
Violence devastates the lives of millions of women and girls worldwide every year. One out of every three women will be physically, sexually or otherwise abused during her lifetime.
March 7, 2014
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ACT NOW: Take Action to Fight Back Against Nigeria’s Anti-LGBT Law
With the stroke of a pen, the President has essentially turned Nigeria into one of the world’s least tolerant societies.
March 7, 2014
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Have You Seen This Powerful Statement From a Death Row Inmate?
You said that my perspective is different and therefore my words have a sort of value. Yet, you're talking to a young man that's been judged unworthy.
March 7, 2014
Press Release
Violent Attack on Pussy Riot Members Must Not Be Tolerated
The Russian authorities must promptly launch an independent and impartial investigation into an apparently unprovoked and premeditated attack in Nizhny Novgorod this morning on human rights activists, including Pussy Riot members Nadya Tolokonnikova and Masha Alyokhina.
March 6, 2014
Press Release
Glenn Greenwald to Address Annual Gathering of Amnesty International Activists in Chicago
Amnesty International's 2014 Human Rights Conference, themed "Bring Human Rights Home," will take place in Chicago April 4-6 and focus on strengthening the links between the local and the global aspects of the human rights movement.
March 6, 2014
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Celebrate International Women’s Day – Equality for Women Is Progress for All!
International Women’s Day is also an occasion for global activists to focus world attention and rally together for the work that still needs to be done to combat gender discrimination.
March 6, 2014
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BREAKING: Pussy Riot Members Violently Attacked
The attack appears to have been premeditated by an organized group: the assailants chanted slogans, held aloft a banner and filmed the entire incident.
March 6, 2014
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Have You Seen These Stunning Images Created for our My Body My Rights Campaign?
The two-year campaign is launching with a series of Hikaru’s striking and sometimes surreal images, all painted directly onto the bodies of her models to create a lifelike 3D effect.
March 6, 2014
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Glenn Greenwald to Speak at Amnesty’s Annual Human Rights Conference
I am honored to be asked to speak at Amnesty International USA's annual conference. Amnesty's work is vital in a world where human rights are constantly under threat.
March 6, 2014