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Sri Lanka: Amnesty International Urges Sri Lanka to End Post-Election Clampdown on Dissent
Amnesty International today called on the Sri Lankan government to end its crackdown on journalists, political activists and...
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Malaysia: Malaysia Urged to End Brutal Punishments After Women Caned
Amnesty International called on the Malaysian government to end caning after three women were subjected to the punishment...
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Congo: Order to Attack Village in January Resulted in the Rapes of More than 35 Women
Amnesty International Press Release For Immediate Release Wednesday, February 23, 2011 Amnesty International Says Sentencing of Military General in Democratic Republic of Congo is First Step Toward Justice for Women Who Suffered Sexual Violence Order to Attack Village in January Resulted in the Rapes of More than 35 Women Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] (New York) -- Amnesty International today urged authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to step up reforms to the justice system following the conviction of a military general for crimes against humanity stemming from an attack on a village that led to the rapes…
March 27, 2011
Press Release
United States: President Obama Should Address Urgent Human Rights Situations in His State of the Union Address
As the nation anticipates President Obama?s first State of the Union address on Wednesday, January 27, Amnesty International...
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Egyptian women protesters forced to take ‘virginity tests’
Women protesters cleared from Tahrir Square on 9 March were forced to have 'virginity tests' after being beaten and given...
March 27, 2011
Press Release
President of Burkina commits to lifting financial barriers to maternal health
President of Burkina Faso commits to lifting financial barriers to maternal health in a meeting with Amnesty International 12 February 2010 The President of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré, has committed to lifting all financial barriers to emergency obstetric care and access to family planning, as part of a strategy to fight maternal mortality in the country. President Compaoré expressed this commitment during a meeting with an Amnesty International delegation led by interim Secretary General Claudio Cordone, and following the publication of an Amnesty International report highlighting the barriers women face in Burkina Faso to receiving adequate health care during pregnancy…
March 27, 2011
Report
Uganda: Breaking the circle: Protecting human rights in the northern war zone
The war in northern Uganda is in its thirteenth year. The districts of Gulu and Kitgum, home of the Acholi ethnic group,...
March 26, 2011
Report
USA: “Not part of my sentence”: Violations of the human rights of women in custody
This document, produced as part of the USA campaign, gives details of the human rights abuses suffered by women in custody...
March 26, 2011
Report
Uganda: “Breaking God’s commands”: The destruction of childhood by the Lord’s Resistance Army
The organization has chosen to issue this report about abuses against children (mainly by the LRA) because thousands of...
March 26, 2011
Report
Uganda: Human rights violations by the National Resistance Army
Amnesty International has received persistent reports of human rights violations in 1991 in the northern Ugandan districts...
March 26, 2011
Report
Senegal: Torture: the Casamance case
Between 1982 and 1989 several hundred people in Casamance region were arrested for political reasons connected with a...
March 26, 2011
Report
Indonesia: Briefing to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Women and girl domestic workers
This briefing to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women focuses on the lack of protection of women...
March 26, 2011