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Update
Who Should Have Custody of the Testimony of El Salvador’s Victims?
Just when justice began to appear within reach, the church dashed the hopes of the victims and their families by throwing the future of this evidence into doubt.
October 28, 2013
Press Release
Saudi Arabia: Threats and Cyber Attack Will Not Deter Women from Driving
Saudi Arabian women activists still plan to defy a driving ban Saturday (Oct. 26), despite having their campaign website hacked and receiving repeated threats from authorities to thwart the effort, Amnesty International said.
October 25, 2013
Update
Ten Years After Khodorkovsky’s Arrest, Repression in Russia Continues
Since Putin was re-elected, Russians have witnessed a further erosion of their rights, and face real threats should they attempt to speak out against obtrusive State action.
October 25, 2013
Update
Education Under Attack in Nigeria
Since the beginnings of 2012, at least 70 teachers and over 100 schoolchildren and students have been killed or wounded.
October 25, 2013
Press Release
Saudi Arabia Must Not Thwart Campaign for Women Drivers
The Saudi Arabian authorities must respect the right of women to drive this Saturday in defiance of a ban on women driving in the Kingdom.
October 24, 2013
Press Release
Movie World Premiere Sunday, Nov. 3 in Los Angeles: “¡RELEASED!”, Highlights of Amnesty International’s Historic Human Rights Concerts
Two Members of The Police Reunite for Post-Screening Discussion; Top Musicians in Film Include Bruce Springsteen, U2, The Police, Sting, Radiohead, Peter Gabriel. Concerts will be saluted at a World Premiere presented by the prestigious film organization, The American Cinematheque, in Santa Monica, CA on Sunday, Nov. 3 at 3 pm.
October 24, 2013
Update
THIS EXISTS: Country Bans All Women From Driving
This day-to-day obstacle has been a demoralizing deterrent for many women from pursuing an education, a career and even maintaining their own healthcare.
October 24, 2013
Update
The Power of Us
That audacious proposal - to literally change the world - is exactly why we at Amnesty come together to build an "us" in the first place. And it works.
October 24, 2013
Report
Tunisia: When Bones Speak the Struggle to Bring Faysal Baraket’s Torturers to Justice
On a grey, rainy 1 March 2013 in the small town of Manzil Bouzalfa in Nabeul governorate, the exhumation of Faysal Baraket, a young man who had been tortured to death in custody over two decades earlier, took place. For his family, it was a moment of deep sadness and distress but it was also a moment of hope in their long struggle for truth and justice. As the skeleton, wrapped in black plastic sheeting and a white shroud, was brought to the surface, relatives and friends were overcome with emotion. The death under torture of Faysal Baraket had become…
October 23, 2013
Update
5 Things You Didn’t Know About the Real Afghanistan
The stories you've heard about Afghanistan won't prepare you for what the country is really like.
October 23, 2013
Update
Time for the U.S. to End Its Drone Secrecy
The secrecy has to end - the facts and legal basis for drone strikes has to be made public, including what rules are in place to protect civilians.
October 23, 2013
Update
Hit and Run: Congress Must Not Let CIA Get Away with Murder
In the name of safeguarding national security, the government has withheld a whole universe of surveillance from the public.
October 23, 2013