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A Firsthand Account of Ongoing Women’s Crisis in Colombia
Attacks and intimidation continue against women's rights defender in Colombia. Yet the government ignores their cries for help.
November 5, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Calls for Independent Probe of Bombings in Bahraini Capital
Amnesty International today condemned a string of bomb blasts in Bahrain’s capital that killed two people and injured a third and demanded an independent probe to determine who is responsible.
November 5, 2012
Press Release
Brazilian Authorities Must Respect Human Rights While Taking Control of Maré Area
Tens of thousands of residents of one of Rio de Janeiro’s biggest favelas are being targeted by Amnesty International and NGO partners to ensure they know their human rights ahead of a police operation to retake the area from armed criminal gangs.
November 5, 2012
Update
A Critic Gets it Wrong on Amnesty International and Libya
The claim that Amnesty International took a position of supporting NATO military action is patently false.
November 2, 2012
Update
Can Election Day Votes Bring Human Rights To The USA?
On Election Day, voters will decide on the rights to education and marriage equality in Maryland, and, in California, the right not to be killed by the state.
November 2, 2012
Update
3 Ongoing Human Rights Concerns in Myanmar
Despite the positive news of the release of Daw Suu and other prisoners of conscience, Myanmar still has a long road ahead for human rights for all.
November 2, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Calls for Independent Probe of Security Force Killings of Men and Boys in Northern Nigeria, One Day After Condemning Abuses in New Report on Security Forces
Security forces shot dozens of men and boys from Maiduguri in northern Nigeria, a day after Amnesty International issued a new investigation condemning human rights violations by the security forces in response to the Boko Haram campaign of violence.
November 2, 2012
Press Release
Russia Must Reverse Recent Legislation Putting Human Rights Activists and Political Opponents at Risk
Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to sign into law a new bill on high treason after Russia’s Parliament approved it on Wednesday, October 31.
November 2, 2012
Update
A Big Chance for Immigrant Students in Maryland?
Maryland residents will vote on the Maryland DREAM Act on Nov 6th.
November 1, 2012
Press Release
El Salvadorian President Must Recognize State Role in Massacre
More than 200 men, women and children were killed by an elite army unit at the El Calabozo massacre in the northern San Vicente region on August 22, 1982. Three decades later, the Salvadorian authorities have yet to acknowledge the horrific murders or bring to justice those responsible.
November 1, 2012
Press Release
Israeli Authorities Must Release Palestinian Prisoner of Conscience in West Bank
The Israeli military authorities must end their campaign of harassment, intimidation and arbitrary detention against Palestinian activist, Bassem Tamimi, in the occupied West Bank, Amnesty International said today.
November 1, 2012
Press Release
“Shocking” Video Shows Armed Group Carrying Out Summary Killings of Men in Syria’s Idlib Province, Says Amnesty International
New video evidence emerged on Thursday that appears to show an armed group in Syria’s Idlib province carrying out a mass summary killing of men in their custody, Amnesty International said today.
November 1, 2012