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The Gender Trap: Women, Violence and Poverty
Most of the people living in poverty in the world are women. Discrimination is a key driver of poverty. In some countries...
March 26, 2011
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Persecution and resistance: The experience of human rights defenders in Guatemala and Honduras
This report focuses on risks that human rights defenders face in Honduras and Guatemala, where the pattern of human rights abuses against human rights activists is widespread and in need of serious attention.
March 26, 2011
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USA: New York: Allegations of police brutality against participants at gay rally
Amnesty International is urging the New York authorities to carry out an investigation into allegations that officers from...
March 26, 2011
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Guatemala: No protection, no justice: killings of women (an update)
Since 2001 over 2,200 women and girls have been murdered in Guatemala and the rate of murders is on the increase. Between 1 January 2006 and 5 May according to police statistics 229 women and girls were killed.
March 26, 2011
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Uganda: Violence against women in Northern Uganda
Date: 17/07/2005 ""When we were given to our husbands we were expected to have sex with them. I was only 10 years old when I...
March 26, 2011
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Nigeria warned over rise in pre-election violence
On 2 April elections will begin in Nigeria. The Nigerian authorities and the Independent National Electoral Commission must prevent a repeat of the political violence that characterised the 2007 and 2003 elections. In the run-up to the elections, the country has seen an increase in violence. Several hundred people have been killed in politically-motivated, communal and sectarian violence in the past six months. Amnesty International appeals to security forces, political parties, armed groups and other entities engaged in acts of violence to refrain from committing further human rights abuses.
March 18, 2011