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Stop Shaming Gender-Based Violence Survivors
When a woman or girl survives gender-based violence, you would think that she could expect justice. If she survives a rape, for example, you would think she could expect that…
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How Tunisia is Taking Big Steps Towards Ending Sexual Violence
By: Jihane Bergaoui, Amnesty International USA, Country Specialist for Morocco and the Western Sahara This past week I traveled to Tunisia to watch my colleagues from Amnesty Tunisia hand deliver…
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Ghoncheh Ghavami released but Iran must drop all charges against her
[caption id="attachment_53551" align="alignright" width="600"] Ghoncheh Ghavami[/caption] When Ghoncheh Ghavami decided to take a stand this past June to protest Iran’s ban on women attending volleyball games, she likely did not…
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“There is No Freedom Here” Silencing Dissent in the United Arab Emirates
Scores of activists in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been harassed, arrested and in some cases tortured in custody according to a new report by Amnesty International that sheds…
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Families Under the Rubble – Israeli Attacks on Inhabited Homes
Israeli forces have killed scores of Palestinian civilians in attacks targeting houses full of families which in some cases have amounted to war crimes, Amnesty International has disclosed in a…
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Bahrain: Bailing of human rights activist merely delays decision on unfair charges
News that Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab has been released on bail is long over-due said Amnesty International today as it called on authorities to drop all charges against…
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Bahrain must release activist Nabeel Rajab, detained for ‘insulting’ tweets
The Bahraini authorities must immediately release a prominent human rights activist who has been detained for posting tweets deemed insulting to the country’s Ministry of Interior, Amnesty International said today.
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Iran must halt imminent execution of 26-year-old woman
Iranian authorities have today confirmed that a woman convicted of killing a man whom she said tried to sexually abuse her will be hanged tomorrow morning at a prison west…
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No Bigger Fish to Fry? Why Iran is Imprisoning a Sports Fan
[caption id="attachment_53556" align="aligncenter" width="551"] Take action to demand the release of Ghoncheh Ghavami[/caption] Going to watch a volleyball game shouldn’t mean having to make a major political statement. It certainly…
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‘There Are No Human Rights on a Dead Planet’ Why On Earth Is Amnesty International Joining the People’s Climate March?
By Aaron Tovo, Amnesty International USA volunteer leader and Area Coordinator (Minnesota) I’m going to New York this weekend to make history and to make change. And I’m not the…
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Who “Disappears”?
On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance, it is not enough to just highlight names and stories. These four cases show why -- and how -- people…
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Three Steps to Achieve a Lasting Peace in Israel and Gaza
The truce between Israel and the Palestinians will be meaningless if it is not built solidly upon three basic human rights.