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Violence Against Women Is A U.S. Problem, Too

A recent UN report on the US confirms what we already knew: that violence against women knows no national, political, ethnic, religious, or socio-economic boundaries.

June 11, 2011

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Gaddafi Uses Rape as a Weapon of War?

Amid reports of hundreds of rapes by Gaddafi forces in Libya, Amnesty International remains concerned about violence against women in the political turbulence of the Arab Spring uprisings.

June 8, 2011

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Lack of justice could fuel new violence in Kyrgyzstan

In June 2010, four days of violent clashes between ethnic Kyrgyz and ethnic Uzbeks in southern Kyrgyzstan left thousands injured, hundreds dead and hundreds of thousands displaced. The Kyrgyzstani authorities…

June 7, 2011

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Amnesty International Turns 50

Fifty years ago one man, outraged by injustices he saw, made an appeal to others to unite with him in common action. And Amnesty International was born.

May 27, 2011