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The Human Rights Reports that could:Â Analysis of the 2014 Department of State Country Reports
The annual country reports by the State Department are a potentially valuable roadmap to guide U.S. foreign and domestic policy. But what they omit speaks volumes.
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Two-Thirds Majority in Ireland Want Abortion Decriminalized
The Irish government is under growing pressure to reform its anti-abortion law, one of the most restrictive in the world, Amnesty International said today as it published results of an…
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Ireland: Government must accept UN call for constitutional referendum on abortion
The Irish government must accept that the 1983 Eighth Amendment of Ireland's Constitution is causing serious human rights violations, Amnesty International said today following the UN Committee on Economic, Social…
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Marriage Equality But Not Reproductive Rights: Ireland’s Inconsistency on Human Rights
It was only two decades ago that Ireland decriminalized homosexuality. Yet on May 22, people took to the polls and made Ireland the first country in the world to adopt…
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She is Not a Criminal: The Impact of Ireland’s Abortion Law
Pregnant women and girls risk putting their health and lives in danger if they remain in Ireland, Amnesty International said today in a report on the country’s abortion law.
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Why are the Rohingya fleeing Myanmar?
In the past three years, tens of thousands of Rohingya have boarded ships to flee abroad, to escape persecution in Myanmar. However, the issues they face are not new.
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Argentina is speaking up for its women, we should join them
By Magdalena Medley, Development & Policy, International Coordination and Member Advocacy Assistant and Debbie Sharnak, Argentina Country Specialist Argentina’s society will not tolerate losing one more woman to gender based…
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Raped, Pregnant, and Denied a Life-Saving Abortion—All at 10-Years-Old
By Debbie Sharnak, Argentina-Paraguay country specialist A ten-year-old girl and her mother arrived at a hospital in Asunción, Paraguay on April 21 with stomach pains. The doctors quickly discovered the…
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Paraguay: Raped 10-year-old girl continues to be denied the option of an abortion despite national and global outrage
The clock is ticking and Paraguayan authorities are still not ensuring that all options are available for a raped 10-year-old girl, including safe abortion services, Amnesty International and a group…
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Raped 10-Year-Old in Paraguay Must Be Allowed an Abortion
Failure by the Paraguayan authorities to provide a safe abortion to a 10-year-old rape survivor could have devastating consequences on her health and will heap injustice on tragedy, said Amnesty…
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Americas: Leaders at regional summit must seize opportunity to address pressing human rights challenges
Deep social and economic inequalities, ongoing violence by criminal networks and security forces, as well as constant repression and criminalization of human rights defenders continue to plague the Americas, Amnesty…
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Proposed Laws Reduce Iranian Women to ‘Baby Making Machines’ in Misguided Attempts to Boost Population
Women in Iran could face significant restrictions on their use of contraceptives and be further excluded from the labour market unless they have had a child if two proposed laws…