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Amnesty International publishes policy and research on protection of sex workers’ rights
Amnesty International today published its policy on protecting sex workers from human rights violations and abuses, along with four research reports on these issues in Papua New Guinea, Hong Kong,…
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White House Gun Violence Convening Must Address Human Rights
As the White House hosts a 50-state convening on gun violence prevention for state and local officials today, Amnesty International USA’s (AIUSA) Senior Campaigner for Gun Violence and Criminal Justice,…
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EU: Halt arms transfers to Egypt to stop fueling killings and torture
Almost half of European Union (EU) member states have flouted an EU-wide suspension on arms transfers to Egypt, risking complicity in a wave of unlawful killings, enforced disappearances and torture,…
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Sex Workers at Risk: A Research Summary of Human Rights Abuses Against Sex Workers
Amnesty International today published its policy on protecting sex workers from human rights violations and abuses, along with four research reports on these issues in Papua New Guinea, Hong Kong,…
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Outlawed and Abused: Criminalizing Sex Work in Papua New Guinea
In Papua New Guinea, it is illegal to live off the earnings of sex work and to organize commercial sex. Homosexuality is also criminalized and is the primary basis for…
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Boko Haram Summit: Human rights must be foundation of regional response
Accountability for human rights violations and abuses should be an indispensable part of the regional response to Boko Haram, Amnesty International said today.
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Sole witness to Berta Cáceres murder: “It was clear she was going to get killed”
The armed men who burst into the house of Honduran Indigenous leader Berta Cáceres on 3 March had a simple plan: find her, kill her, and leave.
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Why Gun Violence is a Human Rights Crisis
Human rights are protected and upheld by international and national laws and treaties. Yet in America, guns kill more than 30,000 men, women and children every single year.
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Gun Violence Prevention Initiatives are Step in Right Direction
In response to several gun violence prevention initiatives announced by the White House today, Amnesty International USA’s Senior Campaigner for Gun Violence and Criminal Justice, Jamira Burley, issued the following…
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President Obama Must Appoint ATF Director to Stop the Flow of Illegal Guns
[caption id="attachment_70891" align="alignleft" width="2556"] US President Barack Obama speaks at a town hall meeting with CNN's Anderson Cooper on reducing gun violence at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, on…
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Sudan: Government must investigate brutal killing of 18-year-old university student by intelligence agents
The brutal killing of an 18-year-old Sudanese university student by intelligence agents yesterday must be urgently and impartially investigated, Amnesty International said today, as repression of students in the country…
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Republic of Congo: Air strikes hit residential areas including schools
Air strikes on residential areas in the south eastern Pool region of Congo that have reportedly resulted in deaths, casualties and the destruction of properties, including churches, schools and medical…