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Release of Torture Report Underscores Need for Accountability
In response to the release today of a declassified version of the summary and findings of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on CIA detention and interrogation, Amnesty International…
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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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Amnesty International USA Reiterates Call for Release of the CIA Torture Report
Amnesty International is deeply concerned that the summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on the CIA rendition, detention and interrogation program has not yet been released.
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Above the Law: Police Torture in the Philippines
A pervasive culture of impunity is allowing torture by police to go unchecked in the Philippines. Despite the country’s ratification of the two key international anti-torture treaties, methods such as…
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Discrimination is not natural; it is learned: Ending violence against women
Sometimes when I’m in a group of women, I find myself silently ticking us off by sets of three: one, two, three; one, two, three. Statistically, I know, 1 in…
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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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“You were my voice when I had none” – Two million letters for justice
In the days surrounding Human Rights Day on December 10, I will be writing letters to people around the world – most of whom I have never met. As my…
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Pakistan: Justice needed for vicious mob killing of Christian couple following blasphemy allegation
The Pakistani authorities must bring to justice those responsible for the vicious mob killing of a Christian couple accused of blasphemy today, Amnesty International said.
Report
Libya: Rule of the Gun — Abductions, Torture and Other Militia Abuses in Western Libya
Lawless militias and armed groups on all sides of the conflict in western Libya are carrying out rampant human rights abuses, including war crimes, according to a new briefing from…
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Countries Urge El Salvador to Change Repressive Abortion Laws
El Salvador came under pressure from nine countries at the United Nations last night to amend its repressive and out-dated abortion laws. The effects of these laws amount to institutionalized…
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Stop. Tweet. #StopTorture and Demand Reparations in Chicago.
October 24th is United Nations Day –meant to commemorate the passage of the Charter of the United Nations. One of the principles of the UN Charter, enshrined in the preamble,…
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14 Facts about Torture in Mexico
[caption id="attachment_54291" align="alignleft" width="620"] Torture and other ill-treatment is out of control in Mexico. © EPA/Ulises Ruiz Basurto.[/caption] For years Amnesty International has been investigating and recording evidence of torture…