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Nepal Reconstruction Must Not Leave Behind Those Most Affected by the Earthquake
The Nepali government’s decision to declare the post-earthquake relief period over as of June 22, along with its refusal to waive costly and time-consuming customs duties and procedures, could leave…
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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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LGBT Rights Are Human Rights: Pride Under Threat in Ukraine
By Midushi Pandey, Intern Identity and Discrimination Unit Amnesty International USA The month of June brings about many changes in the year: spring transitions to summer, schools let out for…
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UK: Proposals in Queen’s Speech to Replace Human Rights Act Are “Very Worrying”
Responding to the announcement in today’s Queen’s Speech that the Government will introduce proposals to replace the Human Rights Act with a “British Bill of Rights,” Amnesty International said the…
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Amnesty International Welcomes Ireland’s Historic Decision to Say ‘Yes’ to Marriage Equality
Today Ireland became the first country in the world to introduce full civil marriage equality for all its people, regardless of their sexual orientation, by way of a universal ballot.
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Amnesty International urges YES vote in Ireland’s civil marriage equality referendum
In less than 24 hours, Ireland will go to the polls in a referendum that is truly historic, the first time any nation has asked its people to vote ‘Yes’…
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The State of LGBT Human Rights Worldwide
[caption id="attachment_60816" align="alignleft" width="1000"] LGBT activists take part in a Gay Pride event in St. Petersburg, Russia, 29 June 2013. (EPA/ANATOLY MALTSEV)[/caption] Across the globe, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender…
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UK Doctor to White House: Release Our Last Detainee
London Marathon runner Dr David Nicholl is in Washington to demand President Obama delivers on his promise to close Guantánamo – including by sending home former British resident Shaker Aamer,…
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Behind the Numbers: Understanding Boko Haram’s Reign of Terror in Nigeria
[caption id="attachment_59846" align="aligncenter" width="900"] A student stands in a burnt classroom burnt by the Islamist group Boko Haram to keep children away from school in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria, May 12,…
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‘Our Job is to Shoot, Slaughter and Kill’: Boko Haram’s Reign of Terror
At least 2,000 women and girls have been abducted by Boko Haram since the start of 2014 and many have been forced into sexual slavery and trained to fight, said…
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Women Get the Short End of the Stick in Iran and Can’t Even Protest
As if it weren’t bad enough. Iranian women face persistent systemic discrimination in terms of family law. New legislation being considered by Iran’s parliament is intended to roll back many…
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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…