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Decision Not to Decriminalize Abortion in Colombia is a Missed Opportunity

The decision by the Constitutional Court of Colombia not to take action to decriminalize abortion represents a missed opportunity for the realization of the sexual and reproductive rights of women…

March 3, 2020
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New Evidence Shows At Least 23 Children Killed in Iran by Security Forces During November Protests

An investigation by Amnesty International has uncovered evidence that at least 23 children were killed by Iranian security forces in the nationwide protests in November last year.

March 3, 2020
Iranians wave a national flag (R) during a protest in support of the Islamic republic's government and supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the northwestern city of Ardabil on November 20, 2019, as President Hassan Rouhani said the country's people had defeated an "enemy conspiracy" behind a wave of violent street protests. - Demonstrations erupted in sanctions-hit Iran last week after an announcement the price of petrol would be raised by as much as 200 percent, with motorists blocking major roads in Tehran before the unrest spread rapidly to at least 40 urban centres, with petrol pumps torched, police stations attacked and shops looted. (Photo by STR / AFP) (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

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The U.S. Government Should Reverse the Remain in Mexico Policy

Responding to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s ruling upholding the preliminary injunction halting the Trump administration’s so-called “Remain in Mexico” policy — under which the U.S.…

February 28, 2020
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Arrest of Pro-Democracy Activists in Hong Kong is Fresh Attempt to Crush Dissent

In response to today’s arrest of media tycoon Jimmy Lai and two other pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong on charges of “unlawful assembly” for their participation in largely peaceful mass…

February 28, 2020
HONG KONG, CHINA - 2020/02/12: Police officers confront protesters gathered in a public state building complex with the intention to stop a plan for a clinic to treat infected patients with coronavirus disease in Wong Tai Sing, Hong Kong. Protest demanding the Hong Kong government to take stronger action against the Coronavirus disease. The death toll from the covid-19 coronavirus epidemic passed 1, 100 and infected over 45, 000 people worldwide. (Photo by Miguel Candela/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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Amnesty International – Country Briefs 2020

To view PDF version click here: Amnesty_Country Specific Issue Briefs HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE 2020 U.S. ELECTIONS 2020 is a crossroads year for human rights, both in the U.S. and…

February 28, 2020

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Countries cracked down on asylum and the right to protest in the Americas in 2019

As millions took to the streets to protest rampant violence, inequality, corruption and impunity, or were forced to flee their countries in search of safety, states across the Americas clamped…

February 27, 2020
MIRAFLORES, LIMA, PERU - 2019/12/07: Female demonstrators covering their eyes performing in a feminist flash mob "A Rapist in Your Path" (In Spanish "Un violador en tu camino") in protest of violence against women. The song, written by Chile feminist group Las Tesis is becoming an international feminist phenomenon. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Granthon/Fotoholica Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)