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Argentina: Historic ruling on Operation Condor a great step forward for truth and justice
The sentencing of a former Argentinean military leader for his role in hundreds of enforced disappearances in the context of a region-wide intelligence operation must open the door to further…
Report
My Children Will Die This Winter: Afghanistan’s Broken Promise to the Displaced
The number of Afghans who have fled violence and remained trapped in their own country – where they live on the brink of survival - has dramatically doubled over the…
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People internally displaced by conflict in Afghanistan doubled to 1.2 million in just three years
The number of Afghans who have fled violence and remained trapped in their own country – where they live on the brink of survival - has dramatically doubled over the…
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Want to Cut Violence Against Our Communities? Decriminalize Sex Work.
What’s the cost to our communities of outlawing sex work? Amnesty International’s new reports lead off with a brutal list of consequences: “Beatings. Rape. Harassment. Forced HIV testing. Exploitation. Extortion.…
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El Salvador – Maria Teresa thanks supporters after release from jail
On 20 May 2016, Maria Teresa Rivera was finally freed from prison in El Salvador after a judge dismissed the charges against her. In 2011, she had been given a…
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Good News! – Turkey: Syrian Refugees Released (UA 118/16)
Seven of the 12 Syrian refugees detained in Düziçi camp, Osmaniye province, in southern Turkey, were released on 20 May. The other five, a woman and her four children, requested…
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Dozens of detainees at risk of death in shipping containers in South Sudan
Dozens of detainees held in dire conditions in poorly ventilated metal shipping containers, fed only once or twice a week and given insufficient drinking water are at risk of death,…
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Azerbaijan: Khadija, On Your Birthday, You Are Not Alone!
Renowned investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova turns forty on Friday, May 27, celebrating her birthday for the second consecutive year in Baku’s Kurdukhani jail. Please join Amnesty International in wishing Khadija…
Report
Harmfully Isolated: Criminalizing Sex Work in Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, selling sex is not illegal if one person operates from a private apartment. However, working in isolation places sex workers in a vulnerable situation at risk of…
Report
Q&A: Policy to Protect the Human Rights of Sex Workers
1. Why does Amnesty International need a policy to protect the human rights of sex workers? Because sex workers are at high risk of human rights abuses in many countries…
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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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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,…