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Egyptian women protesters forced to take ‘virginity tests’

Women protesters cleared from Tahrir Square on 9 March were forced to have 'virginity tests' after being beaten and given...

March 27, 2011

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Sri Lanka: Amnesty International Urges Sri Lanka to End Post-Election Clampdown on Dissent

Amnesty International today called on the Sri Lankan government to end its crackdown on journalists, political activists and...

March 27, 2011

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USA: USA to provide effective remedies to violence against women and girls with the introduction of I-VAWA

Amnesty International USA today applauded the introduction of legislation to combat the global crisis of violence against...

March 27, 2011

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USA: Amnesty International Will Demonstrate In Support of Mexican Women of Atenco

Amnesty International will hold a rally at the Mexican consulate in Washington D.C. to support women in San Salvador Atenco,...

March 27, 2011

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Egypt: Women Protestors Forced to Take ‘Virginity Tests’

Amnesty International has today called on the Egyptian authorities to investigate serious allegations of torture, including...

March 27, 2011

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United States: President Obama Should Address Urgent Human Rights Situations in His State of the Union Address

As the nation anticipates President Obama?s first State of the Union address on Wednesday, January 27, Amnesty International...

March 27, 2011

Press Release

Egyptian women protesters forced to take ‘virginity tests’

Women protesters cleared from Tahrir Square on 9 March were forced to have 'virginity tests' after being beaten and given...

March 27, 2011

Press Release

Sri Lanka: Amnesty International Urges Sri Lanka to End Post-Election Clampdown on Dissent

Amnesty International today called on the Sri Lankan government to end its crackdown on journalists, political activists and...

March 27, 2011

Sheet of paper Report

Uganda: “Breaking God’s commands”: The destruction of childhood by the Lord’s Resistance Army

The organization has chosen to issue this report about abuses against children (mainly by the LRA) because thousands of...

March 26, 2011

Sheet of paper Report

The Gender Trap: Women, Violence and Poverty

Most of the people living in poverty in the world are women. Discrimination is a key driver of poverty. In…

March 26, 2011

Sheet of paper Report

Uganda: Human rights violations by the National Resistance Army

Amnesty International has received persistent reports of human rights violations in 1991 in the northern Ugandan districts...

March 26, 2011

Sheet of paper Report

Senegal: Torture: the Casamance case

Between 1982 and 1989 several hundred people in Casamance region were arrested for political reasons connected with a...

March 26, 2011