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On 28 August, Colombia’s National Prosecutor announced an investigation into attacks against human rights defender Danelly Estupiñan. Following national and international pressure, the Prosecutor agreed to appoint a special prosecutor to lead the investigation. Danelly will also have direct access to the work of the investigation. What happened? Danelly stands up for the rights of …
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On 19 August 2019, El Salvador’s authorities declared Evelyn Hernández innocent of ‘homicide’, after losing her pregnancy in 2016. Evelyn had been imprisoned under El Salvador’s draconian anti-abortion laws and sentenced to 30 years in prison for the obstetric emergency. This is the first time such a sentence has been overruled in a re-trial. What …
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On 16 July, 19-year-old Malak al-Kashef was finally freed from prison in Egypt. Malak al-Kashef, a transgender woman, was arbitrarily detained for over 4 months in the all-male Mazra’at Tora prison. What happened? National Security Agency officers raided Malak’s home in Giza, Egypt on 6 March 2019. It was four days later that her family …
On Tuesday February 10, news trickled into Amnesty’s offices that the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Gulzar Duishenova, one of 2018’s Write for Rights cases, has been campaigning for ratification for 15 years. She’s made it her life’s mission to ensure people with disabilities can live with dignity …
Jerryme Corre has been released in the Philippines after being tortured by police and spending 6 years in jail on trumped up drug charges. Thousands of Amnesty activists in Australia and around the world have campaigned for his freedom since 2014. Despite years of delay, hearings were held in January 2018 concerning the charges. On …
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