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The African Union has dedicated 2016 as the “Year of Human Rights, with particular focus on the rights of Women.” In making this pledge, the AU signalled that the time had come to prioritise the need for real improvements in women and girls’ daily lives. At the core, this requires urgent recognition of the importance …
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Verónica Razo, a Mexican 37-year-old mother of three is terrified of sleeping. Every night, when she lies in her bed in a small cell in Morelo’s federal prison, an hour outside the capital, Mexico City, her mind replays the scariest 24 hours of her life. On 8 June 2011 federal police raped, suffocated and electrocuted …
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Great news from the NT! Our supporters really stepped up to ensure that independent MPs did not support the government’s damaging plans to lock up more kids before they have even been to trial. What happened? The Northern Territory government was seeking to rush through changes on their final parliamentary sitting day before the NT …
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The election campaign has come and gone. We’ve campaigned on the issues we’re passionate about, we’ve voted, and Australia has had its say. But, just because the election is over doesn’t mean we stop campaigning for the world we want to see. Now is the time to hold the new government to account. Amnesty is …
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It’s been one year since China began its assault on human rights lawyers and activists across the country on 9 July 2015. In all, 248* lawyers and activists were questioned by police, detained or charged. We look back on the key events as they unfolded, from the height of the crackdown in July last year, …
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There’s a darker side to the glitz and glamour of this year’s host city. Rio’s preparations for this summer’s Olympics risk unleashing a new wave of police violence against favela residents and protestors. On 5 August 2016, almost 12,000 of the world’s best athletes will congregate in Rio de Janeiro to compete in a dazzling …
Vietnamese human rights defender and Catholic priest, Father Nguyen Van Ly, has been released from prison – months ahead of his expected release date. What happened? In March 2007, pro-democracy activist Father Nguyen Van Ly was sentenced to eight years in prison for “conducting propaganda” against the state. Accusations against Father Ly included his involvement …
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 investigations to bring all those responsible to justice. Former de facto President Reynaldo Bignone was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a court in …
A poignant new video experiment breaking down barriers between recently-arrived refugees and Europeans will be launched globally by Amnesty International on 25 May 2016. The video, Look Beyond Borders, filmed by Amnesty International Poland in Berlin in April 2016, is based on a theory that four minutes of uninterrupted eye contact increases intimacy. Amnesty International Poland …
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