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Category: Stop Violence Against Women
Iran must free women’s rights defenders
In Iran, detention and harrassment of women’s rights defenders who organise peaceful and legal protest activities is commonplace. Amnesty International renews its call for authorities to cease this discrimination.
Women in Mexico let down by justice system
Thousands of Mexican women who survive violence in their homes are being put at risk of further abuse by a justice system that often fails to take their safety seriously, said Amnesty International in a new report on 1 August.
AI welcomes Brisbane Court of Appeal decision
Amnesty International welcomes the decision by the Brisbane Court of Appeal to allow the appeal and increase the sentences of nine males who pleaded guilty to raping a ten year-old Aboriginal girl in the community of Aurukun in Cape York, QLD in 2006.
Amnesty International Report 2008
Amnesty International today challenged world leaders to re-commit themselves to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
60 years of Human Rights failures
Amnesty International's Report 2008 was launched on Wednesday 28 May. The report looks back on key events in 2007 and ahead to major human rights challenges for 2008, which is the 60th anniversary year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Appeal for Iranian women activists
Amnesty International has written to the Head of the Judiciary in Iran, urging him to ensure that appeals hearings against the convictions and sentences of six women's rights defenders passed in recent weeks.
Amnesty International Budget analysis
In delivering its first budget, the Rudd Government has signaled some improvement for human rights but there is still more to do.
Women’s lives shattered by public security crisis in shanty-towns of Brazil
In a new report published today, Amnesty International revealed the untold stories of women who are forced to live, bring up their children and fight for justice in Brazil’s lawless shanty-towns.
Impact of HIV/AIDS on women in rural South Africa revealed
© Reuters/Mike HutchingsAmnesty International has revealed the extent of the impact of HIV and AIDS on poor rural women in South Africa with a major new report about the overwhelming challenges facing rural women in the midst of the severe HIV epidemic affecting the country.
We condemn killings of Israeli civilians
© ReutersWe condemn the killing of eight Israeli civilians, four of them children, in a shooting attack by a Palestinian on a Yeshiva school in Jerusalem last week.
Governments must take action to end violence against schoolgirls
© Stuart FreedmanOn the eve of International Women's Day, Amnesty International called on governments and school officials around the world to take concrete action to end violence against girls, particularly inside schools, in a new report published today.
Darfuri youth living with no hope
© AIThe security situation for internally displaced people in Darfur is on a knife-edge, and a generation of Darfuris are growing up in extreme fear and insecurity in camps awash with weapons.
Iranian web editor and women’s rights defender released
© www.kosoof.comWe campaigned to the Iranian authorities to free journalist and women's rights defender Maryam Hosseinkhah, who was arrested on 18 November 2007 for publishing articles online promoting women's human and political rights in Iran. We welcome the great news that she is now released. Thanks to everyone who took action to release Maryam.
Iran’s stoning victims are mostly women
© ReutersIranian authorities must abolish death by stoning and impose an immediate moratorium on this horrific practice, which is specifically designed to increase the suffering of its victims.
Hungary to introduce protocol for rape victims and survivors
© AIRepresentatives of the Government of Hungary met with non-governmental organisations, including Amnesty International, on 5 December 2007 to discuss the introduction of a protocol for survivors of sexual violence in the home.
Stop the human rights meltdown: make human rights real
Irene Khan © AIA message from Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day 2007.
Myanmar’s ethnic communities suffer rape and violence
© AIThe violence towards pro-democracy protestors and the monkhood of Myanmar in the past few months has given the international community a sense of the ongoing suffering of ethnic communities in Myanmar over several decades. Ethnic communities, including Naga and Karen people, have been brutalised and raped, and have had their villages attacked and destroyed by the military.
World Governments must keep promises on AIDS
© ReutersThe countries of the world committed themselves at the 2001 United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV and AIDS to an effective programme of action to respond to HIV. Six years later, and one year after renewing that undertaking, it remains unrealised.
New Government has an opportunity to make human rights gains
The newly elected Australian Federal Government has a responsibility to ensure the principles set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights are upheld.
Prison rape exposes increasing abuse of women in Brazil
© Marilda CampolinoWomen in Brazil are the hidden victims of a crumbling detention system that exposes them to rape and other ill treatment.
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