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Category Archives: Children
The rhetoric and reality of Roma rights
“It’s about Europe. It’s about you.” So goes the official slogan marking 2013 as the European Year of Citizens. But, if you happen to be one of the European Union’s six million Roma, you might well be forgiven for doubting … Continue reading
Biting the bullet – why the Arms Trade Treaty must regulate ammunition
By Conor Fortune, News Writer at Amnesty International “When she came out she was covered in blood. There are two bullets still in her head.” No mother should ever have to utter such a chilling line about her child. But … Continue reading
‘Why is the world doing nothing?’ – cluster bomb attack by the Syrian army in Aleppo
By Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International’s Senior Crisis Adviser In a field hospital, which I won’t name for security reasons – too many field hospitals have been bombed already – a little boy of 7, Abdo al-Dik, was shaking like a … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Control Arms, Middle East And North Africa, Syria
Tagged airstrikes, children, cluster bombs, cluster munitions, Syria, war crimes
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Talking easily about condoms
By Abhiram Roy, campaigner at Amnesty International Nepal. “I was amazed to see people talking easily about condoms,” says Sagar Budhathoki from youth peer education network Y-PEER Nepal, about his first sexual and reproductive rights training session a few years … Continue reading
Posted in Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Maternal Health and Reproductive Rights, Maternal Mortality and Reproductive Rights, Maternal Mortality and Reproductive Rights, Nepal, Poverty, Right to Health, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Women, Women's Rights
Tagged My Body My Rights
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Civilians caught in the crosshairs in Gaza
By Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International’s Senior Crisis Researcher The children are playing outside again, despite the torrential rain. They were stuck indoors during eight days of relentless Israeli bombardments. By the time that ended in excess of 160 people were … Continue reading