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A lifeline for activists
Amnesty’s mobile alert system for activists among 10 finalists nominated for Google’s Global Impact Award. VOTE NOW – before 31 May – and make this big idea a reality. Nighat Dad of the Digital Rights Foundation on Amnesty’s Panic Button … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights Defenders and Activists, Uncategorized
Tagged Armed conflict, disappearances, women
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Conflicts of interest and exclusion in Niger Delta oil spill investigation and clean-up
By Audrey Gaughran, Amnesty International’s Director of Global Thematic Issues, Madhu Malhotra, Director of Amnesty International’s Gender, Sexuality and Identity Programme, and Oluwatosin Popoola, Amnesty International’s researcher on Nigeria. We have just come back from the Niger Delta, where we … Continue reading
“We have succeeded by speaking out”
Forced sterilization of Romani women is one of the most horrendous human rights violations and forms of discrimination that Roma have suffered in Europe since their persecution and murder by the Nazis during the Second World War. According to … Continue reading
Mexico’s invisible women
By Rupert Knox, Researcher on Mexico at Amnesty International Less than a week ago, six Spanish tourists were raped in the holiday resort city of Acapulco, State of Guerrero in southern Mexico. The attack rapidly became international news and initially … Continue reading
Posted in Mexico, Uncategorized
Tagged impunity, rape, Sexual violence against women, women
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Sexual attacks on women in Egypt
By Diana Eltahawy, Amnesty International’s Egypt researcher Almost every girl and woman – regardless of age, social status or choice of attire – who has walked the streets or taken public transport in Cairo, has experienced some form of verbal … Continue reading
Posted in Egypt, Middle East And North Africa, Uncategorized
Tagged Egypt, Morsi, rape, Sexual violence against women, women
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