President Obama signs Tribal Law and Order Act into law!
President Obama, surrounded by members of the Administration and Native American leaders, signs the Tribal Law and Order Act into law on July 29, 2010. © Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images ABOVE: AI
We have won a major victory for women's rights!
After working intensively with Native women advocates and Members of Congress to provide recommendations for and feedback on the Tribal Law and Order Act over the past 4 years, President Obama has officially signed the legislation into law.
Our "Maze of Injustice" report, released in 2007, exposed the complex maze of tribal, state and federal jurisdictions which allowed perpetrators to rape Native American and Alaska Native women with impunity.
The Tribal Law and Order Act is a groundbreaking piece of legislation that will finally address this problem and lay a clear path to providing Native women with effective recourse if they are sexually assaulted.
» Read the report (PDF): "Maze of Injustice: The failure to protect Indigenous women from sexual violence in the USA"
» Learn more about sexual violence against Native American and Alaska Native women
Iran may still execute mother in Iran
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We fear the imminent executions of two women in Iran.
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian mother of two, may still be executed for adultery. Iranian authorities were preparing to have her stoned to death, but an international outcry has deterred those plans. However, changing the method of execution does not change the injustice of the act.
Amnesty International continues to urge Iranian authorities not to execute her by any method.
The life of Zeynab Jalalian, a 27-year-old Iranian Kurd, also hangs in the balance. She is being kept in Tehran's notorious Evin prison - infamous for its use of torture and other cruel treatments. Her death sentence may be carried out any day now unless the international community steps in to stop it.
» Take action now to urge Iranian officials to stop these executions
» Read our latest press release about the imminent executions in Iran
Freedom for Indonesian prisoners of conscience
Indonesian prisoner of conscience, Filep Karma. © AI Above: Papuans hold demonstrations for their independence © AFP/Getty Images
Prisoner of conscience, Yusak Pakage, was recently released from prison in Indonesia!
Pakage was sentenced to a 10-year jail term for raising the Morning Star flag in December 2004. He, along with Filep Karma, was found guilty of "rebellion" for flying the outlawed symbol of Papuan independence as a sign of peaceful protest of Indonesian government policy.
Pakage thanks Amnesty International supporters for all the work put toward demanding his release.
While we welcome this great news, we recognize that our work is not done until all prisoners of conscience know the freedom that Yusak feels today.
» Ask your member of Congress to support the resolution condemning Indonesia's imprisonment of peaceful political activists
» Read more about still imprisoned prisoner of conscience, Filep Karma
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