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Latest News

Women's lives at risk because of Nicaragua's abortion ban
February 05, 2010

Photographer faces jail for 'defaming' life in Uzbekistan
January 27, 2010

Pregnant women in Burkina Faso dying because of discrimination
January 27, 2010

1 day to go: Burkina Faso maternal mortality campaign countdown
January 26, 2010

Human rights in Afghanistan must be guaranteed during Taleban talks
January 26, 2010

Burkina Faso maternal mortality caravan countdown
January 20, 2010

Yemen must set aside prison sentence on female journalist
January 19, 2010

Iran's 'Mourning Mothers' must be released
January 11, 2010

Sahwari human rights activist returns home after hunger strike
December 18, 2009

Sahrawi activist on hunger strike in Lanzarote airport admitted to hospital
December 17, 2009

Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia Must Not Flog 75-Year-Old Woman
December 15, 2009

Nepal: Nepal Army Must Hand Over Major Accused of Killing 15-Year-Old Girl
December 14, 2009

Activists in Honduras tell Amnesty International of hidden human rights crisis
December 04, 2009

Evidence of new arrests, harassment and illegal detentions by Guinea security forces
December 03, 2009

Independent investigation needed into Honduras human rights abuses
December 03, 2009

Analysis: HIV progress blunted by discrimination and sexual violence
December 01, 2009

Women, violence and poverty - breaking out of the gender trap
November 25, 2009

Yemeni women face violence and discrimination
November 25, 2009

Tajikistan: Tajikistan women beaten, abused and raped in the family
November 24, 2009

USA: World's Largest Letter-Writing Event Saves Lives and Frees People Unjustly Imprisoned; Amnesty International Activists to Use Pens to Fight For Global Justice
November 16, 2009

Russia: Amnesty Calls on President Medvedev to End Attacks on Human Rights Activists
October 05, 2009

Sudan: Amnesty International calls on government to repeal law penalizing women for wearing trousers
September 04, 2009

Malaysia:Photographic evidence shows the cruelty of caning In Malaysia
August 25, 2009

Malaysia:Malaysia Postpones Caning of Woman for Ramadan
August 24, 2009

Japan:Pressure Mounts as Time is Running Out for Justice for 'Comfort Women'
August 14, 2009

Wife of Guantánamo detainee released in Syria
July 22, 2009

Bosnia and Herzegovina: No justice for rape victims
July 21, 2009

Hundreds of Peru's poor, rural and Indigenous pregnant women die in health service lottery
July 09, 2009

USA:Amnesty International Urges Senate to Pass Foreign Relations Authorization Act As Key Step Toward Reducing Violence Against Women Worldwide
June 11, 2009

One killed, 150 injured as protests continue in Jammu & Kashmir following rape and murder of two young women
June 10, 2009



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ASK AMNESTY
On April 24th, Sarah Deer, a tribal law specialist, responded to questions submitted by Amnesty supporters regarding sexual violence against Native American and Alaska Native women in the US. In one of her responses, Sarah said: "Native women have been resisting rape in North America for over 500 years[...] We are an extremely marginalized population but Native women are strong and capable." » Read the transcript.



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