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Amnesty International launches world’s biggest human rights campaign

Women human rights defenders around the world are facing unprecedented levels of abuse, intimidation and violence, said Amnesty International as it launched its global Write for Rights campaign, in a…

November 28, 2018
Nawal Benaissa, 36 yeards-old, is a mother of 4 who joined Hirak early on and became one of its main female leading voices. She took part to several protests with her husband and children and has been very active on social media. Her Facebook profile gained more than 80 000 followers, before authorities asked her to shut down during one of her detention in custody. She was arrested and held in custody for few hours four times between June and September 2017. This last time she was sued and on mid-February 2018, she was sentenced to 10 months suspended sentence and a fine of 500 hundred dirhams for inciting to commit an offence (by speech, cries or threats made in the places where public meetings, either through posters exposed to the public or by any means fulfilling the condition, advertising, including electronically, on paper and by audio-visual channel, if the provocation has not been followed by effect. Article 299 of the penal code). Her lawyer has appealed the sentence, the Court of Appeal has yet to rule. Benaissa responded to the court's decision on her Facebook page by expressing her continued support for the Rif protests. "I am proud to take part in the protests in the region and I denounce the imprisonment of Hirak activists. I demand their immediate release," she wrote. Few weeks ago, she moved from the northern city of Al Hoceima to another Moroccan city in order to flee harassment from authorities.

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Holiday Write for Rights Party!

Saturday Dec 8th 2018 10:00AM-1:00 PM (set up starts at 9:00AM) Write for Rights Party! Please join us before the holidays for our annual December letter-writing party in honor of…

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December 2018 Write-A-Thon!

Come support human rights over dinner and tea! Please join us before the holidays for our annual December Write-a-thon in honor of Write for Rights 2018! Over good food and…

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Legacy of murdered activist must be an end of impunity for attackers in Ukraine

Responding to news that Kateryna Handzyuk, a prominent Ukrainian anti-corruption activist has died from injuries sustained three months ago in an acid attack, Oksana Pokalchuk, Amnesty International’s Ukraine Director, said: “The death of…

November 5, 2018
People hold placards and portraits of Gandzyuk in front of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in remembrance of Ukrainian anti-corruption campaigner Kateryna Gandzyuk, seriously injured in an acid attack in July 2018 and who died in the hospital today, in Kiev on November 4, 2018. - Gandzyuk, 33, who worked as an adviser to the mayor of Ukraine's southern city Kherson, was leaving home early on the morning of July 31, 2018 when a man poured about a litre of acid over her and ran away. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP) (Photo credit should read GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images)

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Human Rights on Capitol Hill October Edition

To view PDF click here: Human Rights on Capitol Hill October Human Rights on Capitol Hill published by Amnesty International USA  October 9, 2018  In this edition of Human Rights on…

October 9, 2018

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ActivismX Resources

ActivismX is a perfect back-to-school activity to get your campus active for human rights! You'll have the opportunity to introduce Amnesty to your peers, and showcase the priority issues AIUSA…

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Human Rights on Capitol Hill September edition

Human Rights on Capitol Hill published by Amnesty International USA  September 7, 2018  In this edition of Human Rights on Capitol Hill: 1) Turkey – Human Rights Defenders and Political…

September 7, 2018

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Amnesty International denied access to Oleg Sentsov, on hunger strike for 81 days

Reacting to the Russian authorities’ refusal to grant Amnesty International access to Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, currently 81 days into a hunger strike in a penal colony in the Russian…

August 2, 2018
People hold placards with an appeal to free Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov during a rally in Kiev on July 1, 2018, to demand the release Oleg Sentsov and other Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia. - Oleg Sentsov, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence in Russia, who have spent more than a month on hunger strike in jail to demand Moscow release Ukrainian political prisoners. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP) (Photo credit should read GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images)