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A policeman adds his commitment to stop violence against women to a board at the launch of Amnesty International's report on dom

Call on the Government of Venezuela to protect women’s rights

24 February 2009

Sign the petition to demand that the Government of Venezuela takes the urgent steps to protect women’s rights
A wrecked classroom in Gaza, 19 January 2009

Time for accountability for human rights abuses in Gaza and southern Israel

17 February 2009

With fragile ceasefires now in place in Gaza and southern Israel, the full extent of the devastation caused in the recent conflict is becoming increasingly clear.
A wrecked classroom in Gaza, 19 January 2009

Time for accountability in Gaza and southern Israel

26 January 2009

With fragile ceasefires now in place in Gaza and southern Israel, the full extent of the devastation caused in recent weeks is becoming increasingly clear.
Iraqi prisoner clutches bars of cell at Abu Ghraib Prison, Iraq

Detainees held by USA at risk if transferred to Iraqi custody

5 January 2009

The agreement signed between the US President and the Prime Minister of Iraq on 14 December 2008 opens the way for the transfer of thousands of detainees from US to
People participating in the Gay Pride march in Beyoglu, Istanbul, 4 July 2008.

Turkey urged to respect LGBT people's right to freedom of association

18 November 2008

A local court in Istanbul ordered the closure of the Turkish lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender solidarity organization, Lambda Istanbul.
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Jordan – protect the rights of women domestic migrant workers

30 October 2008

Tens of thousands of women migrant domestic workers in Jordan face isolation, exploitation and abuse, with little or no protection from the state.
Demonstration in Cuernavaca, Morelos State, Mexico, to demand for justice for women victims of violence. November 2006

Demand proper protection of womens’ rights in Mexico

20 October 2008

One in four women in Mexico has suffered physical, and sometimes sexual, violence at the hands of their partner.
Romani pupils at the special school of Pavlovce nad Uhom, eastern Slovakia

Slovakia urged to end segregation of Romani children

24 July 2008

Segregation of Romani children in special schools providing inferior education is a form of unlawful discrimination.
Survivors of rape at the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) centre in Bujumbura, Burundi.

Rape in Burundi – demand justice now!

21 July 2008

Rape is widespread throughout Burundi, though many cases, remain unprosecuted. Women are often too afraid to even report the crime out of fear that their families and
Former ‘Comfort Woman’ Gil Won-Ok and a friend at the Korean Shelter for Comfort Women.

'Comfort Women': waiting for justice after 62 years

5 July 2008

Thousands of women known as ‘comfort women’, were forced into sexual servitude by the Government of Japan for sexual servitude for the armed forces in the