Amnesty International has expressed concern that the Nicaraguan Supreme
Court continues to delay its judgment on the legality of new criminal
laws on abortion which entered into force in 2008.
The Peruvian Congress' has decided to stand by its proposal to
decriminalize abortion in cases where women and girls become pregnant
as a result of rape or incest.
Amnesty International has called for an international commission of inquiry to investigate the brutal attacks committed by soliders during the suppression of a mass rally in Conakry earlier this week.
A new Amnesty International report documents rape and other violence against Darfuri women and girls, carried out both inside and outside of refugee camps.
Successive governments have failed to provide
justice, reparation, adequate healthcare to thousands of women and girls raped during the
country's 1992-1995 war, says a new Amnesty International report.
Over 4,000 people gathered in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Tuesday to
attend the launch of Amnesty International's campaign to end maternal
mortality in the country.
The Dominican parliament has voted in favour of constitutional changes that could lead to a total ban on abortions, a move Amnesty International says will put women and girls at risk and increase mate
