Human rights activist Huang Qi, who gave legal advice to victims of the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan province, has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment following ...
Hundreds of people in Moldova were detained by police following demonstrations against the Parliamentary election results in April 2009. Many reported that they ...
The life of Luz Elsia Almanza, a female human rights defender in Colombia, is in danger, after a paramilitary group declared her to be a "military target". Luz ...
Yousef Dheeb al-Hmoud was arrested at his home on 15 November. The authorities have not revealed where he is being held, why he was arrested or whether he will ...
Most of the people living in poverty in the world are women. Discrimination is a key driver of poverty. In some countries discrimination against women is built ...
Violence in the family is widespread in Tajikistan. One third to one half of women have regularly been subjected to physical, psychological or sexual violence at ...
A new Amnesty International report urges the authorities to properly prosecute violence against women and not to dismiss it as a 'private family matter'.
