News
Iraq
Killings and Disappearances
Reacting to the horrific murder of blogger Tiba Ali, who was murdered by her father in a family dispute, Aya Majzoub, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said: “Until the Iraqi authorities adopt robust legislation to protect women and girls from...
February 3, 2023
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Americas
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
In its first year in office, President Xiomara Castro’s government has not been decisive in fulfilling its international human rights obligations. Although it has taken some timely actions that advance its commitments in this area, the Honduran government will have to be more forceful to counteract...
January 27, 2023
News
Afghanistan
Women's Rights
The United Nation Security Council (UNSC) closed-door meeting on Afghanistan – tomorrow – must focus on how to reverse the stifling ban by the Taliban on women and girls from accessing work, education, sports and public spaces said Amnesty International today. On 24 December 2022, the Taliban,...
January 12, 2023
News
Middle East and North Africa
Domestic Violence
Amnesty International is gravely concerned for the safety of two Palestinian women who have not been heard from since 6 January, after the Palestinian security services in the Gaza Strip forced them back into the custody of their abusive father. Wissam al-Tawil, 24, and her sister Fatimah, 20, have...
January 11, 2023
News
Europe and Central Asia
Maternal Health and Reproductive Rights
Charges against an activist facing up to three years in prison accused of helping a pregnant woman access abortion pills in Poland must be dropped, said Amnesty International today ahead of the resumption of her trial in Warsaw tomorrow. In November 2021, the prosecutor charged human rights...
January 10, 2023
News
Africa
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Responding to the news that security forces today arrested three activists in Bulawayo at a Unity Day memorial held to remember the victims of the Gukurahundi massacres, Flavia Mwangovya, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, said: “It is disgraceful that...
December 22, 2022
News
Armenia
Domestic Violence
The Covid-19 pandemic, Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and a pervasive focus on ‘traditional values’ have contributed to a deterioration in human rights and rising levels of domestic violence and other forms of gender-based violence in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Amnesty International said...
December 14, 2022
Research
Armenia
Armed Conflict
Covid-19, the Russian aggression against Ukraine, and widespread reliance on “traditional values” have compounded a deteriorating human rights situation and increasing levels of domestic violence in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. This report exposes institutional, social and cultural challenges...
December 14, 2022
Campaigns
Americas
Impunity
In a regressive act, on 15 November 2022, the Attorney General of the State of Mexico cancelled the issuing of a public apology to victims of feminicide and disappearance in Mexico. Amnesty International urges the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Mexico to issue a public apology and...
December 13, 2022
Research
Middle East and North Africa
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
As the world gathers to mark 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, Saudi Arabia’s continued imprisonment of women for their peaceful expression in support of women’s rights and imposition of travel bans against women human rights defenders are a crucial reminder of the inherently...
December 9, 2022
News
Iran
Women's Rights
The Iranian authorities’ vague and conflicting statements on the supposed disbanding of Iran’s so-called “morality police” must not deceive the international community about the continuing violence against women and girls embedded in compulsory veiling laws and fuelled by ongoing impunity for those...
December 6, 2022
News
Americas
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Women and LGBTIQ+ protesters, journalists and human rights defenders suffered sexual violence and other forms of gender-based violence at the hands of Colombia’s National Police and its Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD) during the repression of the National Strike in 2021, Amnesty International said...
December 1, 2022