Campaigns
Americas
Detention
Evelyn Hernández was acquitted of charges for aggravated homicide in August, after suffering an obstetric emergency in which she lost her pregnancy in 2016. She is now at risk of further criminalization by El Salvador’s Public Prosecutor’s Office, which has appealed the court’s ruling. Please take...
October 2, 2019
Research
Angola
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
This document contains Amnesty International’s suggested recommendations to be made to the twelve States undergoing their UPR during the 34th session of the Universal Periodic Review.
September 27, 2019
News
Americas
Maternal Health and Reproductive Rights
In response to the decision by El Salvador’s public prosecutor’s office to appeal the ruling that absolved Evelyn Hernández of charges against her, Astrid Valencia, Central America researcher at Amnesty International, said: “This appeal is yet another example of the discriminatory disposition of...
September 6, 2019
Press Release
Americas
Maternal Health and Reproductive Rights
In response to the decision by El Salvador’s public prosecutor’s office to appeal the ruling that absolved Evelyn Hernández of charges against her, Astrid Valencia, Central America researcher at Amnesty International, said: “This appeal is yet another example of the discriminatory disposition of...
September 6, 2019
News
Americas
Armed Conflict
El Salvador’s new government must promote and implement transformative human rights changes that fulfill the nation’s international commitments, said Amnesty International today in a meeting with President Nayib Bukele, who repeatedly vowed to respect human rights. “We met with President Nayib...
June 24, 2019
Press Release
Americas
Armed Conflict
El Salvador’s new government must promote and implement transformative human rights changes that fulfill the nation’s international commitments, said Amnesty International today in a meeting with President Nayib Bukele, who repeatedly vowed to respect human rights. “We met with President Nayib...
June 24, 2019
Research
Americas
Discrimination
Amnesty International believes that the new administration under President Nayib Bukele has a responsibility to promote and implement major and transformative changes in order to realize the international commitments made by El Salvador in the field of human rights. In this brief document, Amnesty...
June 24, 2019
Campaigns
India
Right to Health
“It’s that time of the month.” “Red October.” “On the blob.” Many people would rather call menstruation anything than what it is. But in parts of the world the stigma around menstruation goes far beyond euphemisms. For some girls, menstruating means being hidden away in cattle sheds or banned from...
May 28, 2019
News
Afghanistan
Armed Conflict
To mark International Women’s Day 2019, we spoke to six women human rights defenders, each from a different country in South Asia. We asked them about their struggles, where they derive their strength from, and what challenges they face. AFGHANISTAN: Laila Haidari Laila Haidari is a rights...
March 8, 2019
News
Americas
Maternal Health and Reproductive Rights
When two gynecologists performed an emergency caesarean on an 11-year-old rape survivor at the Eva Perón public hospital in Tucumán, Argentina, early last Wednesday morning, they saved the girl from a potentially fatal and all-too-common situation that authorities should never have put her in....
March 5, 2019
News
Nepal
Women and Girls
It’s awards season in Hollywood, and a year since a #MeToo-dominated Oscars ceremony made sexual harassment a global talking point. Critics will be watching to see what, if anything, has changed in the film industry since the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke. But the #MeToo movement has made ripples...
January 29, 2019
Updated: February 8, 2019
News
Afghanistan
Armed Conflict
2018 has been a difficult year for human rights in South Asia. Crackdowns on the Right to Freedom of Expression intensified across the region. Enforced disappearances continued to scar communities in Pakistan and Bangladesh; civilian casualties remained at record highs in Afghanistan, civil society...
January 22, 2019