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By Dr. Renu Adhikari, Nepal Yesterday, the world celebrated International Women’s Day. Today, world leaders descend on the United Nations...

By Dr. Renu Adhikari, Nepal , Yesterday, the world celebrated International Women’s Day. Today, world leaders descend on the United...

By Jackie Hansen and Craig Benjamin Today, a UN expert committee—the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)...

Tomorrow marks eight weeks since the Saudi Arabian authorities publicly flogged the blogger and activist Raif Badawi, sentenced to 1,000...

By Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas Director, Amnesty International Last month in El Salvador, a young woman walked free after nearly a...

By Jackie Hansen and Craig Benjamin Last week, the National Roundtable on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls brought...

By Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada. Follow Alex on Twitter: @AlexNeveAmnesty There is so much packed into the...

By Tanya O’Carroll, adviser in Amnesty International’s Technology and Human Rights program. Follow her on Twitter @TanyaOCarroll ‘Every border you...

Human rights violations are always most likely to occur when no one is watching over the police, soldiers and guards...

By Craig Benjamin and Jackie Hansen The shocking levels of violence faced by First Nations, Inuit and Métis women and...

By Levan Asatiani, Amnesty International’s Campaigner on Ukraine @levan_asatiani At least 77 people died as a result of clashes between...

By Kathy Price, Mexico Campaigner for Amnesty International Canada , The messages that arrived in my inbox could not be...