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By Adotei Akwei. Johanna Lee contributed to this post. Originally published by AIUSA. In mid-April, Islamist armed group Boko Haram...

By María José Eva Parada, South America researcher at Amnesty International. When Carlos Mareco, a leader of the Sawhoyamaxa indigenous...

Amina Filali committed suicide by swallowing rat poison in March 2012. She was 16 years old. Her desperate act showed...

When Amnesty launched My Body My Rights, our global campaign on sexual and reproductive rights, earlier this year, we were...

By Craig Benjamin, Campaigner for the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples , A few years ago I heard a young...

Back in March, we opened a competition with the launch of My Body My Rights, our global campaign on sexual...

Back in March, we opened a competition with the launch of My Body My Rights, our global campaign on sexual...

By Atila Roque, Director at Amnesty International Brazil Brazil is about to host the biggest football frenzy on the planet,...

The tragic events of the 1989 demonstrations in Beijing hold special resonance for Ti-Anna Wang. Born the same year, she...

By Jackie Hansen, Women’s rights campaigner Meriam Yehya Ibrahim is a Sudanese citizen sentenced to 100 lashes and death by...

By Jackie Hansen, Women’s rights campaigner Canada pledged $2.85 billion from 2010-2015 to reduce maternal and infant mortality in the...

by Salil Shetty, Secretary General, Amnesty International   “I am here to ask for your help,” said Claudia Medina when...