Afghanistan: Taliban’s treatment of women and girls should be investigated as the crime against humanity of gender persecution
The Taliban’s severe restrictions and unlawful crackdown on women and girls’ rights should be investigated as possible crimes under international law, including the crime against humanity of gender persecution, Amnesty […]
Child detainees subjected to flogging, electric shocks and sexual violence in brutal protest crackdown in Iran
During the brutal crackdown in Iran, intelligence and security forces have been committing horrific acts of torture, including beatings, flogging, electric shocks, rape and other sexual violence against child protesters […]
ANDORRA: Women’s rights activist, Vanessa Mendoza Cortés, faces trial
Download a copy of the 1st UA 15/23 below Women’s rights defender, Vanessa Mendoza Cortés could soon stand trial for speaking out for women’s rights in Andorra, including abortion rights. […]
Save the Date(s): International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is March 8th – here are some of the events taking place! If your Amnesty chapter or group is organizing an International Women’s Day event, let us […]
STATE OF PALESTINE: Protect two Gaza women in grave danger
Download a copy of the 1st UA 7/23 below Two Palestinian women have not been heard from since January 6 after the Palestinian security services in the Gaza Strip forced […]
Afghanistan: UN Security Council meeting must focus on reversing the Taliban’s mistreatment of women and girls
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 […]
Joint Statement in Solidarity with Indigenous Families Mourning the Murders of Four Indigenous Women
Amnesty International Canada stands in solidarity with the families and loves ones of Rebecca Contois of Crane River First Nation, Marcedes Myran and Morgan Harris, both of Long Plain First […]
Colombia: Guaranteeing justice in cases of gender-based violence during repression of National Strike must be central to any police reform
A new Amnesty International report documents sexual and other forms of gender-based violence committed by Colombian police during the repression of the 2021 National Strike.
Ethiopia: Survivors of sexual violence deserve justice and accountability
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the beginning of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, Amnesty International is reiterating its call to mediators […]
Iran: World must take meaningful action against bloody crackdown as death toll rises
The bravery of protesters facing a spiralling deadly response by the Iranian security forces over the past days after the death of Mahsa Amini reveals the extent of outrage in […]
Moving Onwards in the Fight to Protect the Rights of Women and Girls
The urgency of upholding the rights of women and girls has never waned, and this is continues to be the reality for women and girls around the world. Gender-based violence […]
Afghanistan: One year of the Taliban’s broken promises, draconian restrictions and violence
Since seizing control of Afghanistan a year ago, the Taliban have mounted a sustained attack on human rights, persecuting minority groups, violently clamping down on peaceful protests, suppressing women’s rights […]