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Taliban members stop women protesting for women's rights in Kabul on October 21, 2021. Photo by BULENT KILIC/AFP via Getty Images.

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...

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,...

Vanessa Mendoza Cortés is the president of the women’s rights organization, Stop Violence. In this image, she has black tape across her lips.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

A woman wearing a black face mask and a black tank top and tights waves a Colombian flag in the middle of a large street during a demonstration, while other protester march behind her.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

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