Amnesty Feminist Network Blog

On 10 October 2012, a man pushed a gun into the chest of human rights defender Alfamir Castillo and told her that both she and her lawyer were going to die. You can help protect her now Alfamir’s son was murdered by the Colombian army...

As we know UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) convened its 57 session in early March in New York. Tens of women and NGOs from around the world attended the sessions and held various venues to celebrate women's achievements and...

Update, 5 March: Amnesty have launched an urgent text action on this case. Find out more here UA 55/13 28 February 2013 URGENT ACTION ASA 29/001/2013 MALDIVES RAPE SURVIVOR FOUND GUILTY OF “FORNICATION” 15-year-old rape survivor (f) A...

UA 46/13 19 February 2013 URGENT ACTION AFR 54/005/2013 SUDANESE WOMEN HELD WITHOUT TRIAL SUDAN 32 Sudanese women detained in Al-Obeid prison (f) More than 30 Sudanese women have been detained arbitrarily without access to a lawyer...

UA 37/13 13 February 2013 URGENT ACTION AMR 23/006/2013 WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS THREATENED COLOMBIA Gloria Amparo Suárez (f) and her sons (m), Yolanda Becerra (f) Gloria Amparo Suárez and Yolanda Becerra, from the women’s human...

Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) was formed in 2003 to give women an united voice against the social and human rights conditions in Zimbabwe. Since then, WOZA members have been repeatedly arrested, harassed and beaten by police after...

Just weeks ago, Rizana Nafeek, a young and vulnerable domestic worker from Sri Lanka was beheaded in Saudi Arabia.Now another woman in Saudi Arabia is on death row awaiting execution by beheading . Siti Zainab Binti Duhri Rupa is a...

Stoning to death is the most barbaric, most horrific kind of execution that had ever existed in the history of mankind. Yet, in the Islamic Republic of Iran people, expecially women have been stoned to death on a number of occasions...

We’ve just returned from Warsaw, from a meeting of the 56-nation Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), focusing on human rights, tolerance and non-discrimination across Europe, the former Soviet Union and North...

Today is the International Day of Peace While parts of the Middle East region are burning among civil war and acts of terror, peace seems to be a far-reached concept which requires tremendous effort to settle with. In the past few...

How can we witness such brutality and do nothing? “From where he was hiding, a 5 year traumatised, yet brave boy told reporters how his younger brother and mother were shot by the soldiers and died. He said he even saw the army...

Below is Mansoureh Behkish ; a woman in her 60s. She is one of the oldest women's rights campaigners who had lost 6 members of her family in the 1980s massacres in the Iranian prisons. Eversince she had been in and out of prison on...

A few days before the Un Human Rights Committee began its review in march of the Dominican Republic's human rights record, Amnesty submitted a detailed report of its concerns. These included widespread violence by police, use of...

The Human Rights Watch Film Festival comes to London tomorrow until March 30th, 2012. The eclectic and inspiring selection of films will be shown across four venues in the City, including; Curzon Mayfair, Curzon Soho, ICA and the Ritzy...

We are nearing the Iranian New Year. As millions of Iranians inside and outside the country celebrate NowRooz, those who are in prison and their families especially children of the prisoners feel no urge for celebrations. The number of...

IN SOLIDARITY, IN DEFIANCE mena uprisings: ONLY HALF A RE VOLUTION? Tuesday 20 March, 7pm for 7.30pm start Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA To discuss the future of women’s rights and feminist activism...

WOW - Women of the World Festival 2012 is a celebration of the formidable strength and inventiveness of women, running 7-11 March. This annual festival presents and recognises women from all walks of life, acting as a conversation...

Rouhi Shafii In the cold weather of London hundreds; men women and children, Arab, English, Iranian and many other nationalilities, political activists and anti-war campaigners gathered in a show of solidarity with the Arab people who...

Stop persecutions, detentions, executions! On 2 February 2012 and in an orchestrated operation security forces raided the homes of about 30 Bahaie citizens in the city of Shiraz in south of the country and took away 11 people. The...

We will have speakers from Egypt, Syria, Libya, Bahrain, Palestine and more including leaders from the Trade Union movement. The event is this Saturday 11 February (12-2), Trafalgar Square, London Confirmed Speakers Kate Allen AIUK...