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Jul 5 2016 12:53PM
Has Brazil lost, before the Olympics have begun?

Sign the petition to stop police brutality in Brazil Several promises and thousands of nice words fill the three volumes of the candidacy dossier for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Since 2009, when the country won the Olympic bidding...

Jul 4 2016 4:25PM
Empowering women to end FGM and child marriage

Working with local communities has taught women's rights activist, Noelie Kouraogo, that a softly-softly approach is essential. If you do it right, the benefits will be far reaching for individuals, families and communities. But the...

Jul 1 2016 3:01PM
Good news: How you've helped to keep hope alive

The world seems to be a darker place in the space of just a couple of weeks. With the attacks in Orlando; the loss of human rights activist and our friend Jo Cox; the rise in hate crimes towards our migrant communities and now the...

Jul 1 2016 2:51PM
Moves Like Malala – Mobilising Youth Activists

Written by Laura Newlyn, Amnesty Speaker Programme Volunteer Just last week, I stood among a thousand others in reverent silence on Trafalgar Square. I listened with heart-wrenching awe as Malala Yousafzai, Generation Z poster-child...

Jul 1 2016 2:26PM
‘I just wanted help and ended up a prisoner’: A message from Belén, imprisoned for a miscarriage

On 17 August the Supreme Court of Tucumán, a state in north Argentina, said there were not enough reasons to keep Belén, 27, in pre-trial detention. The Supreme Court of Tucumán is yet to issue a final ruling on the eight-year sentence...