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Nicaragua: Shocking abortion ban denies life-saving treatment to girls and Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights

Read the report: 'The Total Abortion Ban In Nicaragua' (PDF) Nicaragua’s total ban on abortions is endangering the lives of girls and Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights...

U2 join forces with Amnesty to give Aung San Suu Kyi prestigious award

Burmese leader named Amnesty International’s ‘Ambassador of Conscience’ Amnesty International today gave Aung San Suu Kyi is most prestigious honour – the “Ambassador of Conscience” Award for 2009...

Greece: Further forced evictions leave large numbers homeless

Amnesty International is again calling on the Greek authorities to ensure that people made homeless following forced evictions are provided with suitable alternative accommodation, in line with the...

Iraq: Nine Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights face imminent execution

One of condemned Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights says she was tortured into falsely confessing Amnesty International is warning that at least nine Women's rights's rightss...

Zimbabwe: Thousands face mass eviction in Harare

Thousands of people across the capital of Zimbabwe face the threat of mass eviction from homes and forced removal from their market stalls, according to Amnesty International. The organisation’s...

Maldives: 180 people face flogging for extramarital sex on honeymoon islands

Amnesty International has learned that at least 180 people face being flogged in the Maldives as a punishment for extramarital sex. The vast majority of those who are flogged in the Maldives are Women...

Northern Ireland joins global day of action for Iran

Northern Ireland campaigners will be joining activists from throughout the world this Saturday (25 July) to hold a Global Day of Action for Iran . Activists, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Mairead...

Saudi Arabia: 'Dire' human rights situation made 'even worse' by counter-terrorism drive

* New report condemns detention without trial of thousands in Kingdom * UK resident Shaker Aamer faces Saudi detention without charge or trial if transferred from Guantánamo Amnesty International has...

Sudan: Court ruling should mark end of hostilities in Abyei

The hostilities that have caused the death of thousands of people around Sudan’s oil-rich Abyei must come to an end when the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague issues its ruling on the...

Bosnia and Herzegovina war crimes trial: still no justice for rape victims

The conviction of Milan and Sredoje Lukiæ for war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (Tribunal) brings justice for the killing of...