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Sierra Leone: Pregnancy ban in schools threatening teenage girls' futures

‘In school they do not really teach us about family planning. They think we are too young, or it is bad or that it will encourage you to have sex. ’

Kirkuk, Iraq: Kurdish authorities bulldoze hundreds of Arab homes in anti-ISIS reprisals - new briefing

One distressed resident shot himself after bulldozers destroyed his home

Venezuelan authorities deny medical care to severely-ill jailed opposition leader

MP and gay rights activist Rosmit Mantilla needs urgent surgery for multiple gallstones

Turkey: Kurdish opposition arrests 'ominous'

‘In the absence of any credible evidence of crimes, they should be immediately released’ - John Dalhuisen

Pakistan: Sharbat Gula deportation 'cruel'

Reacting to Pakistan's decision to deport Sharbat Gula, the “Afghan girl” whose striking portrait featured on an iconic 1985 cover of National Geographic magazine, Amnesty Internati

Syria: fears mount for Aleppo’s beleaguered civilians

Russian warships in vicinity of Latakia indicate major assault could be imminent

Canada: energy sector development in British Columbia putting indigenous women at risk - new report

Controversial ‘Site C’ dam project should be cancelled because of harm to indigenous peoples

Russia: Moscow authorities blocking attempts to resolve Amnesty office closure dispute

‘We will not be cowed into silence or deterred from standing up for human rights in Russia’ - John Dalhuisen