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Feb 21 2019 11:49am
Urgent Action: Saudi activist held in solitary confinement
Woman human rights defender, Nassima al-Sada, was placed in solitary c...
Feb 14 2019 1:11pm
Saudi Arabia: European countries must step up defence of women's rights activists
Responding to the European Parliament’s condemnation of the ongoing re...
Feb 6 2019 3:26pm
Urgent Action update: Activist risks charges over forced ‘confession’
On 9 January 2019, Suha Jbara was released after spending over two mon...
Feb 5 2019 1:40pm
Urgent Action: Woman human rights defender facing threats online
Woman human rights defender Fátima Mimbire has been receiving intimida...
Jan 25 2019 12:00am
Saudi Arabia: new reports of women activists being tortured in detention
Two activists reportedly forced to kiss each other as interrogators wa...
Jan 24 2019 12:00am
Iran: more than 7,000 arrested last year in crackdown of 'staggering scale' - new figures
Women protesting against being forced to wear headscarves among those ...
Dec 18 2018 1:37pm
We won’t end gender-based violence without sex workers
By Chiara Capraro  Our understanding of gender-based violence is gr...
Dec 18 2018 9:57am
Women abused on Twitter every 30 seconds - new study
New research reveals the staggering level of abuse against women journ...
Dec 10 2018 9:27am
Women fight back as oppressive and sexist policies dominate 2018 - Amnesty annual review
Review launched on 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of...
Dec 6 2018 12:57pm
Urgent Action: Survivor of sexual harassment faces imprisonment
Baiq Nuril Maknun, an employee at a State High School in Lombok, Indon...