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IDAHOT 2016: LGBT Human Rights Around The World
Today, May 17, Amnesty International celebrates International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. This IDAHOT, Amnesty International condemns the ongoing discrimination, violence, and denial of fundamental human rights faced by…
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Jailed in El Salvador after losing their pregnancies
For many of us around the world, Mother’s Day falls on May 8th this year, which also marks Teodora’s 36th birthday. Teodora has spent eight years in prison, and will…
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Fleeing for Our Lives: Central American Migrant Crisis
 WATCH LIVE: Human Rights Implications of Protecting People on the Move in the Americas Migration from Central America to the U.S. is not a new phenomenon, however the reasons,…
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6 reasons why we still need International Women’s Day
Women and girls may have scaled unimaginable heights in politics, science, arts, sports and business, but they are still struggling. Not just for equal pay, which is a concern on…
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What It Takes to Defend Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Rights – New Report Released on SRR Defenders in the Americas
Amnesty’s new report focuses on the situation of SRR defenders in the Americas and the patterns of intimidation, violence and stigmatization they face every day.
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My Body, My Rights, My Call for Respect
To live, love, and make decisions free from coercion and threat of violence is a human right. Love is a decision that always means respect: for my body, for my…
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What El Salvador’s Total Abortion Ban Means for Women and Girls
In 1998, El Salvador outlawed abortion under any circumstances, including cases where the life or health of the woman is at risk; where pregnancies are the result of rape or…
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Reaping the Harvest of Fear: The Obama Administration Deports Asylum Seekers
This month, the Obama administration started to round up and deport many Central Americans, who despite surviving harrowingly difficult journeys, failed to achieve their goal of finding a home in…
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How Some of the World’s Most Restrictive Abortion Laws Turn Women Into Criminals
Ireland, El Salvador, and Chile share a deplorable commonality — the governments of all three countries have enacted draconian and harmful abortion laws that put women’s and girls’ lives at…
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Mexico’s Journey of Death: ‘I opened the coffin and I knew it was not my daughter’
[caption id="attachment_64096" align="aligncenter" width="2944"] © AFP PHOTO/ JOSE Cabezas[/caption] By Josefina Salomón, News Writer at Amnesty International in Mexico @josefinasalomon It was the most difficult day of her life. On…