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Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. Its mission is to undertake research and action focussed on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights. Amnesty International has more than a million members and supporters in over 140 countries and territories. It is impartial and independent of any government, political persuasion or religious creed. It is financed largely by subscriptions and donations from its worldwide membership.  Website: www.amnesty.org
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Dominican Republic: President Medina must stop a regressive reform for women's rights

15 December 2016 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Egypt: Prominent women's rights activist arrested in worrying escalation

7 December 2016 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Mexico: Release of women tortured to confess brings glimmer of hope to many others

21 November 2016 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Important step forward for girls' rights in Kyrgyzstan

5 October 2016 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Bangladesh: Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

20 September 2016 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Sessional Reports

Viet Nam: President Hollande must back one woman's fight for justice

6 September 2016 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Argentina: Ruling to release woman jailed after miscarriage, a step forward for human rights

17 August 2016 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Iran: Women's rights activists treated as 'enemies of the state' in renewed crackdown

10 August 2016 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Myanmar: Briefing to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

July 2016 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Sessional Reports

Torture against women in Mexico: The Facts

28 June 2016 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

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