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Amnesty International

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

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

Refugees are in urgent need of protection from sexual and gender-based violence

25 November 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

Iran: 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman faces imminent execution after grossly unfair trial

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

Iraq: Yezidi survivors of horrific abuse in IS captivity neglected by international community

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

Nigeria: 'You Have Signed Your Death Warrant' - Torture and other Ill-Treatment in the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARA)

21 September 2016 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country Reports

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

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

'We Are Still Running' - War Crimes in Leer, South Sudan

28 July 2016 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country Reports

Malawi: Investigate brutal attack against woman with albinism

19 July 2016 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Mexico´s faces a test to end torture of women by police and military

12 July 2016 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

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