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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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Libya: Women human rights defenders still under attack, four years after activist's assassination

25 June 2018 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Iraq: Women and children with perceived ties to IS denied aid, sexually exploited and trapped in camps

17 April 2018 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

South Sudan: Global action needed to end human rights violations and humanitarian crisis

15 December 2017 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

El Salvador: Failure to release woman jailed after miscarriage, outrageous step backward for justice

13 December 2017 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

El Salvador: Court fails to release woman unfairly jailed after suffering a stillbirth

8 December 2017 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

CAR: Fresh evidence UN peacekeepers drugged and raped young woman

11 October 2017 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Pakistan: Village council 'revenge' rape order must prompt urgent reforms

27 July 2017 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

El Salvador: Rape survivor sentenced to 30 years in jail under extreme anti-abortion law

6 July 2017 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Bahrain: Woman human rights defender at high risk of torture, including sexual assault

4 July 2017 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Bahrain: Woman Human Rights Defender tortured, including sexually assaulted, as Bahrain renews campaign to silence peaceful critics

1 June 2017 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

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