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Bosnia and Herzegovina: Last chance for justice for over 20,000 wartime sexual violence survivorsPress release 12 Sep 2017
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Northern Ireland: Threat of prosecution lifted for medical profession on abortion referralsPress release 07 Sep 2017
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Urgent Action update: Human rights defender remain in detention in Bahrain
Bahraini woman human rights defender Ebtisam al-Saegh was removed from solitary confinement following a two-day hunger strike in protest at her conditions of detention. She is a prisoner of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Sep 2017 -
Report: Sexual violence in South SudanSexual violence in South Sudan is an epidemic. Read our report now.
28 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Congress rejects regressive abortion reform in Dominican Republic
On 11 July, the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Congress voted to reject proposed reforms to the Criminal Code that failed to decriminalize abortion in limited circumstances and continued to violate the rights of women and girls.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Senate to vote on weakened draft abortion law in Chile
The Chilean Senate has begun discussing a proposed law aimed at decriminalizing abortion under specific circumstances, and is set to vote on the law next week.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Woman convicted under unfair anti-abortion law in El Salvador
While Salvadoran legislators have, for months, been postponing the debate on the Criminal Code reform that would decriminalize abortion, another rape survivor has been sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment for having suffered pregnancy-related…
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Arrested defender at risk of torture in Bahrain
Bahraini human rights defender Ebtisam al-Saegh was arrested on 3 July after her home was raided by masked security officers. Amnesty understands that she is being held at Issa Town detention centre for women, on the outskirts of Manama.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Jul 2017 -
Amnesty welcomes Welsh Government commitment to abortion funding for women from Northern IrelandPress release 04 Jul 2017
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Urgent Action: Attempts to weaken draft abortion law in Chile
A proposed law aimed at decriminalizing abortion under specific circumstances in Chile is facing possible amendments that would further restrict access to legal abortion and related sexual and reproductive health services for women and girls, putting…
Urgent action outcomes 03 Jul 2017 -
Court rules against extending abortion rights in Northern IrelandCourt rules against extending abortion rights for women and girls in Northern Ireland. Read more.
29 Jun 2017 -
Northern Ireland: new survey shows overwhelming support for abortion law reformPress release 16 Jun 2017
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Urgent Action: Refugees in Greece at great risk due to unsafe camps
Over a thousand refugees and migrants face uninhabitable and unsafe conditions in three camps in Elliniko, Athens. Women and girls are at risk of sexual and gender-based violence.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2017 -
Amnesty welcomes landmark Citizens’ Assembly result and calls for abortion reform across IrelandPress release 24 Apr 2017
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Northern Ireland criticised for failures on dealing with past and abortion law - Amnesty global reportPress release 22 Feb 2017
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Northern Ireland: women’s rights must not be traded away in post-election talksPress release 20 Feb 2017
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Northern Ireland: Amnesty welcomes legal challenge to latest abortion prosecutionPress release 26 Jan 2017
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Northern Ireland: “women seeking abortions are not criminals” - Amnesty, in response to latest pill casePress release 18 Jan 2017
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UA update: Abortion vote pending after president's veto in Dominican Republic
In December 2016, the Dominican President rejected a regressive reform of the Criminal Code regarding abortion that had previously been adopted by the Senate.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Jan 2017
