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Afghanistan: 'Suffocating crackdown' on rights of women and girls over past year under TalibanDetained protesters beaten on breasts and between legs ‘so they cannot show world’
26 Jul 2022 Press release -
Poland: Hearing of activist accused of aiding an abortion scheduled for tomorrowFirst case in Europe of an activist being prosecuted for aiding an abortion by providing pills
13 Jul 2022 Press release -
USA: Twitter failing to protect pro-choice abortion activists from online violenceUSA: Twitter failing to protect pro-choice abortion activists from online violence
07 Jul 2022 Press release -
Northern Ireland: new abortion statistics 'represent journeys no-one should be forced to make'
New statistics for England and Wales show extent of forced journeys to access abortion services.
21 Jun 2022 Press release -
Ukraine: 'historic victory' for women's rights as Istanbul Convention ratifiedResponse to a vote in the Ukrainian parliament to ratify the international treaty on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (the Istanbul Convention).
20 Jun 2022 Press release -
Turkey: Ban on METU Pride march 'deeply disturbing'Pride event due to be held tomorrow at METU banned by the university because it would ‘threaten the university’s reputation’
09 Jun 2022 Press release -
Covid-19: Pandemic restrictions magnified discrimination against marginalised groups - new reportReport reveals ‘a grossly disproportionate effect on those who already faced systematic discrimination’
31 May 2022 Press release -
Northern Ireland: Westminster steps in to deliver abortion servicesAmnesty International UK and Informing Choices NI have today welcomed news that the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has today (19 May) taken further legislative steps to ensure abortion services are commissioned for women and girls in Northern…
19 May 2022 Press release -
USA: Supreme Court abortion ruling would be 'massive blow' to gender rightsResponse to a leaked draft ruling showing that the US Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights.
03 May 2022 Press release -
Greece: Acquittal of police officers in LGBTI activist killing 'beggars belief'Zak Kostopoulos, queer activist and drag artist, was brutally beaten by two men after entering a jewellery shop in central Athens
03 May 2022 Press release -
Tech: Twitter 'must not willfully turn a blind eye to violent and abusive speech'Twitter 'must not turn a blind eye to violent and abusive speech'
26 Apr 2022 Press release -
Poland: Charges against activist accused of aiding an abortion must be dropped
First case in Europe of an activist being prosecuted for aiding an abortion by providing pills
07 Apr 2022 Press release -
UK: LGBTI people have become 'collateral damage' in Government's failure to defend trans and non-binary peopleLGBTI people have become 'collateral damage' in Government's failure to defend trans and non-binary people
06 Apr 2022 Press release -
UK: Conversion therapy ban without trans and non-binary people is 'not a real ban'So-called ‘conversion therapy’ can constitute torture or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and should be stamped out now with no excuses.
01 Apr 2022 Press release -
Northern Ireland: Further 'unacceptable' delays to abortion services
Northern Ireland: Abortion services delay 'unnacceptable'
24 Mar 2022 Press release -
Pakistan: Guilty verdict in Noor Mukadam case 'significant' but death penalty condemnedZafar Jaffer found guilty of torturing Noor Mukadam with a knuckleduster and using a ‘sharp-edged weapon’ to behead her
24 Feb 2022 Press release -
Colombia: decriminalisation of abortion a 'historic victory' for human rightsRuling follows legalisation of abortion in Argentina and decriminalisation in Mexico
21 Feb 2022 Press release -
Kuwait: repeal of notorious 'imitation of opposite sex' law hailed as victory for trans rightsAmnesty reponse to the Kuwaiti Constitutional Court’s decision today to overturn a notorious law - Article 198 of the Penal Code - which criminalised “imitation of the opposite sex”, with the court saying the law had violated a constitutional right to…
16 Feb 2022 Press release -
Ireland: Laws criminalising sex work puts workers at high risk of abuse and violence - New ReportIreland: Laws criminalising sex work puts workers at high risk of abuse and violence - New Report
24 Jan 2022 Press release
