News & Updates

Armed groups and government forces continue to abuse women and children in North Kivu

29 September 2008

Child soldiers are still being recruited to fight in the ongoing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. There is also continuing physical and sexual abuse of women and children in the conflict.

Suspension of stoning executions a welcome step if carried out

15 August 2008

Amnesty International has welcomed last week's announcement by the spokesperson for Iran’s Judiciary that execution by stoning has been suspended.

Major step forward in Paraguay's investigations into sexual slavery of girls

13 August 2008

Julia Ozorio Gamecho is the first woman to tell the Truth and Justice Commission about how she was sexually abused by the military during General Alfredo Stroessner's regime.

Demonstration in Cuernavaca, Morelos State, Mexico, to demand for justice for women victims of violence. November 2006

Women in Mexico let down by failures in justice system

1 August 2008

Thousands of Mexican women who face violence in their homes are being put at risk of further abuse by a justice system that often fails to take their safety seriously.

Discrimination against Kurdish Iranians unchecked and on the rise

30 July 2008

A new Amnesty International report says that Iran's government is failing to protect its Kurdish citizens from human rights abuses.

Venezuela must implement new law on violence against women

17 July 2008

Amnesty International urges authorities to show the political will and provide the resources needed to ensure the new law will not just exist on paper.

Women’s Rights Activists arrested in peaceful solidarity demonstrations in Iran

16 June 2008

Nine women attempting to take part in a small, peaceful seminar to commemorate a day of solidarity with Iranian women were arrested in Tehran on Thursday.

Russian authorities ruled responsible for Chechen women's disappearance

3 June 2008

European Court of Human Rights strongly supports allegations that Aminat Dugaeva and Kurbika Zinabdieva were abducted by Russian servicemen.

Alois Mbawara, a young Brighton-based Zimbabwean

Different voices

2 June 2008

The first female judge to work at the High Court in Pakistan, Majida Razvi; a young Brighton-based Zimbabwean, Alois Mbawara; and Murat Kurnaz, released from Guantánamo on 24 August 2006, were guests when Amnesty International presented Report 2008 to the media.

Iran urged to overturn sentences against women activists

20 May 2008

Amnesty International has urged the Head of the Judiciary in Iran to ensure that appeals hearings against the recent convictions and sentences of six women’s rights defenders are heard promptly and impartially.

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