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We defend human rights around the world. No government is beyond scrutiny. No situation is beyond hope. Let's get to work!
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While there is still a great distance to travel, today’s vote is an important step along the road to combatting widespread sexual violence in Switzerland and improving access to justice for survivors.
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Switzerland's amendment to rape law is a historic victory for human rights. It marks the end to the outdated definition of rape that required the use of physical force, threat or coercion, and considered only women as victims.
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Unlawful surveillance of peaceful protesters in the Netherlands is undermining the right to privacy & having a chilling effect Today’s new report is part of ’s global “Protect the Protest” campaign which is challenging attacks on peaceful protest
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We further urge the Security Council to make sure that effective measures are in place for controlling the flow of weapons into South Sudan. States, businesses, or individuals who violate the arms embargo must be held to account.
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Although this vote is a positive step, we regret that South Sudan will now be allowed to import “non-lethal” equipment without the need to inform and request an exception from the Security Council’s sanctions committee.
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👉 Racialized people and people with psychosocial disabilities experience discrimination within Canada’s immigration detention system, and least 18 people have died in immigration detention in Canada since 2000.
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👉 Between April 2019 and March 2020, almost 9,000 people were in immigration detention in Canada, including 138 infants and children. 5,400 were held in 78 provincial jails across Canada, many of which are maximum security facilities.
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As we wait for the Bill to come into force, we urge the international community to put pressure on the Ugandan government to protect the rights of LGBTI people. We stand in solidarity with Ugandan LGBTI communities, and all Ugandans affected by this hateful legislation.
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The Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023 will do nothing other than enshrine discrimination, hatred and prejudice against LGBTI Ugandans and their allies into law. It’s unconscionable that they risk losing their lives, their privacy and their ability to live free from discrimination.
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Living free from violence is a human right. Living free from violence is a human right. Living free from violence is a human right. Living free from violence is a human right. Living free from violence is a human right.
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Peaceful protest is a human right. Peaceful protest is a human right. Peaceful protest is a human right. Peaceful protest is a human right.
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A protester was removed from Cannes Film Festival after a pouring blood on herself as a reminder of bloodshed in Ukraine. Since the protest in Cannes sustained Russian strikes have killed more civilians in Ukraine.
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Once calm was restored, victims and survivors decided to press on with the event and make their voices heard. The courageous victims refuse to be silenced and we will continue to support them in their pursuit of justice and an end to state repression.
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#AI & #ICJ NEW report on the unlawful crackdown on women and girls’ rights with a strong legal analysis on #genderpersecution a grave human rights violation and crime against humanity #Afghanistan
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📢AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban’s severe restrictions and unlawful crackdown on women & girls’ rights should be investigated as possible crime against humanity of gender persecution, @amnesty and @ICJ_org said today in a new joint report: amnesty.org/en/latest/news
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‘The Taliban's war on women: The crime against humanity of gender persecution in Afghanistan’ presents a legal analysis of the Taliban’s Draconian restrictions on the rights of Afghanistan’s women and girls, with the use of arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance and torture.
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