Archive for the ‘women’ Category
By Savio Carvalho, Director of Amnesty International’s Demand Dignity Programme, writing from Rio de Janeiro (Follow him on Twitter – @SavioConnects)
Late into one of the negotiation sessions at the Rio+20 Summit on Sustainable Development, references to “freedom of speech and association” were struck from the draft outcome document [...]
Par Godfrey Byaruhanga, chercheur sur l’Afrique centrale à Amnesty International, à Obo
Le premier d’une série de blogs centrafricains met en évidence la menace constituée par plusieurs groupes armés qui n’ont pas encore été désarmés et démobilisés, ainsi que les souffrances persistantes de leurs victimes.
Un lourd dimanche après-midi, Félicité Mboligassie nous a reçus chez sa mère, [...]
By Godfrey Byaruhanga, Amnesty International’s Central Africa Researcher, in Obo
The first in a series of blogs from the Central African Republic highlights the threats posed by several armed groups that have yet to be disarmed and demobilized, as well as the ongoing suffering of their victims.
On a muggy Sunday afternoon, Félicité Mboligassie met us [...]
Por Diana Eltahawy, investigadora de Amnistía Internacional sobre Libia
Es del dominio público que las palizas y la tortura son endémicas en la Libia posterior a Gadafi.
Desde la primavera de 2011, Amnistía Internacional ha conocido a innumerables personas que cuentan cómo las golpearon, las electrocutaron, amenazaron con matarlas y las sometieron a otros malos tratos en [...]
Par Diana Eltahawy, spécialiste de la Libye à Amnesty International
Ce n’est un secret pour personne que les violences physiques et la torture ont pris une ampleur endémique dans la Libye post-Kadhafi.
Depuis le printemps 2011, Amnesty International a rencontré d’innombrables personnes disant avoir été victimes de coups, de décharges électriques, de menaces de mort et d’autres [...]
By Diana Eltahawy, Amnesty International’s Libya researcher
It is no secret that beatings and torture are endemic in post-Gaddafi Libya.
Since spring 2011, Amnesty International has met countless people who described being beaten, electrocuted, threatened with death and otherwise abused inside detention facilities manned by anti-Gaddafi armed militias.
Yesterday, I met Mohamed (not his real name), who was [...]
(New York) – The Afghan government should immediately end the practice of invasive vaginal searches of women visiting prisoners at Afghanistan’s largest prison, Pul-i-Charkhi in Kabul, Human Rights Watch said today. The government should issue a decree prohibiting invasive searches in any Afghan prison unless absolutely necessary in specific instances.
Por Ulrike Beck, del equipo de trabajo sobre Colombia de Amnistía Internacional
Mientras personas de todo el mundo se preparan para celebrar, el 8 de marzo, el Día Internacional de la Mujer, miles de mujeres y niñas colombianas continúan sufriendo violaciones y otras formas de violencia sexual [...]
Par Ulrike Beck, de l’équipe Colombie d’Amnesty International
Alors que le monde s’apprête à commémorer la Journée internationale de la femme, jeudi 8 mars, les forces armées, les paramilitaires et les groupes de guérilla continuent à faire subir des viols et d’autres formes de violence sexuelle à des milliers de femmes et de jeunes filles dans [...]
By an Amnesty International staff member,
South Africa has made great progress in combating the HIV epidemic in the last three years. Yet people in rural communities, particularly women, still struggle to protect their health because of poverty and discrimination.
The beautiful and lush hills of northern KwaZulu-Natal belie the realities of the people [...]
By Ulrike Beck of the Colombia team at Amnesty International
As people around the world prepare to celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March, thousands of women and girls continue to endure rape and other sexual violence at the hands of armed forces, paramilitaries and guerrillas in Colombia’s decades-old armed conflict.
The vast majority of these [...]
Por personal de Amnistía Internacional
Un grupo de mujeres que se manifestaban pacíficamente para mostrar su oposición al nuevo presidente de Maldivas se convirtieron en el blanco de una agresión violenta.
El 26 de febrero, en la ciudad de Addu, las autoridades les pusieron obstáculos cuando intentaban acercarse a un mitin, en el que el presidente [...]
By Amnesty International staff
A group of peaceful women protesters who wanted to mark their opposition to the Maldives’ new president found themselves on the receiving end of a violent assault.
Charged with batons and doused with pepper spray by the Maldivian army (MNDF), they fell foul of the authorities as they attempted to approach a [...]
Par Maha Abu Shama, chargée de campagne d’Amnesty International pour la Syrie
Pendant la semaine qu’a duré notre trajet jusqu’à un camp de réfugiés près de la frontière syrienne, nous avons parlé à des dizaines de personnes qui avaient fui la violence, mais très peu d’entre elles étaient des femmes.
Finalement, lorsque nous avons atteint [...]
By Maha Abu Shama, Amnesty International’s Syria campaigner
In a week of winding our way to a refugee camp near the Syrian border, we spoke to dozens of people who had fled the violence, but remarkably few of them were women.
Finally, when we reached al-Ramtha transitional camp on the fourth day, I was [...]