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The 16 Days campaign is exactly that —16 days of global activism, starting with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on November 25th and leading up to Human Righ...

https://blog.amnestyusa.org/americas/why-we-need-to-address-gender-based-violence-now-more-than-ever/

I’m an LC in Vermont and, like my colleagues, I’m busy saying “I Welcome.”

https://blog.amnestyusa.org/us/why-i-decide-to-say-i-welcome-to-refugees/

Already in the U.S. there have been reports of a spike in hate-driven actions and threats. This is not a coincidence - it is further proof that Trump’s irresponsible proposals must never become...

https://blog.amnestyusa.org/us/six-trump-proposals-that-must-never-become-policy/

What if I lived in a country where bombs were being dropped in my neighborhood, where my family was living in fear every moment of the day, or where there were no opportunities to find work so th...

https://blog.amnestyusa.org/us/when-fear-stopped-me-from-fighting-xenophobia/

Amnesty International’s new report, Home Sweet Home? Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador’s Role in a Deepening Refugee Crisis, documents the incredible levels of violence and impunity that ar...

https://blog.amnestyusa.org/americas/what-happens-to-deported-central-americans/

Australia is holding refugees and asylum seekers in torture-like conditions in Nauru

https://blog.amnestyusa.org/asia/australian-refugee-processing-centers-arent-border-control-theyre-torture/

The world faces an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. On the 65th anniversary of the United Nations refugee convention being adopted, there are now 65 million displaced people globally, the highe...

https://blog.amnestyusa.org/refugees/amnesty-time-for-change-on-refugees/

Women refugees have been intimidated, leered at, and targeted by smugglers, uniformed guards, and fellow refugees along their arduous journey.

https://blog.amnestyusa.org/refugees/its-time-to-make-basic-protections-for-women-refugees-a-priority/

On World Refugee Day, we talk to Ghias Aljundi, who fled to the UK from Syria 18 years ago. He is one of thousands volunteering to help refugees arriving in Greece since last year. But he’d nev...

https://blog.amnestyusa.org/europe/the-former-refugee-who-rescued-his-own-family-on-a-greek-beach/

By Giorgos Kosmopoulos, Amnesty International LESVOS, Greece – Shirin, an Afghan journalist, was once shot at by the Taliban. After fleeing near-fatal attacks in her country in the hope of fin...

https://blog.amnestyusa.org/refugees/refugee-women-on-greek-islands-in-constant-fear/