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Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:51:58 GMT
Amnesty International USA today applauded the introduction of legislation to combat the global crisis of violence against women and girls. The International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA) would for the first time make the epidemic of violence against women worldwide a priority of the United States government and integrate prevention strategies across foreign policy and assistance programs.
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Activist Ana María Pizarro, tells Amnesty International how pregnant women are at risk of losing their lives because of Nicaragua's abortion ban.
2010-02-05T00:00:00-05:00
Ten years after the killing of scores of civilians in a suburb of the Chechen capital Grozny, the relatives of those murdered are still denied justice by the Russian authorities.
2010-02-05T00:00:00-05:00
The UN Secretary-General has "missed an opportunity" by failing to make an assessment of the credibility of Israeli and Palestinian investigations into violations during the Gaza conflict.
2010-02-05T00:00:00-05:00
The Madagascar authorities must urgently launch impartial investigations into dozens of killings carried out by security forces during more than a year of anti-government protests and bring those responsible to justice, Amnesty International said in a report released today
2010-02-04T00:00:00-05:00
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:52:01 GMT
Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:00:03 GMT
GRAIN PUBLICATIONS BACK CALL FOR ACTION ON AGRICULTURE TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE
On December 15th, La Via Campesina and a number of other groups will be leading a day of action in Copenhagen to put
Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:00:03 GMT
GRAIN has published two new presentations today:
Land grabbing and the global food crisis - An illustrated overview of the global land grabbing trend, with tables and figures.
http://www.grain.org
Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:00:03 GMT
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00:03 GMT
Stop the global land grab!
GRAIN STATEMENT AT THE JOINT GRAIN-LA VIA CAMPESINA MEDIA BRIEFING
Rome, 16 November 2009
For over a year a half now, we have been watching carefully how investors
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:00:03 GMT
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