http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2060/1907 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA31/010/2009/es Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR43/014/2009/en Nine women’s rights defenders are facing legal proceedings for their involvement in the case of a nine-year-old girl who obtained a legal abortion in Nicaragua after she was raped and became pregnant. It is feared that they have been targeted for their human rights work, particularly in the area of reprodu Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA31/010/2009/en Human rights defender Rita Mahato has been threatened with death, rape and kidnapping as a result of her work helping women in Nepal who have suffered acts of violence. She is a health adviser at the Women’s Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC). The police have failed to provide Rita Mahato with protection or to Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/activists-honduras-tell-amnesty-international-hidden-human-rights-crisis-2009120 An Amnesty International delegation in Honduras talked to humanrights activists about the hidden crisis affecting theCentral American nation. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/evidence-new-arrests-harassment-illegal-detention-guinea-security-forces-20091203 An Amnesty International delegation also found cases of over 40 people whose whereabouts are still unknown. These human rights violations follow a massacre during a political protest in September. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/independent-investigation-needed-honduras-human-rights-abuses-20091203 Amnesty International's delegationhas documented many cases of abuse including killings following excessive use of force, arbitrary arrests ofdemonstrators by security forces and indiscriminate, unnecessaryuse of tear gas. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/analysis-hiv-progress-blunted-discrimination-and-sexual-violence-20091201 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/climate-change-deal-must-ensure-poor-not-left-out-further-disadvantaged-20091130 Political leaders meeting in Copenhagen next week must reach a fair, ambitious and binding deal on climate change, said Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan and former President of Ireland Mary Robinson. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/yemeni-women-face-violence-and-discrimination-20091125 Women in Yemen face systemic discrimination and endemic violence withdevastating consequences for their lives. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ACT77/009/2009/en Most of the people living in poverty in the world are women. Discrimination is a key driver of poverty. In some countries discrimination against women is built into the law. The violence women face helps keep them poor, and it is poor women who are most exposed to violence. Women continue to be most affected Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International