BREAKING: Discovery of Mass Graves in Gaza Highlights Urgent Need to Grant Access to Independent Human Rights Investigators

@Amnesty’s Senior Director of Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns, Erika Guevara Rosas made the following statement:

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The #EU must fight the root causes of racial discrimination against #Roma children in education in #Slovakia

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Very glad to see our paper 'Maternal Dengue and the Health of Children' with Lívia Menezes in this issue of the AEJ: Applied. Using matched admin data from Brazil, we find that maternal dengue infections reduce birth weight substantially, increase the chance for low Bweight (1/n)

Footballer Vinicius Jr has suffered persistent racist abuse in Spanish stadiums. This is not something new and must be stopped. Sporting organisations must take meaningful action to stop racist abuse.

Women make up 67% of the paid health and care workforce and perform 76% of unpaid care activities globally.
Yet, low pay and poor conditions persist.

The result? A growing crisis in health and care.

Read the new report: bit.ly/4ccAX6c

Our 🆕 #HDR2024 finds that uneven development progress is leaving the poorest behind, exacerbating inequality and stoking political polarization globally.

The result is a dangerous gridlock that must be urgently tackled through collective action.

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This International Women’s Day, we are thinking of every woman in Gaza in fear of her life.

Show your solidarity by joining us in calling for a ceasefire 👇 amn.st/6015XF6wL

The world is at a crossroads for gender equality.

Standing up for women’s rights is more important than ever.

This #InternationalWomensDay , let’s accelerate progress and #InvestInWomen .

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On #InternationalWomansDay and every day, athletes should not need to choose btw their faith and sports. Women and Girls #HumanRights must always be protected - on and off the court.

Fédération Française de BasketBall remove the ban!

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🗓️Mark your calendars
12 March 2024 - 1:15PM-2:30PM
UNHQ, Conference Room D

Join Amnesty International & partners at #CSW68 side event on women journalists in #Afghanistan .

Farahnaz Forotan
Lima Anwari
Wahida Faizi
Zaki Daryabi
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UN Women
UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳
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What next? #Ceasefirenow

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#JustiçaParaJohnatha | Há 10 anos, em Manguinhos, zona norte do Rio, Johnatha de Oliveira Lima, 19, teve sua vida e seu futuro interrompidos por um tiro de fuzil. O acusado pelo disparo foi um PM, então lotado na UPP instalada na favela.

‘Health emergency’: 15% of UK households went hungry last month, data shows theguardian.com/society/2024/f…

#ZeroDiscrimination Day is March 1.

Recognizing the equal worth and dignity of every person is not only ethical, but also critical for ending AIDS.

Only by protecting everyone's rights can we protect everyone's health.

My #ZeroDiscrimination Day message - pls share!

It's not often enough that we get to share good news, but reimbursement of unlawful recruitment fees can be life-changing for migrant workers.

It followed investigations by brilliant colleagues Ella Knight and May Romanos as well top journalism from Pramod Acharya. See more 👇

Here is some genuinely good news for over 700 migrant workers in Saudi Arabia. Much more to do, but these payments mean a huge amount to workers in rebuilding their lives and escaping debt bondage.

Latest @Amnesty #India report documents unlawful demolition of Muslim properties by Indian authorities, peddled as ‘bulldozer justice’ by political leaders and media. This is cruel and appalling, deeply unjust, unlawful and discriminatory. It must stop now amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

We call for an end to Russian aggression in Ukraine, and for all those responsible for crimes under international law to be held to account in fair trials.

🚨 Our new report documents the punitive demolition of Muslim properties in at least five states with a widespread use of JCB-branded bulldozers in a hate campaign against Muslims in India. #BulldozerInjustice

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'If you speak up, your house will be demolished'

In #India , Amnesty International documents the punitive demolition of over 128 Muslim properties in at least 5 states with widespread use of JCB-branded bulldozers in a hate campaign against Muslims

#BulldozerInjustice
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