Amnesty International criticized, in a statement on Monday, the "deplorable" and "ruthless" policies of the European Union regarding the response to the migration crisis in the Mediterranean. "Due to the ruthless policies of the EU states to prevent the arrival of thousands of men, women and children on the coasts of Europe, they are trapped in Libya, exposed to [...]
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Since yesterday, Ezzat Ghonim, a human rights lawyer and director of the Egyptian NGO Coordination for Rights and Freedoms, has been untraceable. Amnesty International fears that he may have been kidnapped by Egyptian state agents and is therefore a new victim of enforced disappearance. Yesterday, at 17.30 pm, Ghonim phoned his wife informing her that [...]
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Amnesty International commissioned Ipsos to carry out an online harassment survey, which involved approximately 500 women aged between 18 and 55 in the following countries: Denmark, Italy, New Zealand, Poland, United Kingdom, Spain, Sweden and the United States of America. Of the 4000 women who took part in the survey, 911 had [...]
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