‘I told the judge I was 15’: Children and South Sudan’s Death Penalty
Elin Dawes, Social Secretary of SUSU Amnesty, looks at Amnesty’s report on children being subjected to the death penalty in South Sudan.
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International Explainers: The Yemeni Civil War
International Editor Ivan Morris Poxton seeks to bring light on the often overlooked Yemeni Civil War in the latest International Explainers series instalment
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Venezuela To Quit Organization of American States
Writer Lisa Veiber explains why Venezuela has chosen to leave the Organisation of American States.
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‘Comfort Women’: Wartime Sex Slaves Reject Japan And South Korea’s Recent Peace Settlement
The young Japanese and Korean women who were forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War Two have rejected the recent settlement reached on the grounds that their voices have continued to be suppressed.
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ISIS Sex Slavery: Is Sexual Violence a Necessary Precondition of Conflict?
Megan Johnson explores the disturbing relationship between conflict and sexual violence.
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Human Trafficking – Still an issue?
Writer, Laura Ash, explores the current conditions of human trafficking in the UK and significance of raising awareness of it.
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Amnesty International’s 50th Anniversary
This April Amnesty International celebrates its 50th anniversary at fighting for human rights across the world.
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Women Living in Fear in DR Congo
More than 8,000 women
were raped in the Democratic Republic of Congo during the fighting of 2009, and over the last fifteen years
it is estimated that over 200,000 women were victims of often violent
sexual assault.