Last night a draft opinion of the USA Supreme Court was leaked and would pave the way for abortion rights to be overturned in the US. This major attack on fundamental rights can have global implications for women, girls, and people who can get pregnant.
The year is 2022 and we are STILL fighting against decisions that retrogress governments’ obligation to protect the rights of girls, women, and people who can get pregnant. Our right to decide is under attack. #RoeVWade#legalabortion#BansOffOurBodies
It could not be clearer: the right to access safe abortion is a human right. If the Supreme Court in the US decides to ban abortion, it is Black, Indigenous, and lower-income people who will suffer the most.
Always forward, never back: judges must not weaponize personal beliefs to remove the fundamental rights of millions. The stakes are too high. #RoeVWade#legalabortion
Body autonomy means freedom to millions of girls, women, and pregnant people. We cannot remove this fundamental right from their lives. If the supreme court bans abortion it can crumble the foundation of human's rights. #RoeVWade#legalabortion
A possible decision to ban abortion can further impoverish, criminalize, and incarcerate people who are able to become pregnant in the US. This has global implications, and we will not be silenced until fundamental rights are fully secured.
No matter how the Supreme Court rules, we will never stop fighting for abortion rights in the US and worldwide. #BansOffOurBodies
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Our Secretary General @AgnesCallamard who is in Ukraine right now: Russia’s aggression challenges us all: what kind of a world do we want to live in – one that is built on bullying, authoritarianism, the brutality of weapons deployed above and beyond the weight of the law?
It has unleashed an international crisis that deserves global solidarity for the people directly affected but which demands solutions that require global thinking and universal commitment.
We have suggested during our mission that Ukraine’s officials engage further with countries & governments outside Western bloc – the African Union, the governments and parliaments of African countries, Asian, Latin American - to enlarge the coalition of support.
Today marks International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, observing the 1960 killing of dozens in South Africa who protested against apartheid laws.
However, apartheid isn't a relic of the past, it's a reality for millions of Palestinians. #EndIsraeliApartheid
Palestinians facing the brutality of Israel’s cruel system of discrimination have been calling on the international community to recognize and take action against Israel’s apartheid.
The dispossession and displacement of Palestinians from their homes is a crucial pillar of Israel’s apartheid system. Over 6 million Palestinians remain as refugees and at least 150,000 in Israel & the OPT are at risk of losing their homes.
New thread – @amnesty’s Crisis Evidence Lab documented 3 attacks, possible war crimes, killing at least 9 civilians, including children, in #Kharkiv, on 28 February, around the same time that peace talks began at the border with Belarus.
At approximately 12:30 local time, an apparent indiscriminate attack in North #Kharkiv killed at least 4 civilians, including a child and 3 people collecting drinking water. At least 16 more people were injured. Our 3D model is based on verified videos and witness testimonies.
A verified image first acquired by @bellingcat shows the attack included Russian-manufactured 300mm Smerch rockets with 9N235 cluster munitions. The 2019 manufacture date, after Russia stopped selling these arms to Ukraine, indicates that the attack was launched by Russia.
Our worst fears have been realized. After weeks of escalation, a Russian invasion that is likely to lead to the most horrific consequences for human lives & human rights has begun. Amnesty International calls for unerring respect for international human rights & humanitarian law.
As bombs and rockets are falling on Ukrainian military bases, & the first reports are coming in of the use of indiscriminate weapons by the Russian army, we re-iterates our call on all parties to adhere strictly to international humanitarian law & international human rights law.
Civilian lives, homes & infrastructure must be protected; indiscriminate attacks & the use of prohibited weapons such as cluster munitions must not take place.
After analyzing over 500 videos and photos of incidents, Amnesty International has documented 125 separate examples of police violence against protesters in nearly 40 states and DC in the US between May 26 and June 6.
Police across the U.S. are committing egregious violations of human rights by using excessive force on peaceful crowds exercising their right to protest.
These acts of excessive force included beatings, misuse of tear gas and pepper spray, and the inappropriate firing of “less-lethal” projectiles like sponge rounds and rubber bullets.