Amnesty International Media Statement
For Immediate Release
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
House Must Follow Senate Lead and Pass the Violence Against Women Act
Contact: Sharon Singh, ssingh@aiusa.org, 202-675-8579 , @spksingh @AIUSAmedia
(Washington,
DC) Cristina Finch, director of Amnesty International USA’s Women's
Human Rights program, issued the following statement in response to the
U.S. Senate’s passage of the Violence Against Women Act this afternoon:
"Today,
the Senate made ending violence against women a priority and took
action to pass an inclusive, bipartisan Violence Against Women Act
(VAWA) that includes provisions to expand protections to Native American
and Alaska Native women, immigrant women and LGBT individuals.
Reauthorization of this critical legislation has been delayed for far
too long.
“The House must now follow the Senate's bipartisan
example by putting partisan politics aside and passing an inclusive VAWA
that supports and protects all individuals and communities. Amnesty
International joins the VAWA community in urging House leadership to
swiftly bring S.47 to the House floor for a vote."
Amnesty
International is a Nobel Peace Prize-winning grassroots activist
organization with more than 3 million supporters, activists and
volunteers in more than 150 countries campaigning for human rights
worldwide. The organization investigates and exposes abuses, educates
and mobilizes the public, and works to protect people wherever justice,
freedom, truth and dignity are denied.
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