Human Rights News

April 15, 2021

Federal Court of Appeal decision disappointing but acknowledges ineffectiveness of review process

Eindrücke von der „Silent Demo“ vom 06.Juni 2020 gegen Rassismus und Polizeigewalt. Impressions from the „Silent Demo“ on 06 June 2020 against racism and police brutality.

Human Rights News

April 13, 2021

Daunte Wright’s Death Again Shows Need to Address Failures of Policing

Human Rights News

April 6, 2021

ANNUAL REPORT: COVID-19 hits those shackled by oppression hardest thanks to decades of inequalities, neglect and abuse

YANGON, MYANMAR - FEBRUARY 27: Riot police charge at anti-coup protesters on February 27, 2021 in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar's military government has intensified a crackdown on protesters in recent days, using tear gas, charging at and arresting protesters and journalists. (Photo by Hkun Lat/Getty Images)

Human Rights News

March 30, 2021

Myanmar: Five-year-old among almost 100 killed by security forces

Agnes Callamard, the U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions poses after a session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 7, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Human Rights News

March 29, 2021

Dr. Agnès Callamard appointed as Secretary General of Amnesty International

Human Rights News

March 25, 2021

Climate Action Network Canada Reacts to Supreme Court Ruling on Carbon Pricing

A nurse prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 at the vaccination center set up at the Cabanas Institute in Guadalajara, Jalisco state, Mexico, on March 21, 2021. (Photo by Ulises Ruiz / AFP) (Photo by ULISES RUIZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Human Rights News

March 25, 2021

Americas: States can defeat COVID-19 by adopting vaccination plans in line with 10 human rights obligations

Human Rights News

March 24, 2021

UN Human Rights Council resolution a welcome step towards ensuring fair and universal access to COVID-19 vaccines

A feminist activist takes part in a flash mob with photographs of women imprisoned after Belarus presidential elections on August 9, 2020, as they protest against police violence in Minsk, on February 14, 2021. - According to the "Viasna" Human Rights Center, 246 people are considered as being political prisoners in Belarus. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP) (Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)

Human Rights News

March 24, 2021

Belarus: Government’s threats and history of crackdown on protesters require urgent international response

TOPSHOT - People lay flowers and candles at a site in Yangon on March 13, 2021 where protesters died during demonstrations against the military coup. (Photo by STR / AFP) (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Human Rights News

March 24, 2021

Myanmar: UN resolution ups pressure on military and business partners

TOPSHOT - Women's rights activists gather to march through Taksim Square to protest against gender violence in Istanbul, on November 25, 2018, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP) (Photo credit should read YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images)

Human Rights News

March 22, 2021

Turkey: Targeting of LGBTI people to justify quitting convention on combating violence against women is dangerous

Human Rights News

March 22, 2021

One year after border closure, Canada continues violating refugee rights