2023 was the hottest year on record, underscoring the severity of the climate crisis
The Copernicus Global Climate Report shows that global average temperatures in 2023 reached 14.98ºC, making it the hottest year on record.
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Stories of Water: A guest blog by Colombian defender Yuvelis Morales
Yuvelis Morales is a young Black Colombian social leader and defender of water, life and territory. She works with the Colombia Free from Fracking Alliance In the Middle Valley of […]
Pakistan: Stop deporting Afghan refugees
On October 3, 2023, the Pakistani government announced its decision to deport unregistered Afghan refugees back to danger in Afghanistan by November 1. This decision is in breach of its […]
Troubling Human Rights Record of the United Arab Emirates ahead of COP28
This year, the state host for the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the United Arab Emirates (UAE).1 To have […]
9 Afro-Latina and Afro-Caribbean women, collectives devoting their lives to justice
Amnesty International is highlighting nine rights defenders and collectives who have devoted their lives to ending inequality and violence.
Honouring National Indigenous History Month 2023
Celebrate Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQIA+ land and water defenders during National Indigenous History Month 2023.
Facial Recognition and Policing Protesters
Rights Back At You | Episode 1 Meet Derrick Ingram. After he shared a photo of himself from a Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest, the New York Police Department surrounded […]
IRAN: LGBTI Defender Sentenced to Death
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 5/22 UODATE 1 BELOW Iranian LGBTI rights defender Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani and another woman, Elham Choubdar, were sentenced to death for “corruption on earth”. The women […]
MEMBER BLOG: Act for climate justice
These days, with the summer sun and strawberry shortcakes giving way to earlier twilight and apple pies, the earth is telling us that the season isn’t the only thing that […]
CHINA: No Access to Family and Proper Medical Care
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 284/16, UPDATE 10 BELOW Huang Qi, founder and director of Sichuan-based human rights website “64 Tianwang”, has had no access to his family since 2020, […]
As temperatures rise, our solidarity action with threatened climate protectors is more important then ever
As government delegations at last November’s UN climate change conference debated what action to take to confront our global climate emergency, activists outside projected images of community leaders murdered for […]
Russia: Kremlin’s ruthless crackdown stifles independent journalism and anti-war movement
Independent media blocked, more than 150 journalists have fled the country Facebook and Twitter banned New legislation punishes independent reporting on the war with up to 15 years’ behind bars; […]