The defenders of land, water, forests, Indigenous rights and a healthy environment are a beacon of hope in the ever more worrying climate crisis. Yet across our hemisphere, these defenders are under attack, especially when their efforts challenge the profits of powerful companies and their backers....

Wet’suwet’en land defenders say they expect work on the Coastal GasLink pipeline to resume in the next few weeks and fear they will face further arrests and human rights violations if the RCMP enforce an injunction to remove people from the construction site. Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs...

Humanity is facing an environmental emergency of unprecedented proportions. Climate change, biodiversity loss, ecosystems degradation and toxic pollution of air, water and soil are dramatic, interconnected processes that are severely impacting the human rights of billions of people. Community...

Perhaps the greatest cross border priority we all face is protecting the environment on which our human rights and shared future depends.  Environment defenders in Latin America risk their very lives to respond to this challenge with hope and enormous courage. Indeed, Latin America is the...

Mark your calendars for action in March on behalf of unjustly imprisoned indigenous river defender Bernardo Caal Xol and other water defenders under attack. WHEN  International Day of Action for Rivers on March 14 is a celebrated around the world as a day for solidarity action with communities...

  “We want to raise awareness about the importance of our land, water, trees and all the animals that live there … We are threatened and persecuted for protecting something that benefits all humanity…But we won’t give up.”  These are the words that Jani Silva, a courageous woman...

“I had no other choice than to become a defender of human rights because big oil companies violated the rights of my people.” These are the words of Sarayaku Indigenous defensora Patricia Gualinga. Patricia has been targeted by death threats and attacks because of her important work....

Earth Day is an opportunity to celebrate the nature around us. It is also a chance to join others in calling attention to the urgency of protecting the place we all live. Our human rights are intertwined with the environment. People need a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment to fully...

From the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador and Brazil, to the watersheds of Colombia, the canyons of Mexico’s Sierra Tarahumara, across beautiful Guatemala, Honduras and beyond, Latin America is a region that is incredibly rich in biodiversity and natural resources. Amid a global climate emergency,...

From the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador and Brazil, to the watersheds of Colombia, the canyons of Mexico’s Sierra Tarahumara, across beautiful Guatemala, Honduras and beyond, Latin America is a region that is incredibly rich in biodiversity and natural resources. Amid a global climate emergency,...

By: Ishaan Chandok On April 22nd, 2017, a day accompanied with beautiful weather, the group One Fire invited Amnesty activists from the Business & Human Rights/Indigenous Rights Team to join them for a concert at Christie Pits Park in Toronto. Under the message “We Are One”, artists came...

Take part in our solidarity action for water defenders under dangerous attack in Central America.  Indigenous leader Berta Caceres won the prestigious Goldman Envrionmental Prize for her efforts to protect the rights of Indigenous river communities in Honduras threatened by a dam project. Last...