In 2023, you helped us Be There Be There is an Amnesty International program that supports people around the world whose lives have been torn apart by conflict and crisis, on every step of their journey. We are living through the worst refugee crisis since World War II. We have the chance to turn...

Good News YEMEN AFGHANISTAN IRAN CONGO YEMEN On 16 April 2023, Yemeni journalists Akram al-Walidi, Abdelkhaleq Amran, Hareth Hamid, and Tawfiq al‑Mansouri were released as part of a prisoner exchange after being detained by the Huthi de facto authorities for more than seven years. Arrested in...

OpenMedia, Amnesty International Canada and more than 20 civil society groups and legal experts delivered an open letter to Minister of Justice Arif Virani, urging the government to separate controversial Parts Two and Three of Bill C-63, The Online Harms Act, into independent legislation. This...

THE GLOBAL RECESSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Our 2023 Human Rights Agenda looks back at Canada’s human rights record over the past year against the backdrop of a global recession on human rights. Last year, civilians paid the brunt of heightened armed conflicts and the erosion of human rights protection...

On March 8, people around the country will come together to celebrate International Women’s Day 2024 in Canada. It’s a global day organized annually that recognizes and celebrates women’s social, economic, cultural, and political achievements. But International Women’s Day is more...

A Chinese transgender activist due to be released tomorrow after serving a prison sentence in Hong Kong will be at grave risk of persecution if she is deported to mainland China. Lai Ke (also known as Xiran) must instead be allowed to remain in Hong Kong or travel to another destination, Amnesty...

The occupied Gaza Strip will likely plunge into another total communications blackout on Thursday if appropriate fuel supplies are not immediately delivered, which will worsen an already catastrophic humanitarian situation, Amnesty International said today. Today, Paltel group and Jawwal,...

A delegation from Amnesty International Canada attended Canada’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations in Geneva on Friday.

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Companies selling less lethal weapons to countries that abuse them to suppress protests, and states licensing these exports, are fuelling a global human rights crisis and must stop this irresponsible trade, Amnesty International said in a new investigation published today. The Repression Trade:...

Reacting to the news that unjustly imprisoned Iranian human rights defender Narges Mohammadi has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, said:   “Narges Mohammadi receives this prize today from behind bars in Iran where she...

Authorities across the world are increasingly resorting to unlawful use of force and repressive legislation to crush protests. Amnesty International launched a digital map today that exposes the shocking rise in the repression of protesters by states across the globe, the Human Rights Violations...