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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, […]
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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 […]
Joint Letter urges Justice Minister to split the Online Harms Act (Bill C-63)
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 […]
2023 Human Rights Agenda
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 […]
Hong Kong: Transgender activist Lai Ke must not be deported to mainland China
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 […]
Israel/OPT: Another blackout in Gaza imminent if sufficient fuel is not restored
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, […]
Canada extols its human rights record at United Nations while criminalizing Indigenous land defenders at home
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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Less lethal weapons: Unfettered trade in law enforcement equipment fuelling protest violations – new investigation
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 […]
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Narges Mohammadi must be released immediately and unconditionally
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 […]
Interactive digital map reveals state-sanctioned violence worldwide
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 […]
What happened to Jina Mahsa Amini?
In September 2022 Jina Mahsa Amini, a young woman from Iran’s oppressed Kurdish minority, visited Tehran with her brother. She was stopped and arrested by Iran’s “morality” police (gasht-e ershad), […]
