Attacks on civilians in the first three months of this year and the inability of the Afghan government to ensure their adequate protection show that Afghanistan remains an unsafe country for refugees to be returned to, Amnesty International said today. “At a time when civilian casualties remain...

Under strict embargo until 00:01 BST (07.01 HKT/ 23:01 GMT) 11 April 2017  1,032 executions worldwide in 2016, down 37% from 2015 (1,634)  Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Pakistan join China as world’s top five executioners USA not among top five for first time since 2006, with lowest number of...

Released 00:01 BST on 05 April 2017 A major corporation responsible for running the Australian government’s refugee “processing” centre on Nauru is making millions of dollars from a system that amounts to torture of refugees and people seeking asylum, Amnesty International said today. A new...

On March 8 Amnesty Internatonal members from Group 46 in Peterbourough hosted their annual fundraising and awareness dinner.  This year their special guests were former Iranian-Canadian prisoner, Hamid Ghassemi Shall and his wife Antoella Mega. Amnesty International members across Canada...

By Tarah Demant, Senior Director, Identity and Discrimination Unit, Amnesty International USA It’s hard to keep track of the various assaults on human rights coming out of the Trump administration. It’s particularly dizzying for women’s rights defenders — because make no mistake, these...

New packaging, same fear and hate. Donald Trump’s Executive Order on immigration may have been revised, but it remains blatantly discriminatory.  Thinly disguised as a national security measure, Trump’s travel ban reinstates many of the most repellent elements of the original blocked by US...

New packaging, same fear and hate. Donald Trump’s Executive Order on immigration may have been revised, but it remains blatantly discriminatory.  Thinly disguised as a national security measure, Trump’s travel ban reinstates many of the most repellent elements of the original blocked by US...

SUMMARY OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S SUBMISSIONS TO THE UN COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE Canada underwent its sixth review of its compliance to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in May 2012. Amnesty International provided written submissions at...

The Persian holiday Nowruz (نوروز‎‎ – new day) is an ancient holiday celebrated on March 20th, the first day of spring, to welcome in the new year.  This holiday presents an opporunity to remember courageous prisoners of conscience in Iran, write letters on their behalf, and send...

RELEASED  WEDNESDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2017 (00.01 GMT)          Amnesty International releases its Annual Report for 2016 to 2017            Risk of domino effect as powerful states backtrack on human rights commitments            Salil Shetty, head of the global movement,...

Canadian resident Saeed Malekpour has spent more than 8 years in Iran’s Evin prison. FREE SAEED MALEKPOUR He shouldn’t be there. He should be at home in Canada, taking walks in the country, enjoying meals with friends, working as a web programmer, or creating new pieces of art....

Since taking over at the White House, US President Donald Trump has wasted little time putting into action his poisonous campaign rhetoric. In his first couple of weeks in office, he pushed through a series of repressive executive orders that threaten the human rights of millions at home and...