Esther says Amnesty activists have given her the strength to carry on fighting for justice A year ago today, Esther Kiobel stood on the steps of the Palace of Justice […]

This is part 5 of 6 of the blog series: 25 years working for human rights in the Niger Delta Written by Amnesty’s Business and Human Rights volunteer, Ian Heide Confronting […]

This is part 4 of 6 of the blog series: 25 years working for human rights in the Niger Delta Written by Amnesty’s Businses and Human Rights volunteer, Ian Heide United Nations […]

This is part 3 of 6 of the blog series: 25 years working for human rights in the Niger Delta Written by Amnesty’s Businses and Human Rights volunteer, Ian Heide Throughout the […]

Oil giant Shell has a case to answer for its role in human rights violations including murder, rape and torture committed by the Nigerian military government in the 1990s. The […]

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A UK High Court ruling that two Niger Delta communities devastated by oil spills cannot have their claims against Shell heard in the UK could rob them of justice and […]

On Thursday 26 January the UK High Court will rule on whether two Niger Delta communities whose environment and livelihoods were destroyed by oil spills can have their claims against […]

“We need more chairs!” was the urgent cry as guests filled our gathering space on Bloor Street in Toronto. More than 60 people came to learn about Shell’s destructive activity […]

Human Rights News https://amnesty.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Extraction-Extinction-PR-video-header-1.mp4 Extraction Extinction Why the lifecycle of fossil fuels threatens life, nature, and human rights First-of-its-kind mapping exercise, paired with multi-country qualitative research, reveals...

A slam poet imprisoned in Myanmar, an NGO worker arrested in Burundi, Pride protestors detained in Turkey, a sixteen-year-old sentenced to death in Nigeria. All these people faced terrible injustices, […]

Can writing letters actually change things? We know it can. That’s why we run the biggest human rights event in the world every year.  Write for Rights 2021 is fast […]