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We introduce you to fascinating people who are making change unstoppable. Hear powerful stories of resistance and solidarity and learn more about how you can take action now for human rights. This series connects the dots and passes the mic to people building a better future now. Together, we unravel the Canada you think you know and challenge the systems that hold back human rights.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Nigeria’s Esther Kiobel is taking on Shell, one of the world’s biggest oil companies, in a final fight for justice over her husband’s killing. She’s pursued the company for 22 […]
As we get ready for Write for Rights 2015, our global letter-writing marathon, we look at how your words and ongoing campaigning made change happen after the 2014 campaign. […]