Amnesty International USA has gone to court, represented by the ACLU, because in a world under threat of constant, all-encompassing surveillance, our work to protect human rights is made much […]

By Kathy Price, Colombia campaigner with Amnesty International Canada Witnesses report that security forces fired tear gas canisters filled with shrapnel directly at demonstrators. The voice at the other end […]

By Craig Benjamin, Campaigner for the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples Amnesty International is following with concern the police and government response to anti-fracking protests by the Elsipogtog Mi’kmaq Nation […]

Diana Eltahawy, Amnesty International’s Egypt researcher, blogs from Cairo While the world is focusing on the political fall-out of millions of people taking to the streets in Egypt, with widespread […]

Reports published this week in the Toronto Star and on indy media sites reveal that a special RCMP unit was formed in 2007 to produce intelligence updates on potential Indigenous […]

People in Iran continue to endure the devastating consequences of the authorities’ brutal crackdown on the “Woman Life Freedom" uprising.

Russia’s authorities are systematically denying arbitrarily imprisoned government and anti-war critics contact with their families, Amnesty International revealed in a new report. Using several emblematic cases, the report documents how authorities […]

The Candle Amnesty International Canada’s Candle has long symbolized our collective resolve to confront human rights abuses with the glow of compassion and activism. As we bring “The Candle” to […]

Thousands of people took to the streets across Peru between December 2022 and February 2023 following the arrest and replacement of then-president Pedro Castillo. Even though the protests were overwhelmingly […]

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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 […]

The death in detention of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini on September 16, 2022, following her violent arrest by Iran’s “morality” police sparked the unprecedented Woman Life Freedom popular uprising in […]