View Archives The Candle Fall 2025  |  Vol 24  |  No. 2 Amnesty International Canada’s Candle has long symbolized our collective resolve to confront human rights abuses with the glow […]

Between June and August, 26 fisher families from San Silvestre, Barrancabermeja, were forced to leave their homes after receiving threats to their safety. On July 5 and again on August […]

Authorities in Iran are waging a terrifying crackdown under the guise of national security in the aftermath of the June 2025 hostilities with Israel, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. The deepening […]

Cấn Thị Thêu, a prominent human rights defender and prisoner of conscience, has been jailed for five years. She recently told her family about serious health problems. Reports also suggest […]

On July 16, the Abidjan Court of Appeal confirmed the conviction and two-year prison sentence of union leader Ghislain Duggary Assy. He had been convicted in April 2025 of “obstructing […]

On August 13, 2024, human rights defender Joaquín Elo Ayeto was taken to Oveng Azem prison in Equatorial Guinea. Authorities accused him of illegal activities linked to Somos+; a civil […]

Israel is carrying out a deliberate campaign of starvation in the occupied Gaza Strip, systematically destroying the health, well-being and social fabric of Palestinian life, Amnesty International said today as it […]

On July 27, journalist Selma Inocência Marivate informed Amnesty International that she believes she was poisoned with heavy metals during a work trip to Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, in […]

Mzia Amaghlobeli, a well-known journalist in Georgia, is at serious risk of losing her eyesight because prison authorities are denying her proper medical care. She has a degenerative eye condition, […]

Since early 2025, Iran has forcibly returned more than one million Afghans to Afghanistan, including people who were born in Iran or have lived there for decades. This is part […]

View Archives Spark Newsletter  August 2025  |  Vol 1  |  No. 1 Spark is Amnesty International Canada’s monthly guide to activism and human rights in Canada (formerly known as the […]

Climate change is a human rights issue, and Amnesty Canada’s Climate Justice Advocacy Team is taking action! This passionate group of activists from across the country campaigns on everything from […]