Syria: Six years of conflict
“I was beaten with cables and told to kneel before a picture of Bashar Al-Assad.” Former detainee Abu al-Najem Six years of crisis in Syria, which began after anti-government protests […]
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A prison of silence: the death of journalism in Turkey
“Now I know they jailed me to teach me a lesson – and that lesson, I learnt it.” Celebrated novelist Aslı Erdoğan Turkey has earned an accolade which holds no […]
Amnesty International and ProtonMail join forces to fight cyber censorship
On the occasion of World Day Against Cyber Censorship, 12 March 2017, ProtonMail and Amnesty International join forces to show how internet restrictions affect people around the world. As the […]
SUBMISSIONS FOR THE REVIEW OF THE SIXTH PERIODIC REPORT OF CANADA BY THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE
SUMMARY OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S SUMISSIONS TO THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE Canada underwent its sixth review of its compliance to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights before the […]
SUBMISSION TO THE SECOND UN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF CANADA
SUMMARY OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S SUMISSIONS TO THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ON CANADA’S UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW Canada underwent its second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the UN Human Rights Council […]
SUBMISSIONS FOR THE REVIEW OF THE SIXTH PERIODIC REPORT OF CANADA BY THE UN COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE
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 […]
SUBMISSIONS FOR THE REVIEW OF THE 19TH AND 20TH PERIODIC REPORTS OF CANADA BY THE UN COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
SUMMARY OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S SUBMISSIONS TO THE UN COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION Canada underwent its sixth review of its compliance to International Convention on the Elimination of […]
IPPERWASH INQUIRY
WHAT IS THIS INQUIRY ABOUT? On 6 September 1995, an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) sniper shot and fatally wounded an unarmed Indigenous man, Dudley George, after police moved to forcibly […]
Women on the front lines: In conversation with Iranian women human rights defender Maryam Shafipour
In 2013 and 2014, Amnesty International advocated for prisoner of conscience Maryam Shafipour to be released from Iran’s notorious Evin Prison. In March 2017, Maryam spoke with Amnesty International in […]
One year after the killing of Berta, other threatened land and water defenders in Honduras are counting on our support
By Kathy Price, Honduras Campaigner with Amnesty International Canada It is one year since beloved water defender Berta Cáceres was gunned down in Honduras and a vital moment for renewed […]
South Africa: Longstanding criminal justice failures and toxic populist rhetoric fuelling xenophobia
Authorities must ensure adequate protection for all refugees and migrants living in South Africa, amid the current protests in Pretoria and the escalating xenophobic tension and attacks in different parts […]
‘Politics of demonization’ breeding division and fear
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 […]
