A force I cannot describe
, by Alex Neve, Secretary General, and Tara Scurr, Business and Human Rights Campaigner , Amnesty International Canada , – Guatemala City, Guatemala, 18 September, 2014 , What better way to spend […]
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‘They made no secret of it; they were going to kill me’
The skin across Sasha’s forehead and around his eyes is slightly yellow and there is a recent scab on his temple. He is healing well. Ten days before our meeting, […]
He said “Pray now, I’m going to kill you” and then he slit my neck with the knife
On the morning of 27 May, Hanna, was sitting in her flat in eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, when there was a knock on the door. As her boyfriend Feodor […]
Remembering Amina: Forced to marry the man that raped her
Amina Filali committed suicide by swallowing rat poison in March 2012. She was 16 years old. Her desperate act showed the depth of her pain and despair: she must have felt that nobody […]
My Body My Rights picks its winners
Back in March, we opened a competition with the launch of My Body My Rights, our global campaign on sexual and reproductive rights. Inspired by a series of hyper-real images […]
My Body My Rights picks its winners
Back in March, we opened a competition with the launch of My Body My Rights, our global campaign on sexual and reproductive rights. Inspired by a series of hyper-real images […]
Rana Plaza disaster: The unholy alliance of business and government in Bangladesh, and around the world
Caption:A Bangladeshi mourner and relative of a victim of the Rana Plaza building collapse weeps as she takes part in a protest marking the first anniversary of the disaster at […]
2013 Year-end message from Amnesty International Canada
Standing with individuals, tackling global problems 2013 year-end message from Amnesty International – by Alex Neve Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada One thing so powerful and important about […]
16 days of activism against gender-based violence
By Jackie Hansen, Major Campaigns and Women’s Rights Campaigner Since 1991, women’s rights activists from around the world have come together for 16 days in November and December to raise […]
Welcoming Syria’s war-weary
By Philip Luther, Middle East and North Africa Programme Director at Amnesty’s International Secretariat in London, England As the humanitarian and human rights crisis caused by Syria’s internal armed conflict […]
Amnesty visits camp for refugees of Syrian conflict
by Neil Sammonds , Syria Researcher at Amnesty International , , , Refugees escaping the conflict in Syria have led to Za’atri refugee camp in Jordan becoming the world’s […]
Amnesty visits camp for refugees of Syrian conflict
by Neil Sammonds Syria Researcher at Amnesty International Refugees escaping the conflict in Syria have led to Za’atri refugee camp in Jordan becoming the world’s second largest refugee camp […]
