Every single minute of every day, 20 people around the world make one of the most difficult decisions of their lives. They leave their homes to escape war, persecution or fear in search of a safer, better life. World Refugee Day 2024 on June 20 is a day to honour the people who make that […]

“Over 600 people drowned in the Pylos shipwreck, including my brother. They are not numbers. They are people,” writes Oday Al Talab on the anniversary of the deadly disaster. Oday is a Syrian man who lives in the UK. His brothers Mohammed and Riyadh fled Syria to Europe. They ended up...

The Russian authorities are taking increasingly severe reprisals against children and their families, particularly those opposing Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, in their relentless crackdown on all dissent, Amnesty International said in a new publication today. The document, Russia: “Your...

Pierina Nochetti, a lesbian human rights activist, is facing criminal charges for allegedly painting graffiti to protest the disappearance of a young trans man in Necochea, Argentina. She could be sentenced to up to four years in prison. We urge the prosecutor to drop the charges, as they seem to...

June is Pride Month in Canada—a time dedicated to celebrating 2SLGBTQQIA+ communities across Canada, advocating for equal rights, and fostering a world where everyone can embrace their true selves without fear, violence or discrimination. Pride Month commemorates the Stonewall riots of June 1969,...

In 2023, you helped us Be There Be There is an Amnesty International program that supports people around the world whose lives have been torn apart by conflict and crisis, on every step of their journey. We are living through the worst refugee crisis since World War II. We have the chance to turn...

Good News YEMEN AFGHANISTAN IRAN CONGO YEMEN On 16 April 2023, Yemeni journalists Akram al-Walidi, Abdelkhaleq Amran, Hareth Hamid, and Tawfiq al‑Mansouri were released as part of a prisoner exchange after being detained by the Huthi de facto authorities for more than seven years. Arrested in...

Amnesty report tracks years-long campaign of criminalization and unlawful surveillance against Wet’suwet’en land defenders The pipeline has already caused environmental destruction and cut the Wet’suwet’en people off from their ancestral territory. Land defenders who take action to protect...

A new Amnesty International report probes the alarming gender bias permeating Guatemala's criminalization of women human rights defenders.

Dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi faces execution after an Esfahan Revolutionary Court sentenced him to death in April 2024. His sentencing relates solely to his involvement in the “Woman Life Freedom” uprising and his critical social media posts about Iranian authorities. His trial was...

The report explores surveillance faced by dozens of Hong Kong and Chinese students studying abroad, including at universities in Canada.

OpenMedia, Amnesty International Canada and more than 20 civil society groups and legal experts delivered an open letter to Minister of Justice Arif Virani, urging the government to separate controversial Parts Two and Three of Bill C-63, The Online Harms Act, into independent legislation. This...