Indonesia: Grave Health Concerns for Detained Papuan Activist
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 58/21, UPDATE 1 HERE Download the original urgent action here Victor Yeimo, a pro-independence political activist from Papua and a spokesman for the West Papua […]
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Afghanistan: Deadline for evacuations must be extended amid Taliban reprisal attack threats
The Taliban and the international community must urgently reach an agreement to extend the 31 August deadline for completing evacuations out of Afghanistan, Amnesty International said today, to help protect […]
Death Penalty in Canada
Calls to abolish the death penalty in Canada go back to the very founding of Canada in 1867. However, the most concerted efforts in Parliament for abolition can be said to have started with MP Robert Bickerdike in the early twentieth century. Since John Diefenbaker in the 1950s, a long line of...
Cameroon: Witness testimony and satellite images reveal the scale of devastation in Anglophone regions
New research by Amnesty International has revealed the devastating scale of destruction caused by the ongoing conflict in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions. Fighting between various armed groups and the Cameroonian armed […]
Hong Kong: First national security law conviction is ‘beginning of the end’ for freedom of expression
Responding to the conviction of Hongkonger Tong Ying-kit for “inciting secession” and “acts of terrorism” following the first trial under the city’s 2020 national security law, Amnesty International’s Asia-Pacific Regional […]
Migrant Rights Network: Hundreds of migrants make pre-election demands in Ottawa
Full and permanent immigration status for all migrants will ensure equal rights and protections Ottawa – As a federal election looms, hundreds of migrants are converging in Ottawa to demand […]
“I am so, so happy. I still can’t believe it.” After two years in ICE detention, Maura is free!
After a campaign to free Maura, a 41-year-old transgender woman originally from Nicaragua, generated thousands of emails — including at least 3,000 Urgent Actions from Canada — to the ICE […]
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Haiti: Investigation urged into killing of Haitian President and grave human rights violations under his watch
The armed assault that reportedly killed Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and injured his wife early Wednesday is a shocking indicator of the serious human rights and political crisis that Haiti has […]
Palestinian security forces escalate brutal campaign of repression
The Palestinian authorities in the occupied West Bank have launched a chilling campaign of repression cracking down on peaceful protests with unlawful force, targeting journalists, civil society activists, and lawyers […]
Hong Kong: National Security Law has created a human rights emergency
Hong Kong’s National Security Law (NSL) has decimated the city’s freedoms and created a landscape increasingly devoid of human rights protections, Amnesty International said in a new research briefing released […]
Defending Water, Defending Land
The climate crisis is becoming ever more urgent. It is nothing less than a global emergency and the greatest human rights challenge of our time. Indeed, climate change threatens the […]
