By Lisa Maracani, Amnesty International’s Researcher on Human Rights Defenders COVID-19 has presented a set of huge new challenges which require governments to listen to advice, be open to criticism […]

Responding to today’s arrests of prominent publisher Jimmy Lai and six others under the national security law amid a police raid on the Apple Daily newspaper, Amnesty International’s Asia-Pacific Regional Director, Nicholas […]

Governments who were lauded for releasing prisoners in response to COVID-19 outbreaks have excluded human rights defenders from the measures and continue to make new arrests of activists, journalists and […]

Leaked official documents newly obtained by Amnesty International reveal that the Iranian government has ignored repeated pleas by senior officials responsible for managing Iran’s prisons for additional resources to control the […]

By Daniella Barreto WHAT IS PRIDE? Pride is a celebration of 2SLGBTQ+ communities. Every year these communities host events to centre identities that are often pushed to the margins of […]

On 30 June, China’s top legislature unanimously passed a new national security law for Hong Kong that entered into force in the territory the same day, just before midnight. The […]

Kelly is a 24-year-old asylum seeker from Honduras. She fled the country when she was just 12 due to violence against her based on her transgender identity. After arriving in […]

Governments must be held accountable for the deaths of health and essential workers who they have failed to protect from COVID-19, Amnesty International said today, as it released a new […]

A human rights response to COVID-19 must include an intersectional approach which recognizes the specific impacts of the pandemic on LGBTI people, and the need for specific actions to ensure […]

No-one could have predicted the disruptive start to 2020 brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. As our world experiences its most profound societal changes for a generation, and life is put […]

“… the Working Group is deeply concerned by the structural racism that lies at the core of many Canadian institutions and the systemic anti-Black racism that continues to have a negative […]

Cracks in the “Canada Brand”: profit before people creates high-risk conditions for communities made vulnerable by the pandemic  Workers’ concerns ignored at Canadian meat packing plants and hundreds made sick. Amazon […]