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 […]
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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 […]
Mauritania: This is their view of security?
, , Leila Mint Abdel Aziz’s brother is detained in Guantanamo , By Alex Neve, Secretary General Amnesty International Canada , From all the conversations I had with survivors of […]
Mauritania: This is their view of security?
Leila Mint Abdel Aziz’s brother is detained in Guantanamo By Alex Neve, Secretary General Amnesty International Canada From all the conversations I had with survivors of human rights abuses and […]
It’s Pride Season
by George Harvey Action Circle Coordinator on LGBT issues in Toronto Get organized for Pride Season – Check Out Amnesty’s Pride Activist Resource Kit Pride season has arrived for most […]
It’s Pride Season
by George Harvey , Action Circle Coordinator on LGBT issues in Toronto , Get organized for Pride Season – Check Out Amnesty’s Pride Activist Resource Kit , Pride season has […]
El Salvador’s officials are playing Russian roulette with young woman’s life
UPDATE: May 30th, Court denies Beatriz her appeal for access to a therapeutic abortion. By Esther Major, Central America researcher at Amnesty InternationalLess than a month ago, few people knew who Beatriz […]
Fighting Back – Interview with Azza Hilal Suleiman from Egypt
Footage of Egyptian soldiers mercilessly beating a “red-hooded woman” during a protest went viral last year. Now, AZZA HILAL SULEIMAN tells Amnesty International Senior Editor, Clare Fermont, her story. NOTE: Amnesty […]
Sexual attacks on women in Egypt
Amnesty International’s Egypt researcher Diana Eltahawy writes from Cairo. Almost every girl and woman – regardless of age, social status or choice of attire – who has walked the streets […]
Proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline should not go ahead without Indigenous consent
The community hearing phase of the Northern Gateway Pipeline environmental impact assessment wraps up this week in Vancouver. Craig Benjamin, Amnesty International Canada’s Campaigner for the Human Rights of Indigenous […]