I survived imprisonment in Burundi
And what I saw on the inside has made me that much more determined to fight for human rights in my country. In July 2017, my wife Emelyne Mupfasoni and […]
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41 wins for human rights to celebrate this year
It’s been a busy year for Amnesty International with positive changes taking place around the world. Laws have been rewritten, awards have been won, prisoners of conscience released and our […]
Write for Rights: World’s biggest human rights campaign marks 20th birthday
Amnesty International’s record-breaking Write for Rights campaign launches today, marking 20 years of the global letter-writing drive. Since 2001, the organization has collected millions of messages written in support of people […]
How to Be a #Write4Rights Social Media Mobilizer
Can writing letters actually change things? We know it can. That’s why we run the biggest human rights event in the world every year. Write for Rights 2021 is fast […]
Afghanistan: Suppression of protests at odds with Taliban’s claims on human rights
Responding to widespread reports that the Taliban are using unlawful force against peaceful protesters and journalists at gatherings across Afghanistan, including using gunfire to disperse crowds and cables to lash […]
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Colombia: The IACHR must listen to the voices of victims of human rights violations
The voices of victims of violence, abuses and police repression must dominate the agenda of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) during its visit to Colombia between 8 and […]
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WHY WORK FOR AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CANADA? Amnesty International is a movement of 10 million ordinary people in more than 150 countries who come together to achieve extraordinary results in defending […]
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Learn More Rushing Headfirst into an Abyss of Human Rights? Submission to the 45th session of the UPR Working Group, January-February 2024 On the frontline: Defending Indigenous lands and Indigenous […]
Ethiopia: Tepid international response to Tigray conflict fuels horrific violations over past six months
African and other world leaders must urgently speak out and do more to stem the ferocious tide of human rights and international humanitarian law violations in the armed conflict that […]
ANNUAL REPORT: COVID-19 hits those shackled by oppression hardest thanks to decades of inequalities, neglect and abuse
Pandemic lays bare massive systemic inequality worldwide with ethnic minorities, health workers, and women among the most severely impacted Report finds COVID-19 weaponized by leaders to ramp up their assault […]
Libya: Ten years after uprising abusive militias evade justice and instead reap rewards
A decade after the overthrow of Muammar al-Gaddafi, justice has yet to be delivered to victims of war crimes and serious human rights violations including unlawful killings, enforced disappearances, torture, […]
