The Candle Spring 2025
View Archives The Candle Spring 2025 | Vol 2 | No. 1 Amnesty International Canada’s Candle has long symbolized our collective resolve to confront human rights abuses with the glow […]
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Yemen: US abrupt and irresponsible aid cuts compound humanitarian crisis and put millions at risk
The United States government’s abrupt and irresponsible termination of foreign assistance is putting the health and human rights of millions of people in Yemen who depend on humanitarian aid at […]
Webinar: International human rights and the abolition of the death penalty
Please join us on April 12 at 12:30pm-2:30pm EDT for the third webinar in this monthly series on the abolition of the death penalty. This series is sponsored by Amnesty International […]
Nivyabandi: For Canada, ‘elbows up’ in the Trump era must include defending human rights
Human rights must be at the forefront of Canada's response to President Trump's outrageous threats, writes Amnesty Canada's Ketty Nivyabandi.
Syria: Coastal massacres of Alawite civilians must be investigated as war crimes
The Syrian government must ensure that the perpetrators of a wave of mass killings targeting Alawite civilians in coastal areas are held accountable and take immediate steps to ensure that […]
Vote for Rights
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Electric shock equipment widely abused by law enforcement agencies due to alarming lack of regulation
States and companies are manufacturing, promoting and selling electric shock equipment that is being used for torture and other ill-treatment, said Amnesty International, in a new report calling for a […]
Venezuela: Free human rights defenders now
Four human rights defenders in Venezuela are unfairly imprisoned for standing up for justice. Javier Tarazona has been behind bars since 2021. In 2024, authorities detained Rocío San Miguel, Carlos […]
Mexico: Indigenous human rights defender still missing
On October 4, 2024, human rights defender Sandra Domínguez and her husband, Alexander Hernández, disappeared from their home in María Lombardo de Caso, San Juan Cotzocón, Oaxaca, Mexico. Sandra’s family […]
Iran: Kurdish human rights activist faces execution
Pakhshan Azizi, a humanitarian worker and human rights defender from Iran’s Kurdish minority, is in grave danger of execution. On February 5, 2025, her lawyers learned that Branch Nine of […]
Joint statement on announcement of Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement
The proposed Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement threatens Indigenous rights in Ecuador and must be rejected by Canadian lawmakers.
Iran: Urgent global action needed to halt imminent execution of Kurdish humanitarian worker Pakhshan Azizi
Responding to reports that Iran’s Supreme Court rejected the request for judicial review of the conviction and death sentence of humanitarian aid worker Pakhshan Azizi, 40, from Iran’s oppressed Kurdish […]