Walking While Black
Rights Back At You | Episode 4 Gyasi Symonds filed a complaint with the Human Rights Commission after being street checked by Halifax Police. He won. Despite his victory, street-level […]
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Street Surveillance and the War on Drugs
Rights Back At You | Episode 2 What does the future of harm reduction look like for communities that are already overpoliced and surveilled? In Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, we connect […]
The right to protest is under attack in Peru! Here’s what you need to know and what you can do about it
There is a crisis of extreme gravity in the South American country of Peru – so grave, in fact, that Amnesty has deployed a specialized continental crisis response team to […]
Crisis and Tactical Round Up: Afghanistan, End Israeli Apartheid, Iran, Torture-Free Trade Treaty
Afghanistan Since seizing control of Afghanistan in August 2022, the Taliban have mounted a sustained attack on human rights, persecuting minority groups, violently clamping down on peaceful protests, and using […]
Facial Recognition and Policing Protesters
Rights Back At You | Episode 1 Meet Derrick Ingram. After he shared a photo of himself from a Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest, the New York Police Department surrounded […]
Honduras: Xiomara Castro’s government must firmly deliver on human rights agenda
Amnesty International has issued a new open letter calling for the protection of human rights defenders in Honduras.
2022 in rights: Covid-19 legacy, rising authoritarianism and Russian aggression in Ukraine sum-up 2022
Op-ed by Deprose Muchena, senior director for regional human rights impact at Amnesty International. It’s been 74 years since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the UN […]
Human Rights wins in 2022
Confronted with what can sometimes seem like an endless cycle of bad news in the media, it’s easy to feel despondent. But, amid the gloom, there were plenty of good news […]
Israel/OPT: Solidarity with Palestinians means ending all support for apartheid
On the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Amnesty International reiterates its call for global action to end the system of apartheid which Israeli authorities enforce against Palestinians […]
EGYPT: Ailing Rights Lawyer Deprived of Healthcare
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 190/18 UPDATE 5 BELOW Lawyer Hoda Abdelmoniem has been arbitrarily detained for four years and is on trial by an Emergency State Security Court on […]
Iran: At least 82 Baluchi protesters and bystanders killed in bloody crackdown
Iranian security forces unlawfully killed at least 66 people, including children, and injured hundreds of others after firing live ammunition, metal pellets and teargas at protesters, bystanders and worshippers during […]
Iran: Leaked documents reveal top-level orders to armed forces to ‘mercilessly confront’ protesters
Iran’s highest military body instructed the commanders of armed forces in all provinces to “severely confront” protesters who took to the streets following the death in custody of Mahsa Amini […]