Syrian security forces have subjected Syrians who returned home after seeking refuge abroad to detention, disappearance and torture, including sexual violence, Amnesty International said today. In a new report, “You’re going […]

I’ve seen a lot of injustice around me all my life. My passion for travel and having lived in many places, cultural distinctions only amplified my rigour towards social justice. […]

New research by Amnesty International has revealed the devastating scale of destruction caused by the ongoing conflict in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions. Fighting between various armed groups and the Cameroonian armed […]

The climate crisis is becoming ever more urgent. It is nothing less than a global emergency and the greatest human rights challenge of our time. Indeed, climate change threatens the […]

Johanne Durocher is the mother of Nathalie Morin, a Quebec woman who has lived in Saudi Arabia since 2005 with her husband and four children. Nathalie, who Amnesty International considers […]

Aung San Suu Kyi faces seven charges and decades in prison as the UN General Assembly sets to vote on a landmark resolution on Myanmar Since the coup, more than […]

The Right Honorable Justin TrudeauPrime Minister of CanadaOffice of the Prime Minister80 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2 Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, June 6th, 2021, marked yet another lethal attack […]

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 67/21 HERE Maura, a 41-year-old transgender woman, has spent half her life living in the United States of America. Years ago, she sought safety in […]

AMERICAS “The only way to heal was to take action” – Jaclyn Corin, 17, USA I never imagined it would happen to me. Parkland was labelled the safest community in […]

Belarusian students are being arrested on criminal charges, prosecuted for peaceful activism and expelled from educational institutions, in retribution for their involvement in the continuing protest movement against the widely-contested […]

Amnesty International’s 2004 Stolen Sisters report was one of the first reports to systematically document the pattern of violence experienced by Indigenous women and girls in Canada. Due to continued government inaction to end the violence, the findings and recommendations in the 2004 report,...

No More Stolen Sisters Reports Amnesty International’s 2004 Stolen Sisters report was one of the first reports to systematically document the pattern of violence experienced by Indigenous women and girls […]