By Olof Blomqvist, Amnesty International The stories I heard from Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, the south-eastern tip of Bangladesh, are haunting. Almost 400,000 people have fled across the border […]

‘Your brother has been killed,’ the Myanmar soldier said. ‘You can come out of hiding and take him.’ By Tirana Hassan, Amnesty International crisis response director As you approach the […]

‘Your brother has been killed,’ the Myanmar soldier said. ‘You can come out of hiding and take him.’ By Tirana Hassan, Amnesty International crisis response director As you approach the […]

Follow Tirana Hassan, Amnesty’s director of the research and crisis response unit, for live updates from Bangladesh @TiranaHassan. In recent weeks, around 250,000 Rohingya refugees have fled into Bangladesh, as […]

Follow Tirana Hassan, Amnesty’s director of the research and crisis response unit, for live updates from Bangladesh @TiranaHassan. In recent weeks, around 250,000 Rohingya refugees have fled into Bangladesh, as […]

A wave of brutal attacks in the Central African Republic, including the systematic rape and murder of civilians, highlights the urgent need for stronger UN action to protect civilians, Amnesty […]

· At least 381 civilians have been killed by Boko Haram since April 2017 in Cameroon and Nigeria amid a spike in suicide bombings · Millions remain in need of […]

Human rights are under threat. So are the people who defend human rights. Join Amnesty this fall to defend our friends, our colleagues, our fellow human rights defenders. They are […]

Vigils are being held across Canada on October 4 to honour the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people. Here’s how to get involved in your […]

By Anna Neistat, Senior Director for Research, Amnesty International  Winter is coming.  Even if you haven’t seen Game of Thrones, you know the iconic, sinister saying. In the TV show, […]

  The international community must deliver and improve on existing financial commitments to help Uganda support the refugees it is hosting, following a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) […]

  ·         Amnesty International launches new campaign to defend human rights in Brazil ·         Proposed changes would reduce legal protections for children, women, LGBTI individuals and Indigenous Peoples ·         ‘Human Rights Are Not […]