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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 […]
Myanmar: Four years after coup, world must demand accountability for atrocity crimes
The international community must take urgent action to ensure accountability for atrocities in Myanmar, 46 organizations said today ahead of the four-year anniversary of the 1 February 2021 military coup. […]
Temporary Foreign Workers Report
‘Canada has destroyed me’: Amnesty report exposes systemic abuse of migrants in Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program.
Amnesty’s human rights wins of 2024
This year people around the world continued to prove that change is possible. From changing laws to ensuring justice prevails, here are Amnesty's human rights successes of 2024.
Closing arguments heard in court case of Wet’suwet’en land defenders
The court case involves three land defenders criminalized for their efforts to protect the unceded territory of the Wet’suwet’en Nation.
Canadian government’s decision to split Bill C-63 a ‘step in the right direction’
Amnesty International Canada welcomes the federal government’s plan to split Bill C-63, the Online Harms Act, into two separate pieces of legislation. Parts 1 and 4, representing the Online Harms […]