Americas: States must ensure an environment conducive to the work of climate, land defenders
Amnesty International has released a new report in the lead-up to COP28 about threats facing environment and land defenders in the Americas.
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Colombia: Human rights defenders remain at risk; government must guarantee their protection
A new Amnesty International report explores the government's inadequate response to the dangers facing human rights defenders in Colombia.
Israel/OPT: Horrifying cases of torture and degrading treatment of Palestinian detainees amid spike in arbitrary arrests
Israeli authorities have dramatically increased their use of administrative detention, a form of arbitrary detention, of Palestinians across the occupied West Bank; extended emergency measures that facilitate inhuman and degrading treatment of […]
Peru: Refugees at risk of mass expulsions
Venezuelan nationals in Peru can no longer apply for temporary protection, which allowed refugees to have a regular migratory status. On November 14, the Peruvian government issued the legislative decree […]
Apply Now! Write for Rights Art Commission
Background Amnesty International Canada Section (English) is looking to commission 5 artivists (activists and artists) to develop creative content for our Write for Rights (W4Rs) 2023 campaign. The chosen artivists […]
Truth & Reconciliation Day
People stand around shoes and stuffed animals that honour Indigenous children during the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on September 30, 2021. (Photo […]
Mahsa Amini: One year later we still say her name
The death in detention of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini on September 16, 2022, following her violent arrest by Iran’s “morality” police sparked the unprecedented Woman Life Freedom popular uprising in […]
Iran: One year after the Woman Life Freedom uprising international community must combat impunity for brutal crackdown
The international community must pursue pathways for justice at the international level to address systemic impunity for Iranian officials responsible for hundreds of unlawful killings of protesters and widespread torture, […]
Take action to support defenders of justice under attack in Central America
Canadians acted with concerned solidarity and welcomed tens of thousands of refugees from Central America during decades of armed conflict and cruel, racist repression. Since warfare ended, communities, organizations and […]
Myanmar: Time for Meta to pay reparations to Rohingya for role in ethnic cleansing
Meta should immediately pay reparations to the Rohingya for the role that Facebook played in the ethnic cleansing of the persecuted minority group, Amnesty International said today, on the sixth […]
Iran: Respect families’ right to commemorate loved ones killed during Woman Life Freedom uprising without reprisals on one-year anniversary
The families of those unlawfully killed by Iran’s security forces during the “Woman Life Freedom” uprising in 2022 must be allowed to mark the one-year anniversaries of their deaths, Amnesty […]
Troubling Human Rights Record of the United Arab Emirates ahead of COP28
This year, the state host for the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the United Arab Emirates (UAE).1 To have […]
