Verisheh Moradi, a member of Iran’s Kurdish minority, faces the death penalty after a deeply unfair trial in Tehran’s Revolutionary Court. In November 2024, she was sentenced to death for […]

(October 14, 2024) Amnesty International and a coalition of Indigenous-led and civil society organizations attended the 89th Session of the United Nation’s Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women […]

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People in Iran continue to endure the devastating consequences of the authorities’ brutal crackdown on the “Woman Life Freedom" uprising.

In September, Canada is hosting the third round of fast track negotiations to secure a free trade agreement with Ecuador. To date, Canada has failed to act on calls from […]

Table of Contents Canada is supposed to be where people come to live because it’s a nice country where people are free, but it doesn’t feel like that for First […]

A haunting novel that weaves themes of intergenerational trauma, Indigenous identity, grief, and the power of dreams.

On 16 August 2024, Luis Abinader was sworn in for a second term as president of the Dominican Republic. During his previous term in office, Amnesty International condemned worrying human […]

In a world with increasing inequality and persisting discrimination, armed conflict, authoritarianism and crises of governance, as well as mounting global threats on livelihoods and the planet, protests are widespread […]

Thousands of Yezidi survivors of atrocities by the Islamic State armed group (IS) remain missing, including likely hundreds indefinitely detained in north-east Syria, Amnesty International said ahead of the 10-year […]

June is Pride Month —a time dedicated to celebrating 2SLGBTQQIA+ communities, advocating for equal rights, and fostering a world where everyone can embrace their true selves without fear, violence or […]

Israeli authorities must end their indefinite incommunicado detention of Palestinians from the occupied Gaza Strip, without charge or trial under the Unlawful Combatants law, in flagrant violation of international law, […]