Protect the Protest in Iran: the legacy of Mahsa Amini
The death in custody of Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran’s “morality” police in September 2022 sparked a nationwide uprising that continues into 2023, with women and girls leading […]
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Racial bias in facial recognition algorithms
Facial recognition makes racial discrimination worse. Learn more about how it threatens human rights and take action to ban it.
Iran: Detained Belgian aid worker, Olivier Vandecasteele must be released immediately!
Iranian authorities are subjecting Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele to enforced disappearance, torture and other ill-treatment. He is held in solitary confinement in a windowless basement cell and is denied […]
Access Denied – Tech at the Border
Rights Back At You | Episode 5 Borders have long been sites of colonial enforcement about who can come and go and how Indigenous peoples are treated. Canada is no […]
Amnesty International Canada’s submission to public consultations on a potential free trade agreement between Canada and Ecuador
This submission by Amnesty International Canada is in response to the Government of Canada’s invitation to consult with Canadian stakeholders regarding our views, reflections and priorities in relation to a […]
Walking While Black
Rights Back At You | Episode 4 Gyasi Symonds filed a complaint with the Human Rights Commission after being street checked by Halifax Police. He won. Despite his victory, street-level […]
Street Surveillance and the War on Drugs
Rights Back At You | Episode 2 What does the future of harm reduction look like for communities that are already overpoliced and surveilled? In Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, we connect […]
The right to protest is under attack in Peru! Here’s what you need to know and what you can do about it
There is a crisis of extreme gravity in the South American country of Peru – so grave, in fact, that Amnesty has deployed a specialized continental crisis response team to […]
Crisis and Tactical Round Up: Afghanistan, End Israeli Apartheid, Iran, Torture-Free Trade Treaty
Afghanistan Since seizing control of Afghanistan in August 2022, the Taliban have mounted a sustained attack on human rights, persecuting minority groups, violently clamping down on peaceful protests, and using […]
Facial Recognition and Policing Protesters
Rights Back At You | Episode 1 Meet Derrick Ingram. After he shared a photo of himself from a Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest, the New York Police Department surrounded […]
Honduras: Xiomara Castro’s government must firmly deliver on human rights agenda
Amnesty International has issued a new open letter calling for the protection of human rights defenders in Honduras.
2022 in rights: Covid-19 legacy, rising authoritarianism and Russian aggression in Ukraine sum-up 2022
Op-ed by Deprose Muchena, senior director for regional human rights impact at Amnesty International. It’s been 74 years since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the UN […]
