IRAN: LGBTI Defender Sentenced to Death
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 5/22 UODATE 1 BELOW Iranian LGBTI rights defender Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani and another woman, Elham Choubdar, were sentenced to death for “corruption on earth”. The women […]
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Amnesty International Canada announces winners of 2021-2022 Media Awards
The Amnesty International Media Award winners will be celebrated at an Oct. 12 virtual ceremony hosted by How She Hustles’s Emily Mills.
Afghanistan: International community must urgently action upon the UN Special Rapporteur’s recommendations
The first report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan must serve as a wakeup call to the international community on the urgent need […]
Myanmar: Five-year anniversary of Rohingya crisis must mark ‘turning point’ in quest for justice
The upcoming five-year anniversary of the Rohingya crisis must mark a turning point in the urgent quest to deliver justice to the victims and hold those responsible to account, Amnesty […]
“NAAN, KOR, AZADI!”
“Naan, kor, azadi!” Bread, work, freedom! This was the chant heard on the streets of Kabul by the many brave women this past weekend, who marched in the name of […]
Amnesty International Launches Global Campaign To Confront Unprecedented Worldwide Threat To The Right To Protest
The right to protest is under unprecedented and growing threat across all regions of the world, Amnesty International said today, as the organization launched a new global campaign to confront […]
Human rights victories to celebrate in 2022
We’ve reached the midway point of 2022 and, as ever, it’s been a busy year for Amnesty International. With the world facing human rights challenges on so many fronts, one […]
Epimotew Tastawayik Niso Askiya – Walking in Two Worlds
Rachel Wuttunee is Anishinaabekwe from Kitchenuhmaykoosib in Northwestern Ontario and is from the Bear Clan. Rachel has been an Indigenous and human rights activist for 20 years and holds a […]
Industry, Police, and MMIWG2S in Wet’suwet’en Yintah
Jennifer Wickham is a member of Cas Yikh (Grizzly Bear House) in the Gidimt’en (Bear/Wolf) Clan of the Wet’suwet’en people. She currently lives in Gidimt’en yintah in what is now […]
On Intersectionality, Access to Justice, and Walking Between Worlds
Benjamin Vandorpe (they/them) is a Two Sprit, trans, queer Inuk based in Odawa and is the founder of the non-profit organization, JusticeTrans, whose mission is to improve access to justice […]
The right to protest is under threat in Mexico
By Erika Guevara-Rosas and Edith Olivares Ferreto A year ago today, police officers repressed 93 people, most of them female students from the Escuela Normal Rural Mactumactzá, who had taken […]
PUERTO RICO: Protect Access to Abortion
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 32/22 BELOW A recently published bill seeks to prohibit abortions after 22 weeks, or when a doctor determines that the foetus is viable, with the […]