Honour Stolen Sisters on October 4th
Years of campaigning led by Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people resulted in government finally calling an inquiry to investigate the scope and scale of violence against Indigenous women, girls, […]
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Afghanistan: Taliban wasting no time in stamping out human rights says new briefing
The Taliban are steadily dismantling the human rights gains of the last twenty years, said Amnesty International, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) in a new briefing published […]
Syria: Former refugees tortured, raped, disappeared after returning home
Syrian security forces have subjected Syrians who returned home after seeking refuge abroad to detention, disappearance and torture, including sexual violence, Amnesty International said today. In a new report, “You’re going […]
Voices for Human Rights: Renee Gujral, National Youth Organizer
I’ve seen a lot of injustice around me all my life. My passion for travel and having lived in many places, cultural distinctions only amplified my rigour towards social justice. […]
Cameroon: Witness testimony and satellite images reveal the scale of devastation in Anglophone regions
New research by Amnesty International has revealed the devastating scale of destruction caused by the ongoing conflict in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions. Fighting between various armed groups and the Cameroonian armed […]
Defending Water, Defending Land
The climate crisis is becoming ever more urgent. It is nothing less than a global emergency and the greatest human rights challenge of our time. Indeed, climate change threatens the […]
“She couldn’t be separated from her children”: In conversation with Johanne Durocher
Johanne Durocher is the mother of Nathalie Morin, a Quebec woman who has lived in Saudi Arabia since 2005 with her husband and four children. Nathalie, who Amnesty International considers […]
Myanmar: As Aung San Suu Kyi goes on trial, ASEAN indecision enabling military rampage
Aung San Suu Kyi faces seven charges and decades in prison as the UN General Assembly sets to vote on a landmark resolution on Myanmar Since the coup, more than […]
Open Letter to the Prime Minister on the National Action Summit on Islamophobia
The Right Honorable Justin TrudeauPrime Minister of CanadaOffice of the Prime Minister80 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2 Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, June 6th, 2021, marked yet another lethal attack […]
USA: Free Trans Woman from Indefinite Detention
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 67/21 HERE Maura, a 41-year-old transgender woman, has spent half her life living in the United States of America. Years ago, she sought safety in […]
The fearless young leaders the world needs right now
AMERICAS “The only way to heal was to take action” – Jaclyn Corin, 17, USA I never imagined it would happen to me. Parkland was labelled the safest community in […]
Belarus: University students expelled from universities and imprisoned for peaceful protest
Belarusian students are being arrested on criminal charges, prosecuted for peaceful activism and expelled from educational institutions, in retribution for their involvement in the continuing protest movement against the widely-contested […]
