Guatemala: Gender bias compounds criminalization of women human rights defenders
A new Amnesty International report probes the alarming gender bias permeating Guatemala's criminalization of women human rights defenders.
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Syria: Mass death, torture and other violations against people detained in aftermath of Islamic State defeat
People detained following the territorial defeat of the Islamic State (IS) armed group are facing systematic violations and dying in large numbers due to inhumane conditions in north-east Syria, Amnesty […]
Argentina: Drop Charges Against Three Social Media Users
Nahuel Morandini, Roque Villegas, and Lucía González face legal action merely for sharing their satirical views on a public figure online. Morandini and Villegas were detained for 54 days due […]
Talking women, peace and security in Colombia
Recently, Amnesty Canada organized a meeting to enable four threatened women human rights defenders in Colombia to share their experiences with Canada’s Ambassador for Women, Peace and Security, Jacqueline O’Neill. […]
Iran: Free women human rights defenders Narges Mohammadi and Zeynab Jalalian
Narges Mohammadi and Zeynab Jalalian, both long-term women human rights defenders, have been repeatedly targeted and detained for their human rights work. Amnesty International is calling for their immediate and […]
Amnesty report tracks years-long campaign of criminalization, unlawful surveillance against Wet’suwet’en land defenders
A new report traces years-long campaign of violence, harassment, discrimination, and dispossession against Indigenous land defenders in Canada.
Iran: Security forces used rape and other sexual violence to crush “Woman Life Freedom” uprising with impunity
Security forces in Iran used rape and other forms of sexual violence, amounting to torture and other ill-treatment, to intimidate and punish peaceful protesters during the 2022 “Woman Life Freedom” uprising, Amnesty […]
Breaking Silence: Transnational Advocacy and Gender Based Violence in Afghanistan
Shabnam Salehi is a fellow and researcher at the University of Ottawa a former professor at Kabul University, and a women’s rights commissioner with the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission. […]
TAKE ACTION DURING THE #16DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
Join Amnesty International Canada in taking action during the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence that starts on November 25, the International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women, […]
Wendy Geraldina López: “In Guatemala, women are under attack”
Wendy Geraldina López Rosales is a Maya Kaqchikel lawyer and human rights defender. She has worked with the Human Rights Law Firm (Bufete Jurídico de Derechos Humanos) and the Indigenous […]
Sudan: Civilians suffering ‘unimaginable horror’ amid ethnically motivated violence in Darfur
Survivors and witnesses of a series of ethnically motivated attacks by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied Arab militias in Ardamata, West Darfur earlier this month that killed and injured […]
Iranian women and girls face further violations of their rights under compulsory veiling bill
Armita Garawand, a 16-year-old schoolgirl, remains in a coma after falling unconscious on 1 October 2023 at a Tehran metro amid reports that a confrontation with somebody enforcing Iran’s degrading […]
