It is two months since reports surfaced in the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta that the Chechen authorities have been detaining, torturing and even killing gay men, as part of […]

Ahead of the Ambassador of Conscience Awards this weekend in Montreal, Alicia Keys talked with Indigenous rights activist Delilah Saunders in Teen Vogue. On May 27, human rights organization Amnesty […]

By Guadalupe Marengo, Head of Global Human Rights Defenders Programme, Amnesty International Recent attacks on human rights defenders across the world show the urgent need for Amnesty’s new campaign to defend […]

By Jackie Hansen, Major Campaigns and Women’s Rights Campaigner, Amnesty International Canada In early April, the courageous journalists at Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta reported that over a hundred men suspected […]

Attacks on civilians in the first three months of this year and the inability of the Afghan government to ensure their adequate protection show that Afghanistan remains an unsafe country […]

Mexico’s new General Law on Torture is a welcome step forward to tackle the country´s human rights crisis. Authorities must now ensure all those responsible for these heinous crimes under […]

Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International, blogs from Beirut, Lebanon. Follow Salil on Twitter @SalilShetty At a time of extreme contestation of what constitutes truth, and an era where […]

Celebrated global music artist and activist Alicia Keys and the inspirational movement of Indigenous Peoples fighting for their rights in Canada have been honoured with Amnesty International’s Ambassador of Conscience […]

By Madeleine Penman, Mexico Researcher at Amnesty International The sight of one of the most infamous borders on earth – roughly 1,000 kilometers of porous metal fence dividing lives, hopes […]

By Madeleine Penman, Mexico Researcher at Amnesty International The sight of one of the most infamous borders on earth – roughly 1,000 kilometers of porous metal fence dividing lives, hopes […]

In an Open Letter, Amnesty International Canada has called on all candidates in British Columbia’s upcoming provincial election to commit to addressing crucial gaps in oversight, accountability, and service delivery that […]

An internationally mandated fact-finding mission to look at human rights violations in Myanmar is welcome, urgently needed and long overdue, Amnesty International said today. “The announcement of an independent international […]