THANK YOU to all Write for Rights participants for creating amazing momentum on December 10th, International Human Rights Day!  We could actually feel the wave of energy from east to […]

Photo: Once consultations are complete, the inquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls should get underway. Meanwhile widely supported recommendations to help address this crisis can be implemented, such […]

Breakthroughs and heartbreak.  Perseverance and triumph.   2015 has reminded us that human rights struggles are very often for the long haul, but also that continuing to shine the Amnesty candle […]

Read the FAQ on Public Inquiries Today the government of Canada launched the design process for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada. Amnesty […]

Read the FAQ on Public Inquiries ,   , Today the government of Canada launched the design process for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls […]

What is it like to be a refugee in Lebanon? The answer you’ll get will be different depending on whether you speak to a women, girl, man, or boy.  Early […]

What is it like to be a refugee in Lebanon? The answer you’ll get will be different depending on whether you speak to a women, girl, man, or boy.  , […]

The case of a 22-year-old student sentenced to one year in prison for engaging in “homosexual relations” has finally sparked public debate on same-sex relations in Tunisia. Yesterday, the Minister […]

Connie Greyeyes is a grassroots activist from Fort St. John, a small community in northeastern British Columbia. She volunteers with the Fort St. John Women’s Resource Society, started the Women […]

By Tara Scurr, Campaigner, Business and Human Rights     One year ago, Alex Neve and I were sitting in the Hotel Continental in Guatemala City, waiting for reporters to turn […]

The EU takes one step forward, with a long way left to go. EU leaders have taken a positive step forward by agreeing to share responsibility for 120,000 asylum-seekers. But […]

Amnesty International has been in the news recently for our position on how to protect the human rights of sex workers of all genders (women, men, gender non-conforming). There’s been […]