Amnesty International Canada stands in solidarity with the families and loves ones of Rebecca Contois of Crane River First Nation, Marcedes Myran and Morgan Harris, both of Long Plain First […]

A new Amnesty International report documents sexual and other forms of gender-based violence committed by Colombian police during the repression of the 2021 National Strike.

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the beginning of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, Amnesty International is reiterating its call to mediators […]

The bravery of protesters facing a spiralling deadly response by the Iranian security forces over the past days after the death of Mahsa Amini reveals the extent of outrage in […]

The urgency of upholding the rights of women and girls has never waned, and this is continues to be the reality for women and girls around the world. Gender-based violence […]

Since seizing control of Afghanistan a year ago, the Taliban have mounted a sustained attack on human rights, persecuting minority groups, violently clamping down on peaceful protests, suppressing women’s rights […]

In less than a year, the Taliban have decimated the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan. Soon after they took control of the country’s government, the Taliban said they […]

The report, Death in Slow Motion: Women and Girls Under Taliban Rule, also reveals how women who peacefully protested against these oppressive rules have been threatened, arrested, detained, tortured, and forcibly disappeared

By Alliance for Human Rights in AfghanistanWorld Refugee Day 2022 To mark World Refugee Day, members of the Alliance for Human Rights in Afghanistan stand together to honour Afghan refugees […]

Lynne Groulx is a Métis woman from the Treaty Three historic Métis community of Rainy River/Lake of the Woods, and is the Chief Executive Officer for the Native Women’s Association […]

The 2022 federal budget was announced on April 7th and was keenly scrutinized for its gender-based analysis in all domains, financial commitments towards Indigenous reconciliation, and the continued COVID-response. With […]

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 33/21, UPDATE 3 HERE  Sultana Khaya, an activist for Sahrawis’ right to self-determination and her family have been under a de facto house arrest since […]