By Graciela Martínez González, campaigner at Amnesty International’s Latin America Regional Office. This piece was published in Newsweek en español When Honduras President Xiomara Castro took office in January 2022 […]

The Copernicus Global Climate Report shows that global average temperatures in 2023 reached 14.98ºC, making it the hottest year on record.

December 14, 2023 The COP28 climate summit in Dubai ended after 14 days with an agreement which recognized for the first time the need to move away from fossil fuels. […]

On December 1, human rights defender, Daouda Diallo was abducted by security forces in civilian clothes while he was renewing his passport at the passport office in Ouagadougou, capital of […]

By Colombian water defender Yuly Velásquez Briceño * Rivers and wetlands have always held great significance for me. They are a source of livelihood and economic and emotional well-being for many […]

November 13, 2023 An agreement at the COP28 summit to end the production and use of fossil fuels is vital to prevent a global climate catastrophe and stop an unprecedented […]

The Wet’suwet’en Nation’s unceded traditional territory is in the province of British Columbia, Canada. For several years now, Wet’suwet’en land defenders have been harassed, intimidated, forcibly removed and criminalized by […]

Rita Karasartova loves yoga, travelling and sewing traditional Kyrgyzstani jackets with her daughter. Worried about her people’s access to water, Rita peacefully opposed a border agreement giving control of a […]

Saturday Mothers/People, a group of relatives of victims of enforced disappearances and other human rights defenders are prevented from exercising their right to freedom of peaceful assembly in Istanbul’s Galatasaray […]

Thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest the judicial actions initiated against key actors of the recent electoral process, among them electoral authorities and members of the […]

Background Amnesty International Canada Section (English) is looking to commission 5 artivists (activists and artists) to develop creative content for our Write for Rights (W4Rs) 2023 campaign. The chosen artivists […]

This year, the state host for the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the United Arab Emirates (UAE).1 To have […]