YEMEN: Release Arbitrarily Detained Journalist
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 69/22 BELOW Journalist Younis Abdelsalam has been arbitrarily detained without charge by the Huthi de facto authorities for almost a year. He was falsely accused […]
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Amnesty International Launches Global Campaign To Confront Unprecedented Worldwide Threat To The Right To Protest
The right to protest is under unprecedented and growing threat across all regions of the world, Amnesty International said today, as the organization launched a new global campaign to confront […]
ALGERIA: Investigate Torture of Whistleblower
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 43/22 UPDATE 1 BELOW Mohamed Benhlima is an activist, former military official and whistleblower who exposed alleged corruption by high-ranking Algerian military officials online. He […]
Human rights victories to celebrate in 2022
We’ve reached the midway point of 2022 and, as ever, it’s been a busy year for Amnesty International. With the world facing human rights challenges on so many fronts, one […]
Industry, Police, and MMIWG2S in Wet’suwet’en Yintah
Jennifer Wickham is a member of Cas Yikh (Grizzly Bear House) in the Gidimt’en (Bear/Wolf) Clan of the Wet’suwet’en people. She currently lives in Gidimt’en yintah in what is now […]
After dam disaster in Colombia, Canada’s EDC talks remedy but fails to provide it
EDC provided financing for Hidroituango megaproject linked to human rights and environmental harm Hidroituango is a hydroelectric dam megaproject financed in part by Canada that has resulted in severe harms […]
YEMEN: Release Journalists at Risk of Execution
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 27/16 UPDATE 5 BELOW On 29 May, the appeal session for four Yemeni journalists sentenced to death, namely, Akram al-Walidi, Abdelkhaleq Amran, Hareth Hamid, and […]
Ecuador: Authorities and companies threaten the Amazon and its Indigenous Peoples
May 4, 2022 Authorities and companies in Ecuador threaten the Amazon through legislation, policies and extractive projects – mainly oil and mining – that have not obtained the free, prior […]
I want to fight climate chaos. What can I do?
Normally, the coming of spring is a welcome reprieve from long, cold, dark, and, if you’re from British Columbia like me, wet winters. But this year’s coming of spring may […]
Mining and the Defence of Rights at Risk
Amidst an ever more dangerous climate emergency, communities and their leaders continue to face smear campaigns, criminalization and physical attacks as they courageously defend land, air and water threatened by […]
Political leaders and corporate titans put profit and power ahead of people, betraying promises for fair recovery from pandemic
Amnesty International releases its Annual Report for 2021 Peddling false promises of a fair recovery from Covid-19 to address deep-seated inequalities world leaders colluded with corporate titans to hoard power […]
Russia: Kremlin’s ruthless crackdown stifles independent journalism and anti-war movement
Independent media blocked, more than 150 journalists have fled the country Facebook and Twitter banned New legislation punishes independent reporting on the war with up to 15 years’ behind bars; […]
