The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, Ontario September 10, 2020 Dear Prime Minister, We write this Open Letter, on behalf of 400,000 supporters […]

National Implementation More Urgent than Ever The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted by the UN General Assembly 13 years ago, on September 13th, 2007, […]

Widespread torture including beatings, floggings, electric shocks, stress positions, mock executions, waterboarding, sexual violence, forced administration of chemical substances, and deprivation of medical care Hundreds subjected to grossly unfair trials […]

Misuse of the justice system to imprison indigenous environment defenders in Guatemala is an all too common practice designed to silence them and paralyze their vital struggles for human rights. […]

Leaked official documents newly obtained by Amnesty International reveal that the Iranian government has ignored repeated pleas by senior officials responsible for managing Iran’s prisons for additional resources to control the […]

What is climate justice? Climate change is an issue of injustice, similar to how we think about other human rights violations. It is the result of a small group of […]

OTTAWA – The Canadian government must advance consistent and globally-coordinated action to reverse China’s deeply problematic decision to apply its national security laws to Hong Kong. This troubling move poses […]

Cracks in the “Canada Brand”: profit before people creates high-risk conditions for communities made vulnerable by the pandemic  Workers’ concerns ignored at Canadian meat packing plants and hundreds made sick. Amazon […]

If there is one thing that COVID-19 has taught us, it is the power of ingenuity in the face of adversity, and the current work Amnesty International activists are doing […]

In light of the measures implemented by president Nayib Bukele to contain the pandemic, including the detention of people in forced confinement for breaching the quarantine, Amnesty International, the Center […]

Earth Day is an opportunity to celebrate the nature around us. It is also a chance to join others in calling attention to the urgency of protecting the place we […]

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Colombia must urgently take appropriate measures to guarantee the rights of Indigenous Peoples, including their rights to health, water and food, Amnesty International […]