Colombia: Human rights defenders remain at risk; government must guarantee their protection
A new Amnesty International report explores the government's inadequate response to the dangers facing human rights defenders in Colombia.
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Canada: Charges must be dropped against Wet’suwet’en land defenders, their supporters
Amnesty International calls on British Columbia to drop the charges facing Wet'suwet'en land defenders after a series of brazen RCMP raids.
Canada: Drop charges against land defenders
The Indigenous Wet’suwet’en Nation is protecting its ancestral lands and waterways against the construction of a gas pipeline. Wet’suwet’en land defenders and their supporters who oppose the construction of the […]
Mexico: Land, environment defenders criminalized for exercising right to protest
A new Amnesty International report shines a light on the use of Mexico's criminal justice system to suppress people's right to protest.
Take action to support defenders of justice under attack in Central America
Canadians acted with concerned solidarity and welcomed tens of thousands of refugees from Central America during decades of armed conflict and cruel, racist repression. Since warfare ended, communities, organizations and […]
Bolivia: Human rights defenders at risk
84-year-old human rights defender, Amparo Carvajal has spent over 45 days in vigil in cold temperatures outside the Permanent Assembly on Human Rights in Bolivia (APDHB) in La Paz. On […]
Kyrgyzstan: Release the Kempir-Abad defenders
A group of individuals have been arrested on charges related to their participation in peaceful protests in Kempir-Abad against a controversial new border agreement with Uzbekistan. A number of them […]
Criminalization of Wet’suwet’en land defenders
Background As we begin yet another year, the Wet’suwet’en land defenders are still under continued surveillance and criminalization by the British Columbia (B.C.) provincial government and the Canadian federal government. […]
Canada: Indigenous land defenders criminalized, surveilled and harassed as pipeline construction continues on Wet’suwet’en territory
January 7, 2022 marks the fourth anniversary of the RCMP's first raid on a checkpoint established by Wet’suwet’en and other land defenders.
Canada: Construction of pipeline on Indigenous territory endangers land defenders
Land defenders are at risk of serious human rights violations as the construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline has reportedly begun under the Wedzin Kwa (Morice River).
CANADA: Indigenous Land Defenders At Risk
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 61/22 UPDATE 1 BELOW Wet’suwet’en land defenders in Canada are at risk of serious human rights violations as the construction of a pipeline is slated […]
Land defenders face criminal charges, despite UN concern over pipelines and policing in Canada
Wet’suwet’en land defenders say they expect work on the Coastal GasLink pipeline to resume in the next few weeks and fear they will face further arrests and human rights violations […]
