Amnesty International condemns court decision regarding Wet’suwet’en, other Indigenous land defenders
The land defenders have been arbitrarily prosecuted for protecting the rights of the Wet'suwet'en Nation, Amnesty International says.
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How three environmental defenders are fighting fossil fuel injustice and climate change
By Graciela Martinez, Americas Regional Campaigner, Amnesty International This piece was originally published in Spanish in Open Democracy The Americas is the world’s deadliest region for those defending land, territory and […]
Stories of Water: A guest blog by Colombian defender Yuvelis Morales
Yuvelis Morales is a young Black Colombian social leader and defender of water, life and territory. She works with the Colombia Free from Fracking Alliance In the Middle Valley of […]
Americas: States must ensure an environment conducive to the work of climate, land defenders
Amnesty International has released a new report in the lead-up to COP28 about threats facing environment and land defenders in the Americas.
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.
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. […]
