Iranian authorities have unleashed a deadly crackdown on protesters across the country since 28 December 2025, marked by security forces’ unlawful use of force and firearms and mass arbitrary arrests, […]

Since 2023, Vietnamese activist and well-known noodle seller Bùi Tuấn Lâm, also known as “Green Onion Bae,” has been imprisoned in Xuân Lộc prison in Đồng Nai province. Authorities detained […]

On November 18, the presidents of the community associations of El Porvenir and Matarratón in Puerto Gaitán (Meta) received threatening WhatsApp messages from the same phone number. The messages asked […]

You are invited to join human rights advocates in Waterloo Region as we take part in Amnesty International’s annual Write for Rights letter-writing campaign. We have been hosting Write for […]

Human Rights News https://amnesty.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Extraction-Extinction-PR-video-header-1.mp4 Extraction Extinction Why the lifecycle of fossil fuels threatens life, nature, and human rights First-of-its-kind mapping exercise, paired with multi-country qualitative research, reveals...

Thirty years after the Nigerian government brutally executed environmental activists, the Ogoni Nine, for fighting to protect the Niger Delta from oil giant Shell, their friends and family are still […]

From 10-21 November, world leaders, scientists, activists, negotiators, diplomats, Indigenous Peoples and other affected communities will gather in Belém, Brazil for COP30, the annual UN climate conference.   COP30 arrives at […]

Between June and August, 26 fisher families from San Silvestre, Barrancabermeja, were forced to leave their homes after receiving threats to their safety. On July 5 and again on August […]

Since late August, the Comité de Integración Social del Catatumbo (CISCA) and other local civil society groups have raised the alarm about a serious health outbreak in the Bridikayra settlement […]

Amnesty International Canada says the Canadian government must change course after a disappointing first 100 days of Parliament.

Cấn Thị Thêu, a prominent human rights defender and prisoner of conscience, has been jailed for five years. She recently told her family about serious health problems. Reports also suggest […]

Climate change is a human rights issue, and Amnesty Canada’s Climate Justice Advocacy Team is taking action! This passionate group of activists from across the country campaigns on everything from […]