By Colombian water defender Yuly Velásquez Briceño * Rivers and wetlands have always held great significance for me. They are a source of livelihood and economic and emotional well-being for many […]

November 13, 2023 An agreement at the COP28 summit to end the production and use of fossil fuels is vital to prevent a global climate catastrophe and stop an unprecedented […]

The Wet’suwet’en Nation’s unceded traditional territory is in the province of British Columbia, Canada. For several years now, Wet’suwet’en land defenders have been harassed, intimidated, forcibly removed and criminalized by […]

Rita Karasartova loves yoga, travelling and sewing traditional Kyrgyzstani jackets with her daughter. Worried about her people’s access to water, Rita peacefully opposed a border agreement giving control of a […]

Saturday Mothers/People, a group of relatives of victims of enforced disappearances and other human rights defenders are prevented from exercising their right to freedom of peaceful assembly in Istanbul’s Galatasaray […]

Thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest the judicial actions initiated against key actors of the recent electoral process, among them electoral authorities and members of the […]

Background Amnesty International Canada Section (English) is looking to commission 5 artivists (activists and artists) to develop creative content for our Write for Rights (W4Rs) 2023 campaign. The chosen artivists […]

This year, the state host for the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the United Arab Emirates (UAE).1 To have […]

After 52 days of vigil, Amparo Carvajal was able to exit the premises of the Permanent Assembly on Human Rights in Bolivia (APDHB). The 84-year-old human rights defender spent 12 […]

Canada’s response shows an “embarrassing disrespect” towards the rights and experiences of Indigenous Peoples, the Wet’suwet’en Nation said.

Wet’suwet’en leaders will highlight the unjust criminalization of land defenders opposing the building of the CGL pipeline on their territory.

Journalists Mohammed al-Salahi and Mohammed al-Junaid continue to be detained by the Huthi de facto authorities in Hodeidah, Yemen, despite the expiry of their sentences on June 20, 2022 and […]