A delegation of Amnesty International representatives from France, Germany, the United States and Canada will attend the trials of Wet’suwet’en land defenders in Smithers, British Columbia, during the week of June 17, 2024. The delegates will be there to watch the criminal court...

Fourteen-year-old Leonela Moncayo is a hope-inspiring environment defender. Together with eight other Amazonian girls, Leonela went to court to call for a stop to gas flaring in Ecuador—an oil extraction process that releases large amounts of methane, with dire environmental and health...

On February 13, a grenade attack targeted the home of a CREDHOS member, injuring her family. This followed threats to civil society groups in Colombia’s Magdalena Medio region, including CREDHOS and FEDEPESAN, who work on human rights and environmental issues. We urge Colombian authorities to...

The land defenders have been arbitrarily prosecuted for protecting the rights of the Wet'suwet'en Nation, Amnesty International says.

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 the environment. As companies and authorities continue to destroy...

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 the Magdalena River, Puerto Wilches is a magical place of river-dwelling, amphibious, coastal and Santandereana...

Amnesty International has released a new report in the lead-up to COP28 about threats facing environment and land defenders in the Americas.

A new Amnesty International report explores the government's inadequate response to the dangers facing human rights defenders in Colombia.

Amnesty International calls on British Columbia to drop the charges facing Wet'suwet'en land defenders after a series of brazen RCMP raids.

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 pipeline are experiencing surveillance, harassment and intimidation at the hands...

A new Amnesty International report shines a light on the use of Mexico's criminal justice system to suppress people's right to protest.

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 social movements have been working with enormous determination to build a more...