May 31, 2017

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“Now there is no salvation” – gay Chechens are in urgent need of protection

It is two months since reports surfaced in the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta that the Chechen authorities have been...

Beginning of the end for Site C?

By Craig Benjamin, Indigenous Rights Campaigner for Amnesty International Canada The leaders of the British Columbia NDP and Green parties...

The Indigenous rights movement in Canada and Alicia Keys receive Amnesty International award

On Saturday May 27th, the inspirational Indigenous rights movement in Canada and global music artist and activist Alicia Keys were...

The Indigenous rights movement in Canada and Alicia Keys receive Amnesty International award

On Saturday May 27th, the inspirational Indigenous rights movement in Canada and global music artist and activist Alicia Keys were...

Afghanistan: Kabul bombing is horrific act of deliberate violence

Responding to today’s bombing in Kabul that has claimed the lives of 80 people and injured at least 350, Amnesty...

China: Release activists detained for investigating abuses at factories making Ivanka Trump shoes

Chinese authorities must release three labour activists who were investigating labour conditions at factories that make shoes for Ivanka Trump’s...

Construction of Site C must halt as provincial NDP and Greens vow to refer the project for further study

In reaction to yesterday’s announcement by the British Columbia NDP and Green parties that, if they form an alliance government,...

France: Unchecked clampdown on protests under guise of fighting terrorism

France: Unchecked clampdown on protests under guise of fighting terrorism Powers designed to combat terrorism have been repeatedly misused to...

USA: Trump’s expected decision to leave the global climate deal could result in a human rights catastrophe of epic proportions

Amnesty International USA Release In response to reports that President Donald Trump is expected to pull the USA from the...

Bahrain heading for ‘total suppression’ of human rights as secular opposition group banned

Bahrain’s dissolution of a major political opposition society is the latest troubling move in its blatant campaign to end all...

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