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Human rights victories to celebrate in 2022

We’ve reached the midway point of 2022 and, as ever, it’s been a busy year for Amnesty International. With the...

Queer/Muslim/Canadian

Momin Rahman (he/him) is a Professor of Sociology at Trent University. His current research is on the conflicts between LGBTQ2S...

Land defenders face criminal charges, despite UN concern over pipelines and policing in Canada

Wet’suwet’en land defenders say they expect work on the Coastal GasLink pipeline to resume in the next few weeks and...

Epimotew Tastawayik Niso Askiya – Walking in Two Worlds

Rachel Wuttunee is Anishinaabekwe from Kitchenuhmaykoosib in Northwestern Ontario and is from the Bear Clan. Rachel has been an Indigenous...

Industry, Police, and MMIWG2S in Wet’suwet’en Yintah

Jennifer Wickham is a member of Cas Yikh (Grizzly Bear House) in the Gidimt’en (Bear/Wolf) Clan of the Wet’suwet’en people....

Indigenous Women, Girls and Gender-Diverse People Are Humans With Rights

Lynne Groulx is a Métis woman from the Treaty Three historic Métis community of Rainy River/Lake of the Woods, and...

LGBTQI+ Afghans Need a Safe Way Out

Kimahli Powell (he/him) is the Executive Director of Rainbow Railroad and the Chair of Dignity Network. Rainbow Railroad is a...

The Pride Progress flag is at the top of this graphic, with the Amnesty International logo in the top right corner. The bottom half of the graphic has beaded earrings. The middle of the image has the title: Pride Month and Indigenous History Month. Guest Essay Series.

On Intersectionality, Access to Justice, and Walking Between Worlds

Benjamin Vandorpe (they/them) is a Two Sprit, trans, queer Inuk based in Odawa and is the founder of the non-profit...

Keep the memory of Tiananmen Square alive

On the evening of June 3-4, 1989, Chinese tanks rolled into Tiananmen Square in Beijing to brutally crush an unprecedented...

Death Penalty: Facts and Figures

Facts about the death penalty Amnesty International recorded 579 executions in 18 countries in 2021, an increase of 20% from the 483 recorded in 2020. This...

Chow Hang-tung

Amnesty International has left Hong Kong but there will still be candles in the darkness

By Chow Hang-tung, human rights activist, Tiananmen vigil organizer and barrister, currently jailed in Hong Kong It was a sad moment when Amnesty...

Write for Rights 2021: Your Words are Changing Lives

More people took part in Write for Rights 2021 in Canada than ever before! More than 5,800 people across Canada...

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