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How we corroborated eyewitness testimony to show Russia carried out unlawful attacks in north-west Syria

The report ‘Nowhere is safe for us’ documents attacks on schools and hospitals in towns and villages in Idlib, western...

Women’s rights and COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating existing gender inequalities as lockdowns lead to higher rates of gender-based violence, less access to...

Amnesty urges Canadian government to support an ICC investigation of war crimes in OPT

On December 20, 2019, the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (“ICC”) concluded its preliminary examination of...

Who are the Büyükada trial defendants?

Top row (left to right): Nalan Erkem, İlknur Üstün, Veli Acu, Peter Steudtner Middle row (left to right): Idil Eser,...

Take Action to Support Mexico’s Mothers of the Disappeared

This Mother’s Day, amidst stay-at-home restrictions in both Canada and Mexico, we are in solidarity with the mothers of the...

Countdown to justice in Turkey

On 3 July 2020 – three years after they were first detained – 11 human rights activists will hear a...

Three prisoners of conscience released in Myanmar

Nay Zar Tun benefited from good behaviour to secure early release on April 9. Myint Zaw and Khin Cho Naing...

May Day: Governments of the Americas must do more to protect health sector workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Millions of people in the Americas live in countries that will likely enter their deadliest phase of the COVID-19 pandemic...

Wang Quanzhang is free!

Wang Quanzhang was the last lawyer awaiting a verdict in connection with the Chinese government’s mass crackdown in 2015, which...

Small steps in the right direction: Saudi Arabia plans to reduce the use of executions and flogging.

Saudi Arabia executed a record number of people in 2019 – 184 – but there may be fewer this year....

How to deal with news overload during the COVID-19 crisis

During the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s understandable that many of us are glued to our screens, scrolling through what can seem...

Protect the Women Who Make Our Clothes

Today marks the seven-year anniversary of the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory building in Bangladesh, which tragically left...

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