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Amnesty International Canada's Kathy Price testifies to the Standing Committee hearing

Amnesty International Canada shares concerns at parliamentary study of free trade negotiations with Ecuador

On February 13, Amnesty International Canada testified before the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on International Trade (CIIT) as part of...

Chow Hang-tung and Ye Du © Private

‘I yearn to see you’ – Valentine’s letters to activists detained in mainland China and Hong Kong

Human rights activists jailed in mainland China and Hong Kong will not be able to see their loved ones this...

Stand with the People of Myanmar and be part of our Paper Airplane Campaign

Stand with the People of Myanmar and be part of our Paper Airplane Campaign

After a military coup in February 2021 and a brutal crackdown on protests, the human rights situation in Myanmar rapidly...

Sign calls on the President to cancel the mine

‘They are waiting for us to give up’: Activists face harassment and killings in campaign to protect rivers in Honduras

By Graciela Martínez González, campaigner at Amnesty International’s Latin America Regional Office. This piece was published in Newsweek en español...

Damage caused to the Abu Mu’eileq family home by air strikes in Gaza. Photo by Amnesty International.

Stop arms sales fuelling conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories

On December 5, 2023, a new investigation published by Amnesty International found that US-made Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) were used by...

Human rights defender Narges Mohammadi © private

Iran: Free women human rights defenders Narges Mohammadi and Zeynab Jalalian

Narges Mohammadi and Zeynab Jalalian, both long-term women human rights defenders, have been repeatedly targeted and detained for their human...

Boat travels up a beautiful river in the Amazon region

Keep hope alive: get involved in our new campaign to support defenders in Colombia who protect land and water vital to us all

Yuly Velásquez is a hope-inspiring defender of human rights and the environment in the Magdalena Medio region of Colombia. President...

What is spyware and what can you do to stay protected?

What is spyware and what can you do to stay protected?

What actually is spyware? Spyware is a type of malicious software. It interferes with a device’s normal operation to collect...

Kanahus Manuel: “Canada must end violence against Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ land and water defenders”

Kanahus Manuel is a land and water defender, tattoo artist and traditional birth keeper belonging to the Secwepemc and Ktunaxa...

An environment defender holds a sign that says Justice for the Amazon

How three environmental defenders are fighting fossil fuel injustice and climate change

By Graciela Martinez, Americas Regional Campaigner, Amnesty International This piece was originally published in Spanish in Open Democracy The Americas is...

Raramuri home in the Sierra Tarahumara

On the frontline: Defending Indigenous lands and Indigenous women’s bodies in northern Mexico

By Mariana Villarreal Frías, Coordinator of the Network for Defense of Indigenous Territory in the Sierra Tarahumara (REDETI, see *...

The Hidden Figures of #DropKiwiFarms

Liz Fong-Jones is a developer advocate, labor and ethics organizer, and Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with 18+ years of experience....

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