Features

Insight, analysis, and research from Amnesty International campaigners, staff, and volunteers.

Search by Category

Qatar must use Gulf crisis to reform record on migrants rights

By James Lynch, Deputy head of Global Issues at Amnesty International The Gulf crisis that erupted in early June,...

Why the arrest of IT trainers in Turkey affects us all

Tanya O’Carroll is a technology and human rights adviser at Amnesty International. Follow Tanya on Twitter @TanyaOCarroll When the...

“Even when she was beaten in protests, she would join the next day”

By Josef Benedict, Amnesty International’s Deputy Campaigns Director for Southeast Asia and the Pacific There is nothing left of...

Defending the land with their lives

By Kathy Price, AI Canada’s Honduras campaigner. Follow Kathy on Twitter @KPriceAmnesty “Admirable, courageous, inspiring”: those were the words we...

‘We never thought this could happen to us’: A sinister story of arbitrary detention in Mexico

By Josefina Salomón, Amnesty International in Mexico The phone rang at four in the afternoon, exactly as scheduled. The ringing...

Arbitrary detentions in Mexico: ‘We never thought this could happen to us’

The phone rang at four in the afternoon, exactly as scheduled. The ringing heightened the tension in the small...

12 ways your support means Amnesty works

Put simply, without the support of people like you, we couldn’t achieve the many things we do year in and...

Take Action for Mount Polley

On August 4th 2014, the tailings dam burst at Imperial Metals’ Mount Polley Mine in central British Columbia, releasing a...

Stop the silence: We need to tackle Turkey’s human rights crisis

By Alex Neve, Amnesty Canada Secretary General. Follow Alex on Twitter @AlexNeveAmnesty. As a human rights advocate you know you...

Bahrain: Human rights defender charged with terrorism

The Bahraini authorities’ decision to bring terrorism charges against Ebtissam al-Saegh, a human rights defender detained since 3 July...

Morocco/Western Sahara: Verdict in Sahrawi mass trial marred by failure to adequately investigate torture claims

A court today convicted 23 Sahrawi activists over deadly clashes in Western Sahara after failing to exclude evidence tainted...

Honduras: Brave land and water defenders face dangerous new attacks

By Kathy Price, Amnesty International Canada’s Latin America campaigner It is a story of immeasurable courage and the lengths to...

Features
Activism Guide
Book Club
Human Rights Education
Human Rights News
Legal Briefs
Members in Action
Online Action
Perspectives
Press Releases
Reports
The Candle
Urgent Actions
Youth Activism
Powered by  GDPR Cookie Compliance
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.