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One-Year of the French language Class on Human Rights (FCHR)

Junior Mandoko, far left, and Merryl David-Ismayil, front centre with some of their French students By Merryl David-Ismayil It all...

Tricks of the trade? Open season on journalists in Mexico

By Erika Guevara-Rosas The tragic news of the brutal murder of Javier Valdez Cárdenas, a Mexican journalist renowned for his...

Why we need to defend the defenders – now, more than ever

By Guadalupe Marengo, Head of Global Human Rights Defenders Programme, Amnesty International Recent attacks on human rights defenders across the...

The importance of Bill C-16 on Gender Identity: In conversation with violence against women advocate Dillon Black

On the eve of the final Senate committee hearings on Bill C-16 on Gender Identity, Amnesty’s women’s rights campaigner Jackie...

Why we need to keep our eyes on Chechnya

By Jackie Hansen, Major Campaigns and Women’s Rights Campaigner, Amnesty International Canada In early April, the courageous journalists at Russian...

New Global Campaign: #WeDefend

Human rights defenders are people who stand up for justice and equality in sometimes extraordinary circumstances. But they are under...

10 Tips for Summer Tabling

Don’t be an armchair tabler! Summers are for public engagement. Are you inviting people over with intriguing visuals, offering a...

BC mining operations must be made accountable for human rights abuses

By Fiona Koza Nevsun Resources has joined the ranks of Vancouver-based mining companies on trial for human rights abuses allegedly...

One year after the murders of Xulhaz Mannan and Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy

By Ta*, an LGBT activist in Bangladesh “I might not come any longer. I’m afraid. You had to flee from...

4.6 million actions for Write for Rights!

By Shiromi Pinto Amnesty supporters around the world outdid themselves this Write for Rights 2016. Together, you wrote an amazing...

UN Permanent Forum Joint Statement on Sustainable Development

UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Sixteenth Session Thursday April 27, 2017 Agenda Item 4 Speaker: Grand Chief Wilton Littlechild...

“Help bring my husband back” – One woman’s campaign to free her husband in Iran

By Vida Mehrannia Sweden Tweet Iranian-born Swedish resident Dr Ahmadreza Djalali, a medical doctor and lecturer in disaster medicine, has...

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