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South African police officers fire rubber bullet as they chase protestors in the streets of Johannesburg, on April 23, 2019 during a protest against the lack of service delivery or basic necessities such as access to water and electricity, housing difficulties and lack of public road maintenance.

Police misuse of rubber bullets kills and maims peaceful protesters

Security forces across the world are routinely misusing rubber bullets, plastic bullets and other law enforcement weapons to violently suppress...

A women in a black electric wheelchair wearing sunglasses, a teal t-shirt with a lacy white collar and lavender-coloured trousers raises her right hand to her forehead as a salute.

Canada: Groundbreaking human rights defender Nell Toussaint remembered

Neil Toussaint fought courageously for equal access to essential health care for people with irregular immigration status in Canada....
A group of protesters on the sidewalk hold up a banner stating "Hands Of Wet'suwet'en" and featuring a red hand print in the middle of the text.

Canada: Indigenous land defenders criminalized, surveilled and harassed as pipeline construction continues on Wet’suwet’en territory

January 7, 2022 marks the fourth anniversary of the RCMP's first raid on a checkpoint established by Wet’suwet’en and other...

Human Rights wins in 2022

Confronted with what can sometimes seem like an endless cycle of bad news in the media, it’s easy to feel despondent....

Joint Statement in Solidarity with Indigenous Families Mourning the Murders of Four Indigenous Women

Amnesty International Canada stands in solidarity with the families and loves ones of Rebecca Contois of Crane River First Nation,...

Making climate justice action accessible: Amnesty’s “Stop Paving Over Our Rights” comic

Amnesty International Canada has published a new comic book that makes the connections between transportation, climate, and human rights easy...

From left to right: A security guard, cleaner, construction working, waiter, and another construction worker pose shoulder to shoulder facing the camera.

2022 FIFA World Cup: Open letter to Canada Soccer on workers’ rights in Qatar

Amnesty International Canada urges Canada Soccer to call on FIFA to compensate workers harmed in the build-up 2022 FIFA World...

Manitoba becomes 4th province to say it will end immigration detention

Manitoba will end immigration detention in its provincial jails, joining British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and Alberta. The four provinces have...

Russia: Vladimir Kara-Murza, jailed prisoner of conscience, awarded Václav Havel Prize

Responding to the news that Vladimir Kara-Murza, a prominent Russian political activist and journalist who has been detained since April...

Chile: A change based on justice

By Pilar Sanmartín, Americas crisis researcher at Amnesty International This blog was originally published in Spain’s El Diario The Chilean...

Ethiopia: UNHRC decision underscores critical need to continue monitoring human rights abuses

In response to the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNRC) decision to extend the mandate of the International Commission of...

“Women, Life, Freedom!” Protect the Protest in Iran

“Please be our voice… We are standing firm in the streets. We are risking our lives on the street [protesting],...

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