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Mohammad Ali Taheri: Sentenced to Death in Iran

On 1 August 2015 Mohammad Ali Taheri was sentenced to death in Iran for ‘spreading corruption on earth” His family...

Challenging Tunisia’s homophobic taboos

The case of a 22-year-old student sentenced to one year in prison for engaging in “homosexual relations” has finally sparked...

“When we’re together, there’s so much strength” Conversation with Connie Greyeyes

Connie Greyeyes is a grassroots activist from Fort St. John, a small community in northeastern British Columbia. She volunteers with...

Rights at Risk in Guatemala: One year on, concerns about mining and human rights remain

By Tara Scurr, Campaigner, Business and Human Rights One year ago, Alex Neve and I were sitting in the Hotel...

A message of thanks from Colombia

By Kathy Price, Colombia campaigner with Amnesty International Canada , It was great news, the kind of news that underscores...

Egypt frees Al Jazeera staff jailed for journalism

Media workers Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed are free. Just weeks after a court sentenced them to another three years...

Solving the world’s refugee crisis

The EU takes one step forward, with a long way left to go. EU leaders have taken a positive step...

Volunteers help refugees survive while Europe’s leaders still search for solutions

By Eliza Goroya in Kos, Greece and Khairunissa Dhala and Lorna Hayes in Berlin, Germany. From Greece to Germany, volunteers...

It’s up to us to raise women’s rights issues in election campaign

By Jackie Hansen, Women’s Rights Campaigner, Amnesty International Canada I had great hopes for Thursday night’s Globe and Mail’s debate...

It’s up to us to raise women’s rights issues in election campaign

By Jackie Hansen, Women’s Rights Campaigner, Amnesty International Canada , I had great hopes for Thursday night’s Globe and Mail’s...

Canada takes small but disappointing steps forward for Syrian Refugees

By Gloria Nafziger, Amnesty Canada’s Refugee Coordinator. , The recent announcement to bring 10,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees to Canada...

A letter to my brother in jail for an anti-torture t-shirt

Tarek Tito’s brother Mahmoud Hussein has spent over a year in an Egyptian jail, simply for wearing an anti-torture T-shirt....

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