How to Be a #Write4Rights Social Media Mobilizer
Can writing letters actually change things? We know it can. That’s why we run the biggest human rights event in the world every year. Write for Rights 2021 is fast […]
A Mayan activist was imprisoned after defending a sacred river. He must be released.
By Duncan Tucker Locked up in filthy, overcrowded conditions in a prison system notorious for deadly riots and beheadings, Bernardo Caal Xol is paying the price for standing up to corporate […]
NOT SAFE ANYWHERE: HAITIANS ON THE MOVE NEED URGENT INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
Read the briefing As the political and economic situation continues to deteriorate in Haiti facilitating massive human rights violations, kidnappings, and generalized violence, tens of thousands of Haitians are moving […]
2 BILLION VACCINES NOW!
In September 2021, Amnesty International launchedThe 100 Day Countdown. Our campaign calls on states and pharmaceutical companies to share vaccines with low and lower-middle income countries, so that millions more […]
Amnesty Book Club Presents: Animal Farm
A Fable for Our Time is a Live Audio Performance of an Original Adaption of George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm,’ by Maeve Colleary-Damico.
The provinces need to end the horrific practice of detaining migrants in prisons
By Efrat Arbel Most people would probably be shocked to learn that every year, Canada locks up hundreds of migrants and refugee claimants in maximum-security jails. Even more shocking is […]
Think you can’t change the world? You already have!
Reading the news can be really depressing. Sometimes there seems to be so much wrong in the world, the idea of changing it for the better feels impossible. But as […]
Reflecting on “The Crossroad of Sports and Politics”
In the winter of grade eleven, I took the course that inspired me to write my article: The Crossroad of Sports and Politics: Boycotting the 2022 Beijing Olympics. This course, Genocide and Crimes […]
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LEBANON: Refugees At Risk of Forcible Return Released
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 101/21, Update 1 Below Lebanese authorities have released three Syrian refugees, Ahmad Al Waked and Tarek Al A’lo on 13 October 2021, and Fares Al […]
Honour Stolen Sisters on October 4th
Years of campaigning led by Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people resulted in government finally calling an inquiry to investigate the scope and scale of violence against Indigenous women, girls, […]
Charges against Edwin Espinal dropped in Honduras
The picture is worth a thousand words! Edwin Espinal smiles jubilantly as he raises the court document that officially frees him from four years of hell. On September 17th, a national sentencing […]