Get Active with Amnesty This Fall!
Fall is a great time for joining or renewing your activism with Amnesty International. We have some exciting new programs in addition to our regular live Amnesty 101 orientations. Youth […]
Ketty Nivyabandi: Let’s Make Human Rights an Election Issue
Canada’s federal election comes at a time when the grave inequalities and injustices in this country have never been more exposed. As we head into the final stretch of the […]
Take Action for Human Rights This Election
Canada will have its next federal election on September 20th, 2021. This election is crucial for many human rights issues, including climate justice, Indigenous rights, and immigration detention in Canada. […]
Honduras: Water Defenders Pre-Trial Release Rejected
DOWNLOAD PDF OF UA 133/20, UPDATE 4 BELOW In August 2021, the Supreme Court of Honduras accepted the Attorney General Office’s request to extend for six months the pre-trial detention […]
Honduras: Indigenous activists still missing
DOWNLOAD PDF OF UA 123/20, UPDATE 3 BELOW After 13 months, the whereabouts of the four Garifuna activists, members of the Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras (OFRANEH), remain unknown. We […]
Voices for Human Rights: Renee Gujral, National Youth Organizer
I’ve seen a lot of injustice around me all my life. My passion for travel and having lived in many places, cultural distinctions only amplified my rigour towards social justice. […]
OUTCOME: Nigeria: Activists Jailed for Anti-President T-Shirts Freed
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 89/21, UPDATE 1 HERE Download the original Urgent Action here Activists, Larry Emmanuel, Anene Victor Udoka, Samuel Gabriel, Henry Nwodo, and Ben Mannaseh, who had […]
OUTCOME: Ukraine: Investigation into Homophobic Attack Extended
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 81/21, UPDATE 1 HERE Download the original urgent action here The investigation into the 2018 homophobic attack on Vitalina Koval, a human rights defender of […]
OUTCOME: Pakistan: Pakistani Activist Returned After Disappearance
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 79/21, UPDATE 1 HERE Download the original Urgent Action here Seengar Noonari, Labour Secretary of the Awami Workers Party (AWP) and lifelong activist was returned to his […]
OUTCOME: Morocco: Prisoner of Conscience Provisionally Released
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 1/21, UPDATE 2 HERE Download a PDF of the orginal Urgent Action here Human rights defender and prisoner of conscience Maati Monjib was provisionally released […]
Educators! ENGAGE with human rights education!
Calling all educators! Teachers, homeschool parents, community facilitators, and anyone else interested in human rights education!
Write for Rights: Gustavo Gatica and Amnesty deliver 206,000 signatures demanding justice
On July 27, Amnesty International Chile delivered over 206,000 signatures gathered from 40 countries calling for justice for Gustavo Gatica during Write for Rights 2020. Gustavo was blinded in 2019 after he was shot by police during a protest in Chile. Gustavo himself […]