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Julian Assange, editor in chief of WikiLeaks attends the Hay Festival on June 4, 2011 in Hay-on-Wye, Wales. (Photo by David Levenson/Getty Images)

UK: ‘Positive news’ for defenders of press freedom as Assange granted permission to appeal

Reacting to the High Court’s decision to grant Julian Assange permission to appeal his extradition to the United States, Simon...

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Amnesty International Canada ‘alarmed’ by police raids on campus protest encampments in Alberta

Last week, police were called to disperse on-campus protest encampments at the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary....
Palestinian truck drivers and United Nations vehicles wait near the Rafah border gate on the Gazan side on May 14, 2024. Photo by Hani Alshaer/Anadolu via Getty Images.

World leaders fail to act as Israeli invasion of Rafah worsens humanitarian catastrophe

Despite repeated calls on Israel from heads of state, UN officials and humanitarian NGOs to refrain from expanding its ground...

Arab-Israeli protestors march with Palestinian national flags during a rally near Israel's northern city of Shefa Amr, on May 14, 2024, ahead of the Palestinian marking of the 76th anniversary of the Nakba ©AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images.

Nakba Day: Mass forced displacement in Gaza highlights urgent need for Israel to uphold Palestinians’ right to return

The current forced displacement of almost 2 million Palestinians and mass destruction of civilian property and infrastructure in the occupied...

Honduras: The state must guarantee truth, justice and reparation for the family of Berta Cáceres

Honduras must do more to bring to justice the people responsible for the murder of Indigenous rights defender Berta Cáceres,...
A complex of brick buildings with red rooves behind two rings of barbed-wire fence.

Open letter: Canadian government must cancel plans to use federal prisons for immigration detention

More than 80 groups have signed a statement urging the government to abandon its plan to expand immigration detention into...
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Students at Canadian universities face surveillance, harassment by Chinese state authorities, Amnesty reports

The report explores surveillance faced by dozens of Hong Kong and Chinese students studying abroad, including at universities in Canada....
Five Indigenous activists wearing traditional dress march side by side in a demonstration on a tree-lined street on a sunny day.

Plans to monitor Global Biodiversity Framework risk harming the rights of Indigenous Peoples

Any system devised to track the progress of the Global Biodiversity Framework must respect Indigenous rights, Amnesty International says....
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Good News from Zimbabwe: Charges against student protestors dropped

On April 5, Zimbabwean authorities dismissed the “malicious damage to property” charges against six University of Zimbabwe students: Benjamin Watadza,...

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Israel/OPT: Over 300 Palestinian-Bedouin face forced evictions following mass home demolitions in Negev/Naqab

The Israeli authorities’ demolition on 8 May 2024 of 47 homes in Wadi al-Khalil, an unrecognized Palestinian/Bedouin village in the...

Joint Letter urges Justice Minister to split the Online Harms Act (Bill C-63)

OpenMedia, Amnesty International Canada and more than 20 civil society groups and legal experts delivered an open letter to Minister...

Israeli tanks are seen by the border as the Israeli army announced that it has taken control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing in Rafah, Gaza on May 06, 2024. Photo by IDF - Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images.

Israeli military must guarantee civilians’ safety as ground operation gets underway in eastern Rafah

Responding to the Israeli military’s orders for over 100,000 residents, most of whom are internally displaced, to “evacuate” whole neighbourhoods...

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