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Chad: New law jeopardizes the right to freedom of association

Authorities in Chad have failed to address the vague and repressive provisions in a new law on the right to...

Protecting the Peace River Valley: A call to all Canadians to redouble our efforts after court decision on the Site C dam leaves Treaty rights at risk

Amnesty International is deeply disappointed that the BC Supreme Court has decided to allow construction of the Site C dam...

Turkey: Almost 130,000 purged public sector workers still awaiting justice

More than two years after being arbitrarily dismissed, almost 130,000 Turkish public sector workers are still awaiting justice and facing...

Cost of cancelling Saudi arms deal must not outweigh human rights: Amnesty International

It is appalling that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would stand behind a multi-billion-dollar arms deal with Saudi Arabia, as the...

Saudi Arabia: 10 things you need to know about a kingdom of cruelty

Following the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is once again under the global spotlight. Turkey’s...

Iran: Critically ill prisoner of conscience coerced to end hunger strike

The Iranian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Farhad Meysami, a human rights defender campaigning for women’s rights, who is...

Trump’s border bigotry should prompt Canada to suspend refugee agreement with U.S.

By Alex Neve, Secretary-General of Amnesty International Canada Donald Trump has clearly decided that several thousand Honduran refugees and migrants...

Honduras: Court is violating the rights of Berta Cáceres’ family

Responding to the decision of the National Criminal Court that the trial of those accused of the killing of Berta...

Madagascar: Unjustified, excessive and prolonged pre-trial detention keeps thousands in life-threatening prison conditions

52 pre-trial detainees died in Madagascar’s prisons in 2017 Many pre-trial detainees, including children and women, held in lengthy detentions...

Syria: While Raqqa’s dead are buried in mass graves, US-led coalition buries its head in the sand

By Kumi Naidoo, Amnesty International’s Secretary General This month I was in Raqqa – my first time in Syria amid...

Mexico’s human rights crisis must be a top priority for the Canada-Mexico relationship

As Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland meets with Mexican secretaries-designate today in Ottawa, Amnesty International Canada released the...

Americas: Authorities must not deport caravan members to face danger

Mexican authorities must guarantee that no one at risk of danger in Honduras is deported and that caravan members are...

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