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Defence Minister Must Provide Answers as Joint Canada-USA Maritime Anti-Drug Trafficking Operation Draws Concerning Parallels to Afghan Detainee Scandal

In an Open Letter, Amnesty International and the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) are calling on Defence Minister Harjit...

Russia and USA must use Putin-Trump summit to show they are responsible international players

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump must use their upcoming summit in Helsinki to tackle the world’s most urgent human rights...

France: Acquittal of pensioner for showing compassion to children shows solidarity is not a crime

Responding to the decision of a French court to acquit Martine Landry, a 73-year-old woman, charged with helping two 15-year-old...

Irish law to prevent trade in settlement products and their services is a welcome and necessary step to implement the recognition of their illegality

Amnesty International welcomes legislative efforts in Ireland to prohibit certain economic activities with illegal settlements in territories deemed occupied under...

Cameroon: Credible evidence that Army personnel responsible for shocking extrajudicial executions caught on video

An investigation by Amnesty International experts has gathered credible evidence that it was Cameroonian soldiers depicted in a video carrying...

Sudan: Religious teacher faces death penalty for defending human rights

The government of Sudan has intensified its attempts to silence Matar Younis Ali Hussein, a visually impaired religious teacher who...

Iran: Young man flogged 80 times for drinking alcohol as a child

The public flogging on Tuesday in Iran of a young man convicted of consuming alcohol when he was just 14...

Malaysia: End discrimination and backlash against LGBTI people

Amnesty International is deeply concerned by recent backlash against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in Malaysia by...

Human rights activists welcome news of Liu Xia’s release

Amnesty International Canada, PEN Canada and the Toronto Association for Democracy in China welcome news of Liu Xia’s release from...

Nicaragua: State repression has reached deplorable levels

The repressive actions of the Nicaraguan government have reached deplorable levels, Amnesty International said today, after one of the bloodiest...

China: Liu Xia free and on way to Germany

Responding to reports that artist Liu Xia, widow of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, has left China and is traveling to...

Colombia: Killings of human rights defenders continue under a cloak of impunity and the silent complicity of the state

Colombia faces a grave human rights crisis as a result of repeated targeted killings of human rights defenders, while the...

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