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Parliamentarians should embrace Bill C-262 as a crucial step toward shared goal of reconciliation; repudiate fear mongering and misrepresentations of UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Open Letter to All Members of Parliament The Truth and Reconciliation Commission urged all governments to implement the United Nations...

Mexico: Justice for Sergio Sánchez after 7 years in prison

The decision made today by a federal court to release Sergio Sánchez Arellano, who was arbitrarily detained in 2010 and...

Iran: At least six young human rights defenders arrested in coordinated raids at risk of torture

Responding to reports that at least six young human rights defenders, including Shima Babaei and her husband Dariush Zand, Saeed...

South Sudan: US arms embargo should inspire tougher action from UN Security Council

Responding to news that the US government has imposed an arms embargo on South Sudan, now in its fifth year...

Manus Island: Australia abandons refugees to a life of uncertainty and peril

New facilities unsafe and do not meet refugees’ basic needs Refugees say they live with constant fear of violence Australia...

Turkey: Re-arrest of Amnesty chair devastates family, disgraces justice

The decision to renew the detention of Amnesty International’s Turkey Chair mere hours after a court ordered his release must...

Bahrain: Government expels citizens after having revoked their nationality

The Bahraini government expelled four of its citizens whose nationality was revoked in 2012, in yet another display of the...

Thailand: End escalating crackdown on peaceful protests

The Thai military government must end its far-reaching crackdown on peaceful demonstrations, Amnesty International said today as nine activists –...

Iran: Authorities execute man in exceptionally cruel circumstances

Amnesty International is outraged by reports that the Iranian authorities have executed a young man convicted of murder who was...

Philippines: Hold police to account for unlawful killings in “war on drugs”

Responding to the news that police have resumed their role in implementing the so-called “war on drugs” declared by President...

Nigeria: Dozens killed as military launches air attacks on villages beset by spiralling communal violence

Communal clashes leading to killings with impunity At least 35 killed as military launches air attacks on villages beset by...

Colombia: New tragedy looming in Bojayá and Bajo Atrato

The territorial control strategy advanced by the Gaitanistas Self-Defence Forces of Colombia (Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia, AGC) and the...

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