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Interim report of MMIWG National Inquiry underlines urgent need for immediate government action

Ottawa, November 1, 2017 – The interim report released today by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women...

Israel denies entry to Amnesty International staff member

Israel’s decision to deny an Amnesty International USA staff member entry to the occupied West Bank, apparently as retaliation against...

1984 Sikh massacre: 33 years on, justice still eludes victims

The impunity enjoyed by the perpetrators of the 1984 Sikh massacre must end immediately and authorities should ensure that all...

Norway: Family at risk of imminent deportation must not be sent back to danger in Afghanistan

The Norwegian government will be putting a teenage girl and her family at grave risk of serious human rights violations...

Media Advisory: Site C Dam Decision Must be Consistent with Government Commitment to Indigenous Rights

As Horgan Government Weighs Fate of the Megaproject, Treaty 8 Indigenous First Nations, Human Rights and Environmental Groups Bring a...

Kenya: Violence, killings and intimidation amid election chaos

Heavily armed police are using unlawful force against protesters and bystanders in the western city of Kisumu in what appears...

Burundi: Cynical ICC withdrawal will not derail wheels of justice

As Burundi’s withdrawal from the Rome Statute came into effect today, amid an ongoing International Criminal Court (ICC) preliminary examination...

Amnesty Turkey Chair kept in jail

Following a decision by an Izmir court not to release human rights defender, Taner Kılıç, Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s Secretary...

Turkey: Court releases human rights defenders including Amnesty International’s Turkey Director

Campaigners vow to continue fight to free Amnesty International’s Turkey Chair Following a decision by a court in Istanbul to...

Russia: Prisoner transport conditions evoke GULAG era legacy

Prisoners in Russia endure inhumane conditions, often for weeks on end, as they are transported thousands of miles in cramped,...

Eyes of the world on Turkey as “show trial” of human rights activists begins

Trumped up terror charges against the Istanbul 10 exposed Forensic analysis shows Amnesty Chair did not download Bylock Spokespeople available...

UK: Supreme Court to hear challenge to Northern Ireland abortion law

“The judges of the Supreme Court have a chance to put right centuries of human rights abuse. We urge them...

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