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People displaced by the conflict in Sudan walk with their belonging along a road in Wad Madani, the capital of al-Jazirah state, on December 16, 2023. Fighting between the Sudanese army and paramilitaries engulfed the aid hub of Wad Madani on December 15, triggering an exodus of civilians already displaced by eight months of war, an AFP correspondent reported. Photo by AFP via Getty Images

Sudan: Fresh fears for civilians as fighting extends to Wad Madani

Responding to the outbreak of fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan’s second...

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 25: Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar (2nd, L) joins people as they take part in a St Andrew's Day anti-racism and anti-fascism rally on November 25, 2023 in Glasgow, Scotland. Trade unions and community activists march together to protest against the Far Right in Scotland and their attempts to capitalise on what they see as the UK Government's unwelcome approach to asylum and anti-refugee rhetoric. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Years of Advocacy by Rights Holders and Task Force’s Review Leads to Important Changes to Employment Equity Act

December 15, 2023 – This week, the Hon. Seamus O’Regan Jr., Minister of Labour, announced the government’s commitment to make...

Jimmy Lai © Getty Images

Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai’s sham trial a further attack on press freedom

Ahead of Monday’s national security trial of Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and founder of the defunct Apple...

What is spyware and what can you do to stay protected?

What is spyware and what can you do to stay protected?

What actually is spyware? Spyware is a type of malicious software. It interferes with a device’s normal operation to collect...

People at COP hold signs that say End Fossil Fuels

What happened at COP28? Essential need-to-knows

December 14, 2023 The COP28 climate summit in Dubai ended after 14 days with an agreement which recognized for the...

Hong Kong: Absurd cash bounties on overseas activists designed to sow fear worldwide © Getty Images

Hong Kong: Absurd cash bounties on overseas activists designed to sow fear worldwide

Responding to the Hong Kong police placing bounties of HK$1m (US$128,000) on five overseas pro-democracy activists, as well as arresting...

People at COP28 hold signs calling for phase out of fossil fuels

COP28 agreement to move away from fossil fuels sets precedent but falls short of safeguarding human rights

December 13, 2023 COP28 in Dubai has agreed on the need to move away from fossil fuels for the first...

Russian opposition politician, anti-corruption campaigner and founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), Alexey Navalny is seen on the screen during his legal appeal against his nine-year prison sentence, in Moscow's City Court, on May 24, 2022, in Moscow, Russia. Appeal of Kremlin critic Navalny was rejected by the court on Tuesday. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)

Russia: Fears of prisoner of conscience Aleksei Navalny forcibly disappeared

Responding to the news that Aleksei Navalny, prominent Russian opposition political activist and prisoner of conscience, is no longer officially...

Election flags for a pro-Beijing candidate are being displayed on the polling day of the city's ''patriots-only'' District Council Election, amid crackdowns on democracy by Beijing, in Hong Kong, on December 10, 2023. No candidates from the democratic camps are being allowed to run in the election, while the Hong Kong government is also implementing Chinese-style patriotism education and has forced pro-democracy newspapers such as Apple Daily to close down. (Photo by Ceng Shou Yi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Hong Kong: Release activists arrested for expressing concerns about elections

Responding to the arrests of several people in connection with Hong Kong’s District Council elections, which took place on Sunday,...

Chief Na'Moks overlooks CGL Pipeline construction road cutting through Wet'suwet'en Territory

Amnesty report tracks years-long campaign of criminalization, unlawful surveillance against Wet’suwet’en land defenders

A new report traces years-long campaign of violence, harassment, discrimination, and dispossession against Indigenous land defenders in Canada....

Kanahus Manuel: “Canada must end violence against Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ land and water defenders”

Kanahus Manuel is a land and water defender, tattoo artist and traditional birth keeper belonging to the Secwepemc and Ktunaxa...

An environment defender holds a sign that says Justice for the Amazon

How three environmental defenders are fighting fossil fuel injustice and climate change

By Graciela Martinez, Americas Regional Campaigner, Amnesty International This piece was originally published in Spanish in Open Democracy The Americas is...

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