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China: Tens of thousands demand President Xi frees Liu Xia

Almost 70,000 people from across the world have urged China’s President to lift all restrictions and end the harassment against...

First Nations take Site C fight to the United Nations

First Nations from the Peace River Valley are asking the United Nations’ top anti-racism body to help defend their Treaty...

Crimea: Release elderly Crimean Tatar locked up for holding up a placard Russia must immediately release a 76-year-old man with Parkinson’s disease who has been detained for holding a placard in support of persecuted Crimean Tatar

Russia must immediately release a 76-year-old man with Parkinson’s disease who has been detained for holding a placard in support...

Peaceful protests are not a crime

Responding to the arrest of Medha Patkar, of the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), Asmita Basu, Programmes Director at Amnesty International...

Continued discrimination against First Nations children violates global anti-racism treaty

Federal government’s failure to comply with Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling at issue next week during United Nations review Federal...

Iran’s shameful execution of man arrested at 15

Following today’s execution of Alireza Tajiki, a young Iranian man who was arrested, convicted and sentenced to death as...

North Korea: Pastor Lim Hyeon-soo released after more than two years of imprisonment

Amnesty International welcomes the release of Lim Hyeon-soo to receive urgent medical treatment. The Canadian pastor and humanitarian worker has...

Russia: Court halts journalist’s deportation to Uzbekistan but detains him despite abuse claims

In response to Moscow City Court’s decision to suspend the deportation to Uzbekistan of openly gay journalist Khudoberdi Nurmatov...

Kenya: Police must only use force as a last resort in dealing with protests

Kenyan police must not use unnecessary force in their handling of any election-related protests, said Amnesty International today amid fear...

Review before UN anti-racism committee an opportunity for Canada to move from rhetoric to urgently needed action

Amnesty International is calling for concrete action to improve the situation of Indigenous peoples, migrants and refugees as Canada prepares...

Schoolteacher among latest victims of Egypt’s chilling wave of extrajudicial executions

Information gathered by Amnesty International suggests that Egyptian security forces forcibly disappeared and extrajudicially executed a schoolteacher who went...

Hozier, Jesse & Joy, Mashrou’ Leila & more join Ed Sheeran for ‘Give a Home’ gigs

1,000 musicians will perform all over the world for Amnesty International and Sofar Sounds’ refugee solidarity concerts on 20...

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