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Compilation of images of gravesites of those killed during Iran’s Women Life Freedom uprising in the fall of 2022. Photo credit: Amnesty International

Iran: Respect families’ right to commemorate loved ones killed during Woman Life Freedom uprising without reprisals on one-year anniversary 

The families of those unlawfully killed by Iran’s security forces during the “Woman Life Freedom” uprising in 2022 must be...

Smoke plumes billow from a fire at a lumber warehouse in southern Khartoum, Sudan.

Sudan: War crimes rampant as civilians killed in both deliberate and indiscriminate attacks

Extensive war crimes are being committed in Sudan as the conflict between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudanese Armed...

A woman stands at "the View at Palm" overlooking the Palm Jumeirah in the Gulf emirate of Dubai on January 10, 2022. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP by Getty Images)

Troubling Human Rights Record of the United Arab Emirates ahead of COP28

This year, the state host for the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate...

Aleksei Navalny in the improvised court room of the IK-6, a penal colony, with his co-defendant Daniel Kholodny. Melekhovo, Vladimir Oblast, Russia, 4 August 2023 Photo: SOTA Vision

Russia: Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny sentenced to at least 10 more years in a penal colony

Responding to the news that Aleksei Navalny, a prisoner of conscience and a leading figure in Russia’s political opposition movement,...

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$23.4 billion settlement an important step towards justice championed by First Nations 

The settlement is welcome but more change is needed to address discrimination against First Nations families in Canada's child welfare...
Nine activists on Parliament Hill hold signs calling on the Canadian government to stop funding fossil fuels

138,000 letters sent urging Canadian government to end fossil fuel subsidies

Civil society groups staged a stunt in Ottawa this week rebuking the Canadian government for continuing subsidies to fossil fuel...
The Iranian authorities are doubling down on their oppressive methods of policing and severely oppressing Iranian women and girls for defying degrading compulsory veiling laws (Photo: Amnesty International)

Iran: International community must stand with women and girls defying compulsory veiling

The Iranian authorities are doubling down on their oppressive methods of policing and severely oppressing Iranian women and girls for defying degrading compulsory veiling laws, Amnesty International said today. In a detailed analysis published...

9 Afro-Latina and Afro-Caribbean women, collectives devoting their lives to justice

Amnesty International is highlighting nine rights defenders and collectives who have devoted their lives to ending inequality and violence....
Four police in riot gear hold full-body-length shields and fire what looks like tear gas towards protesters

Peru: President Dina Boluarte must order security forces to respect right to protest

Amnesty International urges President Dina Boluarte to 'send a clear message' that Peru's state security forces must respect human rights....
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Amnesty International Canada announces new nominations deadline, venue for 2023 Media Awards

The 2023 Amnesty International Canada Media Awards will be held on October 19 at the Gardiner Museum in Toronto....
A woman with dark, shoulder-length brown hair and cropped fringe speaks into the camera

Canada fails to respond to Wet’suwet’en Nation’s claims in hearing at Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Canada’s response shows an “embarrassing disrespect” towards the rights and experiences of Indigenous Peoples, the Wet’suwet’en Nation said....
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Sudan War: Neighbouring countries must provide safe passage to those fleeing conflict

Bordering countries must immediately lift entry restrictions for individuals fleeing the Sudan war and ensure access to protection and safety...

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