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Pakistan: Urgent and transparent investigation needed into deadly crackdown on opposition protesters 

Responding to reports of multiple deaths and mass detentions of protesters from the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Islamabad on...

Argentina: Lgbti+ Activist Pierina Nochetti Acquitted

Pierina Nochetti, a lesbian activist and mother of three, has been acquitted of all charges after reaching an agreement with...

Israel/OPT: Netanyahu, Gallant and Al-Masri must face justice at the ICC for charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity

The ICC has charged Netanyahu and his former defence minister with war crimes amounting to ‘grave breaches’ of the Geneva...

Joint letter: Urgent changes needed to Canada’s Temporary Residence Visa Program for Gazans

More than 40 civil-society organizations are calling for urgent changes to the Temporary Residence Visa for Gazans with family in...

Mozambique: SADC must take strong stand against spiralling police killings and assault on peaceful assembly

Responding to the apparent police killings of seven people amid post-election protests in Nampula, Mozambique on 13 November 2024, Amnesty International Deputy...

Amnesty International Canada announces 2023/24 Media Awards winners

The Amnesty International Canada Media Awards honour reporting by Canada-based journalists and Canadian journalists reporting abroad....

Sudan: French-manufactured weapons system identified in conflict

French-manufactured military technology incorporated into armoured personnel carriers made by the United Arab Emirates is being used on the battlefield...

Global: Alarming footage reinforces dangers of hosting COP29 in a country with close links to fossil fuel companies

Responding to a Global Witness investigation that appears to show the chief executive of Azerbaijan’s COP29 team, Elnur Soltanov, using...

COP29: Leaders must commit to fair climate financing and fully phasing out fossil fuels

Leaders at COP29 must listen to demands for climate justice by putting human rights at the heart of all decision...

Amnesty International will defend human rights during President-elect Trump’s second term

Amnesty International reminds President-elect Trump and all elected officials across the country today of their obligations to respect, protect and...

COP29: What you need to know about the global climate summit

The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) opens next week in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The summit takes...

Incoming British Columbia government must stop criminalization of Indigenous land defenders

British Columbia must stop the criminalization of Wet’suwet’en land defenders, starting with 3 defenders whose cases return to court Monday....
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