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National Day of Truth and Reconciliation: September 30, 2022

On this date, the second annual National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, we join you in remembering the past and...

Myanmar: Facebook’s systems promoted violence against Rohingya; Meta owes reparations

Facebook owner Meta’s dangerous algorithms and reckless pursuit of profit substantially contributed to the atrocities perpetrated by the Myanmar military...

Iran: “Protester killings must be urgently investigated by international accountability mechanism” says Amnesty chief

Amnesty International’s ongoing investigations into the crackdown on popular protests in Iran has revealed widespread patterns of unlawful use of...

Russia/Ukraine: Illegitimate results of sham ‘referenda’ must not enable illegal annexation of occupied areas

Responding to Russia’s announcement of the “results” of the so-called “referenda” in the Ukrainian territories it occupies in the Donetsk,...

Amnesty International Canada decries anti-Black racism in federal public service in letter to UN Special Rapporteur

Amnesty International Canada (English-Speaking) announced its support for the Black Class Action Secretariat’s complaint to the United Nations....
school chairs bear images of disappeared students

Mexico: State must guarantee truth, justice, and remembrance for families of Ayotzinapa students

September 28, 2022 The investigations must keep the families of the disappeared students as their central focus in the interests...

Russia: Activist allegedly beaten and raped for reciting anti-war poem online

Reacting to the news that Russian poet and activist Artyom Kamardin was detained and subjected to torture, including gruesome sexual...

Iran: Urgent international action needed to ensure accountability for Mahsa Amini’s death in custody

The death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini (whose Kurdish name is Zhina) on 16 September 2022, days after she...

Russia/Ukraine: So-called referenda in the occupied territories are in blatant breach of international law 

Reacting to news that “voting” has begun in the Russian-occupied areas of the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions in...

Iran: World must take meaningful action against bloody crackdown as death toll rises

The bravery of protesters facing a spiralling deadly response by the Iranian security forces over the past days after the...

Russia: More than 1,300 protesters detained after Putin’s partial military draft

Responding to the detention of at least 1,386 peaceful protesters who took part in rallies across Russia following President Vladimir...

Protesters clash in Iran after Mahsa Amini's death

Mahsa Amini and the deadly crackdown on protests in Iran

World leaders at the UN General Assembly must support calls for the establishment of an independent international investigative and accountability...

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