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Steven Donziger

USA: After almost 1,000 days of arbitrary detention, Steven Donziger’s release highlights the urgent need for action against SLAPPs

25 April 2022 In response to the news that the unjust six-month sentence of human rights defender and environmental lawyer...

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Americas: Disproportionate deaths from Covid are the result of pre-existing inequalities

Human rights-aligned economic policies are desperately needed to change course Governments across Latin America and the Caribbean must urgently ramp...

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El Salvador: State of emergency has created a perfect storm of human rights violations

April 25, 2022 Thirty days after El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly approved a state of emergency in the country in response...

Poland/Belarus: New evidence of abuses highlights ‘hypocrisy’ of unequal treatment of asylum-seekers

Authorities violating rights of asylum-seekers, including strip searches and other degrading treatment, in overcrowded detention centres Some people forcibly sedated...

Ukraine: Russian forces extrajudicially executing civilians in apparent war crimes – new testimony

Russian military forces have extrajudicially executed civilians in Ukraine in apparent war crimes, Amnesty International said today as it published...

Ethiopia: Crimes Against Humanity in Western Tigray Zone

Immediate humanitarian access, protection of communities key Tigrayans in the disputed Western Tigray Zone of Ethiopia have experienced a relentless...

Amnesty Statement on Canada Emergencies Act Inquiry

OTTAWA – On February 14th, 2022, the Government of Canada declared a national emergency under the Emergencies Act. Although the...

Ukraine: Apparent war crimes by Russian forces in Bucha must be investigated

Following reports of apparent war crimes committed by Russian military forces against civilians in Bucha, Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty...

Canada: Jailing Immigration Detainees Infringes on Rights

New #WelcomeToCanada campaign actions in British Columbia, Quebec, and Nova Scotia (Ottawa, April 4, 2022) – Canada’s practice of incarcerating...

President of El Salvador

El Salvador: Violence merits a comprehensive response that respects human rights

1 April 2022 Amnesty International published an open letter to President Nayib Bukele today, expressing concern about the actions of...

Ukraine: Russia’s cruel siege warfare tactics unlawfully killing civilians – new testimony and investigation

The Russian military’s siege warfare tactics in Ukraine, marked by relentless indiscriminate attacks on densely-populated areas, are unlawfully killing civilians in several cities, Amnesty...

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Nicaragua: UN accountability mechanism is a crucial step towards justice

31 March 2022 In response to the adoption today of a resolution by the United Nations Human Rights Council that...

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