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Guatemala: Amnesty International delivers 27957 signatures demanding release of Bernardo Caal

One year after naming Bernardo Caal Xol a prisoner of conscience, Amnesty International has delivered a petition with 27957 signatures from around the world, including more than 12,000 from Canada,...

Migrant Rights Network: Hundreds of migrants make pre-election demands in Ottawa

Full and permanent immigration status for all migrants will ensure equal rights and protections Ottawa – As a federal election...

Chile: Amnesty International demands investigations into Carabineros’ former and current General Directors for human rights violations

Amnesty International published a new video today calling on the Chilean National Prosecutor’s Office to investigate the high command of the Carabineros,...

Morocco: Journalist harassed by authorities must be granted fair re-trial

Responding to the conviction of journalist and government critic Omar Radi to six years in prison in a trial marred...

The Pegasus Project: Massive data leak reveals Israeli NSO Group’s spyware used to target activists, journalists, and political leaders globally

NSO Group’s spyware has been used to facilitate human rights violations around the world on a massive scale, according to...

Ethiopia: End arbitrary detentions of Tigrayans, activists and journalists in Addis Ababa and reveal whereabouts of unaccounted detainees

Police in Addis Ababa have arbitrarily arrested and detained dozens of Tigrayans without due process, following the recapture of the...

Cuba: Massive protests are a desperate cry to a government that doesn’t listen

In response to the state repression of social protests in several areas of Cuba yesterday, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at...

Haiti: Investigation urged into killing of Haitian President and grave human rights violations under his watch

The armed assault that reportedly killed Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and injured his wife early Wednesday is a shocking indicator of...

Covid-19: Four million death toll must spur governments and companies into action

Reacting to the news that four million people have now died globally from Covid-19 according to Johns Hopkins University, Amnesty International’s...

Palestinian security forces escalate brutal campaign of repression

The Palestinian authorities in the occupied West Bank have launched a chilling campaign of repression cracking down on peaceful protests...

Honduras: Conviction of David Castillo is a step towards justice, but full truth must be uncovered

David Castillo, former manager of the company Desarrollos Energéticos, and the person in charge of the Agua Zarca hydroelectric project,...

Hong Kong: National Security Law has created a human rights emergency

Hong Kong’s National Security Law (NSL) has decimated the city’s freedoms and created a landscape increasingly devoid of human rights...

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