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Canada must suspend weapons exports to Colombia

Amidst profound concern about the deepening human rights crisis in Colombia and militarized repression of ongoing demonstrations across the country,...

Open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calling for justice and accountability for Indigenous peoples in Canada

Ketty Nivyabandi, Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada’s English branch, and France-Isabelle Langlois, Directrice générale of Amnistie internationale Canada francophone,...

Israeli police targeted Palestinians with discriminatory arrests, torture and unlawful force

Sweeping arrests targeting Palestinian activists Unlawful use of force against Palestinian protesters Torture of Palestinian detainees Failure to protect Palestinians...

UN: Growing international concern must translate into concrete action over China’s crimes against humanity in Xinjiang

A statement delivered at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva by a cross-regional group of 43 states who are...

Burundi: Germain Rukuki prison sentence cut from 32 years to one

Reacting to news that Burundian human rights defender Germain Rukuki’s prison sentence has been reduced from 32 years to one,...

Canada: Abuse, Discrimination in Immigration Detention, as Thousands Held

(Ottawa, June 17, 2021) – Canada incarcerates thousands of people, including those with disabilities, on immigration-related grounds every year in often abusive...

Myanmar: As Aung San Suu Kyi goes on trial, ASEAN indecision enabling military rampage

Aung San Suu Kyi faces seven charges and decades in prison as the UN General Assembly sets to vote on...

Open Letter to the Prime Minister on the National Action Summit on Islamophobia

The Right Honorable Justin TrudeauPrime Minister of CanadaOffice of the Prime Minister80 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2 Dear Prime...

Guatemala: International organizations demand end to criminalization of justice officials and human rights defenders

The undersigned organizations express our concern over the increase in criminalization in Guatemala as a strategy to frighten and intimidate...

China: Draconian repression of Muslims in Xinjiang amounts to crimes against humanity

Hundreds of thousands of Muslim minority men and women subjected to mass internment and torture Millions of Muslims subjected to...

Colombia: The IACHR must listen to the voices of victims of human rights violations

The voices of victims of violence, abuses and police repression must dominate the agenda of the Inter-American Commission on Human...

Amnesty International responds to deadly vehicle attack against Muslim family in London, Ont.

Responding to Sunday evening’s fatal vehicle attack targeting five members of a Muslim family in London, Ontario, Ihsaan Gardee, Programs...

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