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Death penalty 2020: Despite Covid-19, some countries ruthlessly pursued death sentences and executions

Egypt tripled number of yearly executions China pursued the death penalty to crack down on offences related to Covid-19 prevention...

Conviction of Derek Chauvin a Measure of Accountability; Police Reform Still Needed

In response to Derek Chauvin being found guilty of murder in the death of George Floyd, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA)...

Russia: Transfer of Aleksei Navalny is punishment in the guise of medical treatment

Responding to reports that Aleksei Navalny has been transferred from the penal colony where he is unlawfully imprisoned to a...

Myanmar: Military under ‘major pressure’ as steel giant cuts ties

Responding to reports that South Korean steel giant POSCO will end the steel venture its Myanmar subsidiary shares with military-owned...

Hong Kong: Jailing of opposition figures over protests is violation of international law

Responding to the sentencing of 10 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists to between eight and 18 months in prison for taking...

Federal Court of Appeal decision disappointing but acknowledges ineffectiveness of review process

The Canadian Council for Refugees, Amnesty International and The Canadian Council of Churches responded with disappointment to the Federal Court...

Daunte Wright’s Death Again Shows Need to Address Failures of Policing

Responding to the April 11 fatal shooting of Daunte Wright by a police officer in Minnesota, Kristina Roth, Senior Advocate...

Amnesty International Canadian Section (English-Speaking) (AICES) statement on systemic racism and workplace culture

Amnesty International Canadian Section (English-Speaking) (AICES) respects the privacy of its employees’ personal information and will therefore not make any...

ANNUAL REPORT: COVID-19 hits those shackled by oppression hardest thanks to decades of inequalities, neglect and abuse

Pandemic lays bare massive systemic inequality worldwide with ethnic minorities, health workers, and women among the most severely impacted Report...

Myanmar: Five-year-old among almost 100 killed by security forces

Responding to reports that at least 91 people, including a five-year-old boy, were killed by Myanmar security forces across the...

Agnes Callamard

Dr. Agnès Callamard appointed as Secretary General of Amnesty International

Amnesty International announced today the appointment of Dr. Agnès Callamard, a leading international human rights expert, as its new Secretary...

Climate Action Network Canada Reacts to Supreme Court Ruling on Carbon Pricing

Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [OTTAWA], 25 March 2021 : Today’s ruling from the Supreme Court of Canada on the Government...

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