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Ecuador: Gas flaring in the Amazon threatens human rights now and in the future

According to a new report by Amnesty International, eliminating flaring is one of the most critical measures to address the...
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Amnesty Canada Media Awards 2024: Nominations deadline moved to August 25

There's still time to nominate human rights journalists and their work for the 2023/2024 Amnesty International Canada Media Awards....
Police fire teargas during a coffin rally of anti-quota protesters at the University of Dhaka, a day after the clash with Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of the ruling party Bangladesh Awami League, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. July 17, 2024. © Syed Mahamudur Rahman/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Bangladesh: Any new Interim Government must prioritize human rights and not repeat mistakes of the past

Reacting to the announcement that a new interim government is to be formed following the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh...

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Amnesty International Canada to participate in court challenge against Saskatchewan pronoun policy

Amnesty Canada has received a judge's OK to make arguments in a court case about anti-2SLGBTQIA+ pronoun rules in Saskatchewan...
Special forces of the Syrian Democratic Forces keep watch on March 30, 2021 in the vicinity of al-Hol camp, the larger of two Kurdish-run displacement camps for relatives of Islamic State jihadists in Syria's northeast. Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images.

Yezidi survivors of Islamic State atrocities abandoned to indefinite detention in north-east Syria

Thousands of Yezidi survivors of atrocities by the Islamic State armed group (IS) remain missing, including likely hundreds indefinitely detained...

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Wet’suwet’en Chief Dsta’hyl declared first Amnesty International prisoner of conscience held in Canada

Amnesty International urges Canada to release prisoner of conscience and Indigenous land defender Chief Dsta’hyl of the Wet'suwet'en Nation....

Canada: Pride Month and Beyond

June is Pride Month —a time dedicated to celebrating 2SLGBTQQIA+ communities, advocating for equal rights, and fostering a world where...

Protesters are taking part in a protest march against the mass arrest and killing of protesters during last week's violence amid anti-quota protests, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 28, 2024. Photo by Zabed Hasnain Chowdhury/NurPhoto via Getty Images.

Bangladesh: End punitive mass arrests and arbitrary detention of student leaders and protesters

Responding to reports of the arrest and detention of student leaders, protest participants and members of opposition parties following the...

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Ukraine/Russia: Investigate use of anti-personnel landmines left after Russian occupation as possible war crimes

The use of anti-personnel landmines, which litter territories in Ukraine formerly and currently occupied by Russian forces, continue to pose...

Police fire teargas during a coffin rally of anti-quota protesters at the University of Dhaka, a day after the clash with Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of the ruling party Bangladesh Awami League, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. July 17, 2024. © Syed Mahamudur Rahman/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Bangladesh: Further video and photographic analysis confirm police unlawfully used lethal and less-lethal weapons against protesters

Bangladeshi authorities have continued to use unlawful force against student protesters, amid six days of shutdown and communication restrictions, during...

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Sudan: Constant flow of arms fuelling relentless civilian suffering in conflict

The conflict in Sudan is being fuelled by a constant flow of weapons into the country, Amnesty International said today...

North-east Syria: Men held in a security force detention facility. Illustration by Colin Foo. © Amnesty International

New law paves way for justice for prisoners convicted in flawed trials in north-east Syria

Responding to the recent decision of the Autonomous Administration of the North and East Syria Region (autonomous authorities) to issue...

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