Pakistan: Urgent and transparent investigation needed into deadly crackdown on opposition protesters
Responding to reports of multiple deaths and mass detentions of protesters from the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Islamabad on 26 and 27 November, Babu Ram Pant, Deputy Regional Director […]
Argentina: Lgbti+ Activist Pierina Nochetti Acquitted
Pierina Nochetti, a lesbian activist and mother of three, has been acquitted of all charges after reaching an agreement with the Municipality of Necochea on October 31. She had faced […]
Israel/OPT: Netanyahu, Gallant and Al-Masri must face justice at the ICC for charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity
The ICC has charged Netanyahu and his former defence minister with war crimes amounting to ‘grave breaches’ of the Geneva Conventions.
Joint letter: Urgent changes needed to Canada’s Temporary Residence Visa Program for Gazans
More than 40 civil-society organizations are calling for urgent changes to the Temporary Residence Visa for Gazans with family in Canada.
Mozambique: SADC must take strong stand against spiralling police killings and assault on peaceful assembly
Responding to the apparent police killings of seven people amid post-election protests in Nampula, Mozambique on 13 November 2024, Amnesty International Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Khanyo Farisè, said: […]
Amnesty International Canada announces 2023/24 Media Awards winners
The Amnesty International Canada Media Awards honour reporting by Canada-based journalists and Canadian journalists reporting abroad.
Sudan: French-manufactured weapons system identified in conflict
French-manufactured military technology incorporated into armoured personnel carriers made by the United Arab Emirates is being used on the battlefield in Sudan in what likely constitutes a violation of the […]
Global: Alarming footage reinforces dangers of hosting COP29 in a country with close links to fossil fuel companies
Responding to a Global Witness investigation that appears to show the chief executive of Azerbaijan’s COP29 team, Elnur Soltanov, using his role to arrange a meeting to discuss potential fossil […]
COP29: Leaders must commit to fair climate financing and fully phasing out fossil fuels
Leaders at COP29 must listen to demands for climate justice by putting human rights at the heart of all decision making and commit to massively scaling up needs-based climate financing […]
Amnesty International will defend human rights during President-elect Trump’s second term
Amnesty International reminds President-elect Trump and all elected officials across the country today of their obligations to respect, protect and fulfill human rights in their policies and approaches, here at […]
COP29: What you need to know about the global climate summit
The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) opens next week in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The summit takes place between November, and decisions made there will impact all […]
Incoming British Columbia government must stop criminalization of Indigenous land defenders
British Columbia must stop the criminalization of Wet’suwet’en land defenders, starting with 3 defenders whose cases return to court Monday.