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Iran: Thousands arbitrarily detained and at risk of torture in chilling post-protest crackdown

Thousands arrested including children as young as 15 Detainees subjected to enforced disappearance and torture At least 304 people killed...

COP25: Industrialized countries making world’s poorest pay biggest price for climate change

As negotiations come to a close at the UN Climate Summit in Madrid (COP 25 – the meeting of States...

Sierra Leone: Regional court ruling gives hope to thousands of pregnant girls banned from school

Responding to news that the regional Economic Community of West African States’ (ECOWAS) Community Court of Justice has today rejected...

Comics Without Borders, Amnesty International present eight talented comedians for night of laughs

TORONTO – There is not much to laugh at in the world these days, but Comics Without Borders is partnering...

Amnesty International updates Citizen Evidence Lab for cutting-edge open-source human rights investigations

Amnesty International is launching an updated version of its Citizen Evidence Lab website, bringing together cutting-edge open-source and other digital...

Foreign Minister François-Philippe Champagne Heads to Egypt, Canadian Citizen Yasser Ahmed Albaz’s Family Calls for Him To Bring Yasser Home

Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Citizen Yasser Ahmed Albaz has been arbitrarily detained by Egyptian authorities for 10 months without charge in...

Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi denials must not distract from ongoing Rohingya crisis

Responding to the statement made by Aung San Suu Kyi at the International Court of Justice in The Hague today,...

Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi appears before ICJ in genocide case

‘Rohingya Right of Reply’ public event on 11 December 2019 Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s State Counsellor and de facto...

Climate change ranks highest as vital issue of our time – Generation Z survey

Climate change was the most commonly cited among most important issues facing the world, in a survey of more than...

Amnesty International to intervene in historic Supreme Court carbon pricing challenge

Amnesty International will appear as an intervening party before the Supreme Court of Canada in Saskatchewan and Ontario’s historic legal...

Philippines: Landmark decision by Human Rights Commission paves way for climate litigation

Responding to the announcement by the Philippines’ Commission on Human Rights that 47 major fossil fuel and carbon-polluting companies could...

China: Government must show proof that Xinjiang detainees have been released

Responding to a claim by a Chinese government official that all people held at so-called “vocational education centres” in Xinjiang...

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