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Supreme Court decision to hear Safe Third Country Agreement appeal is a promising step for refugee rights

OTTAWA – Amnesty International, The Canadian Council of Churches, and The Canadian Council for Refugees are welcoming the Supreme Court...

Ethiopia: New wave of atrocities in Western Tigray

International investigations, access to detainees key to deter further abuses Amhara security forces are responsible for a surge of mass...

Afghanistan: Government collapse marked by ‘repeated war crimes and relentless bloodshed’ – new report

The Taliban, United States military, and Afghan security forces were all responsible for attacks that resulted in extensive civilian suffering...

Postmedia’s apology further silences young Palestinian journalist

Amnesty International is deeply concerned to learn that Postmedia issued an apology to a pro-Israel organization for publishing an Amnesty...

South Sudan: Survivors describe killings, mass displacement and terror amid fighting in Western Equatoria

First human rights analysis of recent wave of violence in Western Equatoria Dozens of civilians killed and more than 80,000...

Covid-19: Omicron variant must spur world leaders to share vaccines

To mark the one-year anniversary of the first Covid-19 vaccine administered worldwide, Amnesty International’s Health Advisor, Tamaryn Nelson, said: “The...

Myanmar: Unbridled destruction of freedoms as Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced

In response to the sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in prison, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Campaigns...

Pakistan: Family of enforced disappearance victim Idris Khattak must be given clarity

Responding to reports that human rights defender Idris Khattak, who was forcibly disappeared by Pakistan’s authorities more than two years...

Afghanistan: Survivors of gender-based violence abandoned following Taliban takeover – new research

Essential services for women and girl survivors of gender-based violence in Afghanistan have been decimated following the Taliban’s takeover of...

Syria: Repatriate at least 27,000 children held in dire conditions in north-east Syria

Tens of thousands of children have been arbitrarily deprived of their liberty and exposed to life-threatening and inhumane conditions in...

Colombia: Excessive force by riot police during National Strike left more than 100 people with eye trauma

Violence and repression by the Colombian security forces, especially the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD), have resulted in hundreds of victims...

Afghanistan: Women call on the international community to support women’s rights amid ongoing Taliban suppression

The international community must stand by its long-term commitment to support women’s rights in Afghanistan, said Amnesty International, ahead of...

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