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Voices for Human Rights: Navjot Jassar, National Youth Organizer

In my life I have always been driven by a strong desire to seek out justice that governments and institutions...

Ecuador: Faced with a lack of state protection, Amazonian Women are risking their lives to defend the environment

The Ecuadorian authorities’ capacity and will to adequately and effectively provide protection and conduct criminal investigations into the attacks and...

Iran’s ‘year of shame’: More than 7,000 arrested in chilling crackdown on dissent during 2018

The Iranian authorities carried out a shameless campaign of repression during 2018, crushing protests and arresting thousands in a wide-scale...

The fearless young leaders the world needs right now

AMERICAS “The only way to heal was to take action” – Jaclyn Corin, 17, USA I never imagined it would...

30 times hope overcame fear this year

Change is possible, especially when people come together and take action. From writing letters of support and campaigning outside corporate...

Crisis in Guatemala: Why hope must guide us

Last month, Amnesty International Canada’s Tara Scurr and Kathy Price joined a delegation of Amnesty colleagues from Spain, Sweden, Mexico...

Turkey: 10 people, 100 days in prison, 10 absurd reasons why

Today marks 100 days since Turkish security forces stormed a routine training workshop and bundled away 10 prominent human rights...

OPEN LETTER: Amnesty International Calls on Prime Minister Trudeau to Raise Human Rights During Meetings in USA and Mexico

Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, We are writing this Open Letter to you on behalf of the 400,000 supporters of Amnesty...

Three years on, Mount Polley disaster a painful reminder of never-ending horror

By Jackie McVicar, Atlantic Region Solidarity Network Bev Sellars is constantly reminded about the deeply personal, social and cultural loss...

“Even when she was beaten in protests, she would join the next day”

By Josef Benedict, Amnesty International’s Deputy Campaigns Director for Southeast Asia and the Pacific There is nothing left of...

Remembering human rights pioneer Nigel Rodley 1941 – 2017

Nigel Rodley’s outstanding achievement, earning him a place in history, was to be an architect of the process leading to...

Sole witness to Berta Cáceres murder: “It was clear she was going to get killed”

By Josefina Salomón, News Writer at Amnesty International The armed men who burst into the house of Honduran Indigenous leader...

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