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eople gather to protest after Russian passenger plane landed in Tbilisi, Georgia, completing the first direct flight from Moscow to Tbilisi after a four-year hiatus, on May 20, 2023. Demonstrators unfurled flags of Georgia, Ukraine, the European Union (EU) and carried anti-Russian banners. (Photo by Mirian Meladze/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The State of the World’s Human Rights

THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S HUMAN RIGHTS Amnesty International’s Global Annual Human Rights Report  READ THE REPORT Amnesty International sounds...

Americas: States must commit to ending violence against environmental defenders

A few days prior to the start of the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Regional...

Earth Day 2024: Take action on April 22 and beyond

Earth Day 2024 will be celebrated on April 22. It’s a day to support protecting our beautiful blue planet and...

CANADA: Trade negotiations with Ecuador must not sacrifice human rights and the environment

Write a letter to the Trade Minister reminding her that she must uphold Canada’s human rights obligations Amid a dire...

Danger reads the yellow tape during a protest outside Canada’s Embassy in Quito on March 4. Free Trade Agreement with Canada = More extractivism. Canadian mining out, reads the banner. Photo: Acción Ecológica @AcEcologic

Canada: No Ecuador trade deal without human rights and consent

“We, the Amazonian Women of Ecuador, Defenders of the Amazon Rainforest have organized to defend our human rights, and to...

Afghan refugees walk at a registration centre, upon their arrival from Pakistan in Takhta Pul district of Kandahar province on December 18, 2023. Photo by SANAULLAH SEIAM/AFP via Getty Images.

Pakistan: Government must stop ignoring global calls to halt unlawful deportation of Afghan refugees

Reacting to the announcement by the newly elected Government of Pakistan to expand and expedite its plans to unlawfully deport...

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Iran executes 853 people in eight-year high amid relentless repression and renewed ‘war on drugs’ 

Robust international action is urgently needed to halt a horrifying surge in executions that saw Iran’s prisons transformed into sites...

Hong Kong: Article 23 legislation takes repression to ‘next level' © Getty Images

Article 23: 10 things you need to know about Hong Kong’s new security law

The Hong Kong government has passed new national security legislation – known as Article 23 – that will severely undermine...

Hong Kong Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung (C) and lawmakers take a selfie after a meeting for Basic Law Article 23 legislation at the Legislative Council on March 19, 2024. Photo by Chen Yongnuo/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images.

Hong Kong: Passing of Article 23 law a devastating moment for human rights

Responding to the passing of Hong Kong’s Safeguarding National Security Ordinance (Article 23), Amnesty International’s China director Sarah Brooks said:...

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Argentina: Drop Charges Against Three Social Media Users

Nahuel Morandini, Roque Villegas, and Lucía González face legal action merely for sharing their satirical views on a public figure...

Women confronting risks stand in a circle, their arms round one another

Talking women, peace and security in Colombia

Recently, Amnesty Canada organized a meeting to enable four threatened women human rights defenders in Colombia to share their experiences...

Anti war protester being arrested at the center of Moscow, in Moscow, Russia, on February 28, 2022 during a demonstration against the war on Ukraine. Photo by Daniil Danchenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images.

Russia War Censorship Laws Must Go

In Russia, merely speaking out against the war in Ukraine is an act of protest. A week after the start...

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