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A young woman, a boy and a middle-aged man are among people participating in a candelight vigil in memory of a man who was killed in a protest in Nicaragua.

Nicaragua: A continuum of repression and systematic human rights violations under the Ortega-Murillo government

Nicaragua's human rights crisis persists five years after the government cracked down on peaceful protests against social security reforms....
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Israel/OPT: Conscientious objector, Yuval Dag, detained in Israel

20-year-old Yuval Dag is serving a 20-day detention order at Neve Tzedek military prison in Tel Aviv for refusing to...

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Afghanistan: Education activist, Matiulla Wesa, arbitrarily arrested

Matiullah Wesa was arbitrarily arrested by the Taliban’s General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) on March 27, 2023. He was returning...

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Democratic Republic of Congo: Human rights activists must be released

King Mwamisyo and Elias Bizimungu are two activists with the citizens’ movement, LUCHA in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)....

Solidarity with Women Human Rights Defenders in Exile in Canada

Who are Women Human Rights Defenders? Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) is an inclusive term used to represent the struggle...

People hold signs at rally for refugee rights

Fight Back Against the Safe Third Country Agreement Expansion

The Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) puts refugees at risk, which is why Amnesty and our partners have been fighting...

Protesters light flares in the colors of Afghanistan. Members of the local Afghan diaspora, activists and local supporters seen in front of the Alberta Legislature Building during the STOP KILLING AFGHANS! protest organised today by the Global Movement of Peace for Afghanistan. Saturday, August 28, 2021, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The Taliban’s relentless attack on human rights in Afghanistan

Since returning to de-facto power in August 2021, the Taliban’s relentless attack on human rights has targeted critics, ethnic and...

A riot police officer, standing in front of six other riot police officers standing behind shields, fires rubber bullets at demonstrators.

Chile: ‘Nain Retamal’ bill risks increasing police abuses of power

Amnesty International urges lawmakers to fix flaws in the Nain Retamal bill that threaten to violate international human rights standards....
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Canada: RCMP raid of Wet’suwet’en territory a ‘flagrant attack’ on Indigenous rights

The RCMP’s March 29 raid is the latest act in a “campaign of violence, intimidation and dispossession,” Amnesty International says....
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Russia Federation: Imprisoned nurse, Irina Danilovich denied healthcare

Irina Danilovich, a nurse and human rights activist from Russian-occupied Crimea was abducted by Russian security service on April 29,...

A woman wearing a white t-shirt and red pants holds a feather while she participates in a march for Indigenous rights on a street in downtown Toronto.

Amnesty International’s 2022/23 Annual Report denounces Canada’s record on Indigenous People’s rights, climate justice

Amnesty International's 2022/23 Annual Report highlights how Canada unfairly criminalizes Indigenous defenders for protecting their lands....
Bangladeshi garment workers and relatives of victims of the Rana Plaza building collapse hold candles during a memorial at the site of the Rana Plaza garment factory building collapse in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka on October 24, 2013, the six-month anniversary of the disaster. Relatives of the 1,135 people who lost their lives when the Rana Plaza complex collapsed on April 24 also said they had still to receive any compensation for their loss as they rallied at the site of the tragedy.

Ten years since Rana Plaza and still no laws to prevent a similar tragedy

On April 24, 2023, we mark the tenth anniversary of the deadliest disaster in the global garment industry. On that...

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