Resources for Activists
Resources for activists planning public events.
Interactive digital map reveals state-sanctioned violence worldwide
Authorities across the world are increasingly resorting to unlawful use of force and repressive legislation to crush protests. Amnesty International launched a digital map today that exposes the shocking rise […]
Mahsa Amini: One year later we still say her name
The death in detention of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini on September 16, 2022, following her violent arrest by Iran’s “morality” police sparked the unprecedented Woman Life Freedom popular uprising in […]
Crisis and Tactical Round Up Fall 2023: Iran, Afghanistan, Sudan and more
Solidarity with Women and Girls in Iran and Afghanistan, Protect Civilians in Sudan and Ethiopia, Ban the Scan and more Woman Life Freedom uprising anniversary September 16 The death in […]
Racial bias in facial recognition algorithms
Facial recognition makes racial discrimination worse. Learn more about how it threatens human rights and take action to ban it.
Iran: Detained Belgian aid worker, Olivier Vandecasteele must be released immediately!
Iranian authorities are subjecting Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele to enforced disappearance, torture and other ill-treatment. He is held in solitary confinement in a windowless basement cell and is denied […]
Crisis and Tactical Round Up: Afghanistan, End Israeli Apartheid, Iran, Torture-Free Trade Treaty
Afghanistan Since seizing control of Afghanistan in August 2022, the Taliban have mounted a sustained attack on human rights, persecuting minority groups, violently clamping down on peaceful protests, and using […]
2022 in rights: Covid-19 legacy, rising authoritarianism and Russian aggression in Ukraine sum-up 2022
Op-ed by Deprose Muchena, senior director for regional human rights impact at Amnesty International. It’s been 74 years since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the UN […]
Write for Rights 2022: Canada celebrates world’s largest human rights event with first in-person Write-A-Thons in three years
Amnesty International’s Write for Rights campaign sees advocates in more than 200 countries and territories take millions of actions in support of people whose human rights are under attack.
Division, distrust and despair – Egypt votes on a new Constitution
By Diana Eltahawy, Amnesty International’s North Africa Researcher Arriving in Cairo a few days before the constitutional referendum held on Saturday 15 December, I couldn’t remember a more bitterly divided […]
Human Rights News
Latest News Lift the Blockade on Gaza & Stop the Genocide Palestinians in Gaza face an impossible choice: starve or risk being shot while trying desperately to reach food to […]
Vote for Rights
Your vote is your megaphone. Your ballot is your power. During the 2025 election, let’s put #RightsFirst and #VoteForRights.