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IRAN: Youth with mental disability risks execution

Download a copy of the 1st UA 6/23 below Mohammad Ghobadlou, a 22-year-old with mental disability is at grave risk...

BAHRAIN: Prisoner of Conscience Facing Reprisals

Download a copy of the 3rd UA 100/22 below Danish-Bahraini human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja continues to be denied due...

Afghanistan:  UN Security Council meeting must focus on reversing the Taliban’s mistreatment of women and girls

The United Nation Security Council (UNSC) closed-door meeting on Afghanistan – tomorrow – must focus on how to reverse the...

A group of protesters on the sidewalk hold up a banner stating "Hands Of Wet'suwet'en" and featuring a red hand print in the middle of the text.

Canada: Indigenous land defenders criminalized, surveilled and harassed as pipeline construction continues on Wet’suwet’en territory

January 7, 2022 marks the fourth anniversary of the RCMP's first raid on a checkpoint established by Wet’suwet’en and other...

Human Rights wins in 2022

Confronted with what can sometimes seem like an endless cycle of bad news in the media, it’s easy to feel despondent....

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Peru: Crisis in the country must be addressed with full respect for human rights

Amnesty International is calling on Peruvian authorities to respect demonstrators' right to peaceful protest....
A woman wearing a black face mask and a black tank top and tights waves a Colombian flag in the middle of a large street during a demonstration, while other protester march behind her.

Colombia: Guaranteeing justice in cases of gender-based violence during repression of National Strike must be central to any police reform

A new Amnesty International report documents sexual and other forms of gender-based violence committed by Colombian police during the repression...

FIJI: Lawyer faces contempt proceedings

Download a copy of the 1st 95/22 below A Fijian lawyer is at risk of hefty fines or imprisonment for...

Chile: A change based on justice

By Pilar Sanmartín, Americas crisis researcher at Amnesty International This blog was originally published in Spain’s El Diario The Chilean...

BELARUS: Jailed Activist Subjected to Ill-Treatment

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 86/22 BELOW Prisoner of conscience Sergey Tihanovski (Syarhei Tsikhanouski) is a popular blogger and prominent...

Canada: Construction of pipeline on Indigenous territory endangers land defenders

Land defenders are at risk of serious human rights violations as the construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline has reportedly...

TUNISIA: Reinstate Revoked Judges and Prosecutors

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 83/22 BELOW On 1 June, the President Kais Saied arbitrarily dismissed 57 judges and prosecutors...

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