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Amnesty Human Rights College 2023 planning committee: left to right: Stephen Mensah, Angela Huang, Jasmin Smith, Sumali Mehta, and Sophie Long.

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Colombia: The National Police must be comprehensively reformed

Today a diverse and broad group of Colombian human rights organizations and victims of excessive use of force by Colombian...

Iran: International community must not be deceived by dubious claims of disbanding ‘morality police’

The Iranian authorities’ vague and conflicting statements on the supposed disbanding of Iran’s so-called “morality police” must not deceive the...

MEXICO: Rights of feminicide victims at risk

Download a copy of the 1st UA 104/22 below On November 15, 2022, the Attorney General of the State of...

Iran: “Protester killings must be urgently investigated by international accountability mechanism” says Amnesty chief

Amnesty International’s ongoing investigations into the crackdown on popular protests in Iran has revealed widespread patterns of unlawful use of...

ECUADOR: Repression of Indigenous-led protests

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 58/22 BELOW On 14 June around 0:29 a.m., security forces detained Leónidas Iza, president of...

Write for Rights 2021: Your Words are Changing Lives

More people took part in Write for Rights 2021 in Canada than ever before! More than 5,800 people across Canada...

Poland: Authorities must act to protect people fleeing Ukraine from further suffering

The Polish authorities must relieve volunteers from the responsibility of receiving people fleeing from Ukraine and address the chaotic and...

Women light candles outside Guatemalan Congress

Guatemala: Discriminatory law foments hate and puts lives, rights and families at risk

March 9, 2022 The “Life and Family Protection Law” (Law 5272) represents a grave threat to lives, human rights and...

Afghanistan: Taliban authorities must reveal Alia Azizi’s whereabouts

The Taliban authorities must urgently investigate the abduction of Alia Azizi, a senior female prison official who has been missing...

I survived imprisonment in Burundi

And what I saw on the inside has made me that much more determined to fight for human rights in...

41 wins for human rights to celebrate this year

It’s been a busy year for Amnesty International with positive changes taking place around the world. Laws have been rewritten,...

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