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Write for Rights: World’s biggest human rights campaign marks 20th birthday

Amnesty International’s record-breaking Write for Rights campaign launches today, marking 20 years of the global letter-writing drive. Since 2001, the...

How to Be a #Write4Rights Social Media Mobilizer

Can writing letters actually change things? We know it can. That’s why we run the biggest human rights event in...

A Taliban fighter stands guard as Afghan women shout slogans during an anti-Pakistan protest rally, near the Pakistan embassy in Kabul on September 7, 2021. - The Taliban on September 7, 2021 fired shots into the air to disperse crowds who had gathered for an anti-Pakistan rally in the capital, the latest protest since the hardline Islamist movement swept to power last month. (Photo by Hoshang Hashimi / AFP) (Photo by HOSHANG HASHIMI/AFP via Getty Images)

Afghanistan: Suppression of protests at odds with Taliban’s claims on human rights

Responding to widespread reports that the Taliban are using unlawful force against peaceful protesters and journalists at gatherings across Afghanistan,...

Colombia: The IACHR must listen to the voices of victims of human rights violations

The voices of victims of violence, abuses and police repression must dominate the agenda of the Inter-American Commission on Human...

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Mexico Many Canadians know Mexico as a winter get-away, a tourism paradise. But the vast majority of Mexicans experience a...

Ethiopia: Tepid international response to Tigray conflict fuels horrific violations over past six months

African and other world leaders must urgently speak out and do more to stem the ferocious tide of human rights...

ANNUAL REPORT: COVID-19 hits those shackled by oppression hardest thanks to decades of inequalities, neglect and abuse

Pandemic lays bare massive systemic inequality worldwide with ethnic minorities, health workers, and women among the most severely impacted Report...

Libya: Ten years after uprising abusive militias evade justice and instead reap rewards

A decade after the overthrow of Muammar al-Gaddafi, justice has yet to be delivered to victims of war crimes and...

NYAAC Members Reflect on Write for Rights 2020 Cases

Members of Amnesty Canada’s National Youth Action and Advisory Committee (NYAAC) share their thoughts on the cases from Write for...

New interactive online platform set to raise awareness about rape

New innovative and interactive online tool launched today will help raise awareness about rape as a violation of human rights...

Activists in Latin America battle to guarantee access to safe abortion in COVID-19 world

By Josefina Salomón & Christopher Alford For decades, women human rights defenders across Latin America have been fighting an uphill...

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