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The urgent need for rights-compliant hydro in Manitoba

Manitoba Hydro states that its operations are “good for Manitobans, good for our environment.” But good for which Manitobans? Decades...

Mexico: Amnesty International once again requests high-level meeting with President López Obrador in light of human rights crisis

Amnesty International sent an open letter to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador today requesting a meeting and expressing its concern...

Human rights battlegrounds of the decade

From uprisings across the Arab world and the rise of global protest movements, to the resurgence of the politics of...

Showing Up for Human Rights in 2019

“This is one of those times; one of those moments in history. You either show up or you prepare...

Climate change ranks highest as vital issue of our time – Generation Z survey

Climate change was the most commonly cited among most important issues facing the world, in a survey of more than...

Mexico: Amnesty International issues warning about lack of progress on human rights after one year of the new government

Nearly one year after Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office as president, his government has failed to make substantial progress...

Women hold placards saying "No More Stolen Sisters" and "We Demand Justice" for missing and murdered indigenous women #MMIW Canada

No More Stolen Sisters

No More Stolen Sisters A human rights response to discrimination and violence against Indigenous women #MMIW Canada Take Action Violence...

Amnesty’s Top 10 Election Asks

Canada will have its next federal election by October 21st, 2019. Hateful rhetoric and divisive politics are on the rise,...

Canada: Two federal political party leaders are ‘Up for Debate’ on gender rights – what about the rest?

OTTAWA – Today, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May publicly committed to participating in a federal...

Deadly Abortion Bans Endanger Pregnant People’s Lives

Responding to the Alabama Senate approving a measure on Tuesday that would outlaw almost all abortions in the state, Tarah...

Open letter to Minister Bennett on ending sex discrimination in the Indian Act

PDF version May 13, 2019 Hon. Carolyn Bennett Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs...

South Africa: Less talk, more action on human rights

South Africa’s post-election government must put human rights at the centre of its policies or risk shackling people to the...

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