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Danger reads the yellow tape during a protest outside Canada’s Embassy in Quito on March 4. Free Trade Agreement with Canada = More extractivism. Canadian mining out, reads the banner. Photo: Acción Ecológica @AcEcologic

Canada: No Ecuador trade deal without human rights and consent

“We, the Amazonian Women of Ecuador, Defenders of the Amazon Rainforest have organized to defend our human rights, and to...

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Yemen: Release Five Arbitrarily Detained Baha’is

On May 25, armed Huthi forces stormed a peaceful gathering of Baha’is in Sana’a, Yemen. They took 17 members of...

Iranian female students pictured from the back with their hair uncovered and raising their compulsory veils in the air. © private

Iran: Draconian campaign to enforce compulsory veiling laws through surveillance and mass car confiscations 

Iranian authorities are waging a large-scale campaign to enforce repressive compulsory veiling laws through widespread surveillance of women and girls...

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Land and water defenders face a new wave of deadly threats in Colombia

It was 3 AM when armed men arrived at the homes of Maria, Luz Angela, and Richar. The three water...

Protester in Iran holds up a photo of Mahsa Amini

Protect the Protest in Iran

The death in detention of 22-year-old Mahsa (Zhina) Amini on September 16, 2022, following her violent arrest by Iran’s “morality”...

Feminist organizations oppose Premier Smith’s reckless proposed restrictions on the rights, freedoms, and medical care of trans youth and their families

February 15, 2024 – We, the undersigned, strongly condemn the Government of Alberta’s planned changes to gender-affirming care, education, and...

Vanessa Mendoza Cortés is the president of the women’s rights organization, Stop Violence. In this image, she has black tape across her lips.

Vanessa Mendoza Cortés Acquittal: Triumph in Free Speech Advocacy

Vanessa Mendoza Cortés acquittal on January 17, 2024, marked a significant moment in human rights advocacy. A court in Andorra...

Vanessa Mendoza Cortés is the president of the women’s rights organization, Stop Violence. In this image, she has black tape across her lips.

Vanessa Mendoza Cortés Acquittal: Triumph in Free Speech Advocacy

Vanessa Mendoza Cortés acquittal on January 17, 2024, marked a significant moment in human rights advocacy. A court in Andorra...

A bulldozer removes encroachments during an anti-encroachment drive by SDMC, at Shyam Nagar (West Delhi), on May 13, 2022 in New Delhi, India. The demolition drive began in Delhi on May 04 and it will continue till May 13. The civic bodies are taking stern action against the illegal land occupation in parts of Delhi. Photo by Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times via Getty Images

India: Authorities must immediately stop unjust targeted demolition of Muslim properties

Bulldozer Injustice: JCB brand machinery weaponized as a tool in hate campaign against minorities in India India’s widespread unlawful demolitions...

“Removed from our Land for Defending it” Amnesty International’s Report Launched

Background Amnesty International’s new research report, “Removed from our land for defending it: Criminalization, Intimidation and Harassment of Wet’suwet’en Land...

People flee from a village after renewed fighting between Myanmar's military and the Arakan Army (AA), an ethnic minority armed group, in Pauktaw Township in western Rakhine State on November 19, 2023. Ongoing clashes between the Arakan Army (AA) and the military "have resulted in the displacement of 26,175 people" across Rakhine, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in an update. Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images.

Myanmar: Military should be investigated for war crimes in response to ‘Operation 1027’

Myanmar’s military has unlawfully killed, arbitrarily detained and stolen from civilians as it struggles to contain the heaviest outburst of...

Boat travels up a beautiful river in the Amazon region

Keep hope alive: get involved in our new campaign to support defenders in Colombia who protect land and water vital to us all

Yuly Velásquez is a hope-inspiring defender of human rights and the environment in the Magdalena Medio region of Colombia. President...

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