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What is spyware and what can you do to stay protected?

What actually is spyware? Spyware is a type of malicious software. It interferes with a device’s normal operation to collect...

The Hidden Figures of #DropKiwiFarms

Liz Fong-Jones is a developer advocate, labor and ethics organizer, and Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with 18+ years of experience....

2023/07/17 President of Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statute of ICC (International Criminal Court) Silvia Fernandez de Gurmendi attends Commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Rome Statute at UN Headquarters. (Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Afghanistan: ICC justice should match victims’ demands 

The International Criminal Court (ICC) must prioritize and accelerate the delivery of justice for victims of crimes committed by the...

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Stories of Water: A guest blog by Colombian defender Yuvelis Morales

Yuvelis Morales is a young Black Colombian social leader and defender of water, life and territory. She works with the...

A woman sits in a small boat on a river while wearing a blue and read long-sleeve shirt and a neon green and grey life jacket.

Americas: States must ensure an environment conducive to the work of climate, land defenders

Amnesty International has released a new report in the lead-up to COP28 about threats facing environment and land defenders in...
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Colombia: Human rights defenders remain at risk; government must guarantee their protection

A new Amnesty International report explores the government's inadequate response to the dangers facing human rights defenders in Colombia....
Israel/OPT: Horrifying cases of torture and degrading treatment of Palestinian detainees amid spike in arbitrary arrests ©Nasser Ishtayeh/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Israel/OPT: Horrifying cases of torture and degrading treatment of Palestinian detainees amid spike in arbitrary arrests  

Israeli authorities have dramatically increased their use of administrative detention, a form of arbitrary detention, of Palestinians across the occupied...

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Peru: Refugees at risk of mass expulsions

Venezuelan nationals in Peru can no longer apply for temporary protection, which allowed refugees to have a regular migratory status....

Apply Now! Write for Rights Art Commission

Background Amnesty International Canada Section (English) is looking to commission 5 artivists (activists and artists) to develop creative content for...

People stand around shoes that honor all the missing indigenous children during the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on September 30, 2021. (Photo by Lars Hagberg / AFP) (Photo by LARS HAGBERG/AFP via Getty Images)

Truth & Reconciliation Day

National Truth & Reconciliation Day Canada’s National Day for Truth & Reconciliation is September 30th, to honour First Nations, Inuit...

A street sign commemorating Mahsa Jina Amini is installed outside the former Embassy of Iran on Metcalfe street in Ottawa, June 2023 (c) private

Mahsa Amini: One year later we still say her name

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

This 26 October, 2022, dated image posted on Twitter shows an unveiled woman standing on top of a vehicle as thousands make their way toward Aichi cemetery in Saqez, Mahsa Amini's hometown in the western Iranian province of Kurdistan, to mark 40 days since her death. © Private

Iran: One year after the Woman Life Freedom uprising international community must combat impunity for brutal crackdown 

The international community must pursue pathways for justice at the international level to address systemic impunity for Iranian officials responsible...

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