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China: UN Human Rights Council must ensure accountability for ongoing atrocities in Xinjiang

Council must mandate an independent international mechanism to investigate crimes People who recently fled Xinjiang tell Amnesty International of abuses...

IRAN: LGBTI Defender Sentenced to Death

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 5/22 UODATE 1 BELOW Iranian LGBTI rights defender Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani and another woman, Elham Choubdar,...

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Amnesty International Canada announces winners of 2021-2022 Media Awards

The Amnesty International Media Award winners will be celebrated at an Oct. 12 virtual ceremony hosted by How She Hustles’s...
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Afghanistan: International community must urgently action upon the UN Special Rapporteur’s recommendations

The first report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan must serve as a...

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Myanmar: Five-year anniversary of Rohingya crisis must mark ‘turning point’ in quest for justice

The upcoming five-year anniversary of the Rohingya crisis must mark a turning point in the urgent quest to deliver justice...

“NAAN, KOR, AZADI!”

“Naan, kor, azadi!” Bread, work, freedom! This was the chant heard on the streets of Kabul by the many brave...

Amnesty International Launches Global Campaign To Confront Unprecedented Worldwide Threat To The Right To Protest

The right to protest is under unprecedented and growing threat across all regions of the world, Amnesty International said today,...

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Human rights victories to celebrate in 2022

We’ve reached the midway point of 2022 and, as ever, it’s been a busy year for Amnesty International. With the...

Epimotew Tastawayik Niso Askiya – Walking in Two Worlds

Rachel Wuttunee is Anishinaabekwe from Kitchenuhmaykoosib in Northwestern Ontario and is from the Bear Clan. Rachel has been an Indigenous...

Industry, Police, and MMIWG2S in Wet’suwet’en Yintah

Jennifer Wickham is a member of Cas Yikh (Grizzly Bear House) in the Gidimt’en (Bear/Wolf) Clan of the Wet’suwet’en people....

The Pride Progress flag is at the top of this graphic, with the Amnesty International logo in the top right corner. The bottom half of the graphic has beaded earrings. The middle of the image has the title: Pride Month and Indigenous History Month. Guest Essay Series.

On Intersectionality, Access to Justice, and Walking Between Worlds

Benjamin Vandorpe (they/them) is a Two Sprit, trans, queer Inuk based in Odawa and is the founder of the non-profit...

The right to protest is under threat in Mexico

By Erika Guevara-Rosas and Edith Olivares Ferreto A year ago today, police officers repressed 93 people, most of them female...

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