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Op-ed: Sounding the alarm: Canada must address a growing crisis in Guatemala

As our new Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly assesses priorities for Canada’s foreign policy, it’s crucially important that Guatemala be...

Ethiopia: Survivors of TPLF attack in Amhara describe gang rape, looting and physical assaults

Women raped at gunpoint, robbed and assaulted Lack of medical care after TPLF fighters damaged and looted hospital Abuses committed...

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)

Crisis and Tactical Round-Up Fall 2021: Focus on Afghanistan

Afghanistan Afghanistan is at risk of losing the human rights gains made in the last 20 years. Amnesty was among...

Bertha Isabel and Laura Zúniga Cáceres have inspired hope across the Americas, courageously leading a campaign to ensure those responsible for the murder of their mother, renowned Lenca water defender Berta Cáceres, do not escape justice. Photo: COPINH

Important steps forward for environment defenders under attack in Latin America but our solidarity action remains vital

Across Latin America, in these times of increasing environmental crisis, courageous defenders are mobilizing to defend land, Indigenous territory and...

Afghanistan: Taliban must allow girls to return to school immediately – new testimony

Girls in Afghanistan must be allowed to return to secondary school and continue their education, Amnesty International said today as...

Honour Stolen Sisters on October 4th

Years of campaigning led by Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people resulted in government finally calling an inquiry to investigate...

Afghanistan: Taliban wasting no time in stamping out human rights says new briefing

The Taliban are steadily dismantling the human rights gains of the last twenty years, said Amnesty International, the International Federation...

Syria: Former refugees tortured, raped, disappeared after returning home

Syrian security forces have subjected Syrians who returned home after seeking refuge abroad to detention, disappearance and torture, including sexual...

Voices for Human Rights: Renee Gujral, National Youth Organizer

I’ve seen a lot of injustice around me all my life. My passion for travel and having lived in many...

Cameroon: Witness testimony and satellite images reveal the scale of devastation in Anglophone regions

New research by Amnesty International has revealed the devastating scale of destruction caused by the ongoing conflict in Cameroon’s Anglophone...

Defending Water, Defending Land

The climate crisis is becoming ever more urgent. It is nothing less than a global emergency and the greatest human...

“She couldn’t be separated from her children”: In conversation with Johanne Durocher

Johanne Durocher is the mother of Nathalie Morin, a Quebec woman who has lived in Saudi Arabia since 2005 with...

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