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A resolution for a new decade: put human rights first

As 2020 dawns, we face consequential times for human-rights protection around the world. If ever there was a need for...

In a dangerous world, human rights have been winning all year

With inequality, injustice and hate speech seemingly ever more prevalent across the globe, you’d be forgiven for thinking 2019 has...

I’m prouder than ever to be from Hong Kong

University student Sonia Ng is the only protester who has accused the Hong Kong police of sexual assault using her...

New federal cabinet ministers must uphold and protect human rights: Amnesty International

(Lire la version française ici) OTTAWA – Today, two days before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveils his new cabinet, Amnesty...

Punished for committing no crime: How the Safe Third Country Agreement violates the Charter rights to gender equality, liberty and security of the person

Jaya Bordeleau-Cass and André Capretti are the 2019-2020 Public Interest Articling Fellows at Amnesty International Canada. They will be posting...

Iraq: Horrific scenes as security forces resort to lethal force to disperse Karbala protests

Iraqi security forces resorted yet again to excessive and unlawful lethal force to disperse crowds of largely peaceful protesters in...

Myanmar: Military atrocities ‘relentless and ruthless’ in northern Shan State

Amnesty International has gathered fresh evidence that the Myanmar military is continuing to commit atrocities against ethnic minorities in the...

A group of land defenders gather in the forest in Honduras

Earth Defenders

Earth Defenders Humanity is facing an environmental emergency of unprecedented proportions. Climate change, biodiversity loss, ecosystems degradation and toxic pollution...

Malaysia: Unfair trials, secretive hangings and petty drug convictions reveal ‘cruel injustice’ of the death penalty

Malaysia must start to fulfil its promise to abolish the death penalty in forthcoming legislation by ending its use for...

‘We’re done waiting’: New video ad demands answers from federal leaders on gender issues

National coalition urges leaders to address women’s rights, gender equality With gender issues largely absent from last night’s federal leaders’...

Refugees and Migrants

Refugees & Migrants Every day, all over the world, people make one of the most difficult decisions in their lives:...

Jason Dick and Dakota Kesick dance in traditional regalia overlooking the Peace and Moberly Rivers.

Indigenous Peoples in Canada

Indigenous Peoples in Canada Centuries of racism and dispossession have denied Indigenous Peoples of Canada and around the world the...

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