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Canada must end torture by forced and coerced sterilization, Amnesty International tells Senate Human Rights Committee

Amnesty International appeared today before the Senate Human Rights Committee to urge government to take immediate steps to address sterilization...

Saudi sisters leave Hong Kong to start new life

Responding to news that two sisters from Saudi Arabia, known as Reem and Rawan, whose lives would have been in...

Yemen: Ta’iz authorities must tackle child rape and abuse under militia rule

Warning: This media release contains graphic testimonies from child survivors of sexual abuse. An investigation by Amnesty International has revealed...

Call on provinces and territories in Canada to end sterilization without consent

Across Canada and as recently as 2018, Indigenous women report being forcibly or coercively sterilized. Some women were incorrectly told...

Global assault on NGOs reaches crisis point as new laws curb vital human rights work

Governments across the world are increasingly attacking non-governmental organizations (NGOs) by creating laws that subject them and their staff to...

When is a crisis no longer a crisis? Certainly not yet for the Rohingya

Dhaka, Bangladesh As I arrive in Bangladesh, joining an Amnesty International delegation that is here for two weeks to meet...

Zimbabwe: Ruthless crackdown on freedom of assembly exposes intolerance for dissent

A new briefing by Amnesty International documents how the Zimbabwean authorities have mounted a brutal crackdown and violence against protesters,...

Pakistan: End crackdown on PTM and release protestors

Release prisoners of conscience Investigate death of PTM activist Arman Luni Disclose whereabouts of human rights defender Gulalai Ismail The...

Iran’s ‘year of shame’: More than 7,000 arrested in chilling crackdown on dissent during 2018

The Iranian authorities carried out a shameless campaign of repression during 2018, crushing protests and arresting thousands in a wide-scale...

What are human rights?

It’s a big question, but someone’s got to ask it. At this year’s Human Rights Defenders World Summit in Paris,...

Global action plan calls for States at the UN General Assembly to ensure protection of human rights defenders worldwide

A plan of action for how to protect and promote the work of human rights defenders will be presented today...

2018: The year in human rights

Over the last year, almost seven million Amnesty International supporters have taken action – protesting, writing, petitioning and much...

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