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CAR: Up to 100 civilians shot and burnt alive as UN peacekeepers leave posts in Alindao

The United Nations must carry out a thorough investigation into UN peacekeeping troops’ response to a recent attack that killed...

UN Committee Calls on Canada to Take Action on 22 Torture and Ill-Treatment Concerns

Amnesty International welcomes the release today of the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee Against Torture, following last month’s review...

Brazil: Join Anielle Franco in demanding justice for her sister Marielle

Anielle Franco is an English teacher, former competitive volleyball player, parent of an energetic toddler, and a powerful grassroots advocate...

Amnesty International Highlights Concerns Regarding Canada’s Record of Preventing Torture at UN Review

On November 20, Amnesty International will appear before the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) in Geneva, highlighting ongoing and...

Why Rohingya refugees shouldn’t be sent back to Myanmar

Since August 2017, more than 720,000 Rohingya have fled a vicious campaign of violence by the Myanmar security forces and...

Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of Amnesty’s highest honour

Amnesty International announced today that it has withdrawn its highest honour, the Ambassador of Conscience Award, from Aung San Suu...

Indonesia: Crackdowns on LGBTI people in Indonesia hit alarming level

LGBTI communities in Indonesia are facing increasing crackdowns both from the police and the municipal police (Satpol PP) with at...

Asylum seekers from Honduras need protection not pushbacks

The images are impossible to forget. Men, women and children, many with nothing more than tiny backpacks, walking with...

World summit brings surge of new commitments to protect human rights defenders

Human rights defenders from across all corners of the world gathered this week in Paris for the Human Rights Defenders...

Guinea: Death toll rises as repression of opposition protests worsens

At least 18 deaths since January in the context of demonstrations; including three by firearms over the last two weeks...

Iran: Critically ill prisoner of conscience coerced to end hunger strike

The Iranian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Farhad Meysami, a human rights defender campaigning for women’s rights, who is...

After Khashoggi, we can no longer ignore Saudi Arabia’s contempt for human rights

By Alex Neve, Secretary-General of Amnesty International Canada Even as the truth about how Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the...

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