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Report cover for “They violently raped me”: Sexual violence weaponized to crush Iran’s “Woman Life Freedom” uprising. Amnesty International

Iran: Security forces used rape and other sexual violence to crush “Woman Life Freedom” uprising with impunity 

Security forces in Iran used rape and other forms of sexual violence, amounting to torture and other ill-treatment, to intimidate and...

April 2023: Shabnam Salehi testifies in Canada's Parliament in support of bill C-41, a legislation enabling humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. Shabnam placed emphasis on specific aid to prioritize women's empowerment and equal access (Photo: Shabnam Salehi)

Breaking Silence: Transnational Advocacy and Gender Based Violence in Afghanistan

Shabnam Salehi is a fellow and researcher at the University of Ottawa a former professor at Kabul University, and a...

Women protest holding signs that read "Gender-Based Violence is a Pandemic" and "Say Their Names"

TAKE ACTION DURING THE #16DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

Join Amnesty International Canada in taking action during the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence that starts on November...

Geraldina Lopez holds up photos of women she represents

Wendy Geraldina López: “In Guatemala, women are under attack”

Wendy Geraldina López Rosales is a Maya Kaqchikel lawyer and human rights defender. She has worked with the Human Rights...

People walk among scattered objects in the market of El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur, as fighting continues in Sudan between the forces of two rival generals, on April 29, 2023. - At least 96 people were reported to have been killed in El Geneina this week, the UN said, as fierce fighting between Sudan's army and paramilitaries entered a third week, violating a renewed truce. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Sudan: Civilians suffering ‘unimaginable horror’ amid ethnically motivated violence in Darfur 

Survivors and witnesses of a series of ethnically motivated attacks by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied Arab militias in...

Women and girls in Iran have been at the forefront of protests during the uprising that has swept across the country since September 2022, following the death in custody of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini. ©Private

Iranian women and girls face further violations of their rights under compulsory veiling bill

Armita Garawand, a 16-year-old schoolgirl, remains in a coma after falling unconscious on 1 October 2023 at a Tehran metro...

Schoolgirls in Iran have also participated through peaceful protests, including by removing their mandatory hijabs (compulsory veiling) while in their school uniforms. (c) private

Compulsory veiling bill a despicable assault on rights of women and girls in Iran

Reacting to the news that Iran’s parliament has passed a new bill that would impose further draconian penalties severely violating women’s...

Thousand Of Climate Activists Protest in Turin July 29, 2022. (Photo by Mauro Ujetto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Interactive digital map reveals state-sanctioned violence worldwide

Authorities across the world are increasingly resorting to unlawful use of force and repressive legislation to crush protests. Amnesty International...

Ethiopia: Eritrean soldiers committed war crimes and possible crimes against humanity in Tigray after signing of agreement to end hostilities – new report. (c) Amnesty International

Ethiopia: Eritrean soldiers committed war crimes and possible crimes against humanity in Tigray after signing of agreement to end hostilities

The Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF) committed war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity in the Tigray region, immediately before and...

A child holds a sign that reads "No More Stolen Sisters" at a rally on a road at night.

Canada: Search the landfills and return Indigenous women’s remains home

Manitoba's refusal to search for the remains of three murdered Indigenous women is ‘indefensible,’ Amnesty International Canada says....
The Iranian authorities are doubling down on their oppressive methods of policing and severely oppressing Iranian women and girls for defying degrading compulsory veiling laws (Photo: Amnesty International)

Iran: International community must stand with women and girls defying compulsory veiling

The Iranian authorities are doubling down on their oppressive methods of policing and severely oppressing Iranian women and girls for defying degrading compulsory veiling laws, Amnesty International said today. In a detailed analysis published...

9 Afro-Latina and Afro-Caribbean women, collectives devoting their lives to justice

Amnesty International is highlighting nine rights defenders and collectives who have devoted their lives to ending inequality and violence....
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