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New book highlights global framwork of Indigenous human rights

By Craig Benjamin, Campaigner for the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples , I’m honoured to have contributed a chapter to...

Indigenous rights: common cause for activism across the Americas

By Crystal Giesbrecht, a field worker and activism leader with Amnesty International in Saskatchewan I am extremely grateful to have...

Central African Republic: Fear and Loathing in Bangui

By Joanne Mariner, Senior Crisis Response Adviser at Amnesty International , In Bangui’s Nguingo neighbourhood, up the Oubangui river from...

How to be a good ally to LGBTI activists in Uganda

By Jackie Hansen, Major Campaigns and Women’s Rights Campaigner There appears to be a rise in homophobia around the world....

Creating Medicines for the Love of Our People: Conversation with the Native Youth Sexual Health Network

The Native Youth Sexual Health Network (NYSHN) is an organization by and for Indigenous youth that works across issues of...

Hong Kong: “I have not seen anything like this in decades”

By Mabel Au, Director of Amnesty International in Hong Kong. The streets of Hong Kong are hard to recognize these...

“I want Canadians to care” – a conversation with Bev Jacobs

Bev Jacobs, a Mohawk lawyer and grandmother from Six Nations, was the lead researcher on Amnesty International’s 2004 Stolen Sisters...

We can’t wait on the government’s political will: Conversation with Ellen Gabriel

Ellen Gabriel, a Mohawk artist, educator and activist from Kanehsatà:ke, is well known in Canada as a powerful voice for...

A time to grieve and a time to dance

By Conor Fortune, News Writer at Amnesty International, who recently returned from St Petersburg Ekaterina Khomenko’s throat was slit when...

Am I next?

By Jackie Hansen, Major Campaigns and Women’s Rights Campaigner, Amnesty International Canada , , The images are haunting. The message...

beautiful white sand beach with dark foreground illustrating the dark side of torture in Mexico

Seven things you need to know about torture in Mexico

Travel guides describe Mexico as one of the world’s great civilisations, whose landscapes are as stunning as they are diverse....

‘It starts right here’ – the road ahead for South Sudan

By Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada So many moments stay with me. During the course of this recent...

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