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Tweet now for student facing jail after Twitter use in Turkey

By Milena Buyum, Amnesty’s Turkey Campaigner On 2 June last year, Özge Ünlütezcan, a 24-year-old drama student, grabbed her phone...

Your activism has made visible in Canada the hidden emergency for Indigenous peoples in Colombia

By Kathy Price, Colombia Campaigner It was two years ago that courageous Indigenous women and men in Colombia sent photo...

Brazil 2014: The fight is even fiercer off the pitch

By Atila Roque, Director at Amnesty International Brazil Brazil is about to host the biggest football frenzy on the planet,...

New UN report highlights “crisis” for the human rights of Indigenous peoples in Canada

by Craig Benjamin, Indigenous Rights Campaigner, Amnesty International Canada A leading United Nations human rights expert says the situation of...

New UN report highlights “crisis” for the human rights of Indigenous peoples in Canada

by Craig Benjamin, , Indigenous Rights Campaigner, Amnesty International Canada , A leading United Nations human rights expert says the...

Letter to My Son By Eskinder Nega

By Eskinder Nega, with Kaliti Prison – Originally published on Ze-Habesha Website The mistakes of my life. Ah! I could...

Remembering Loretta Saunders

, By, Kim Irving Cahill, Maritimes Regional Activism Coordinator , Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Loretta...

2013 Year-end message from Amnesty International Canada

Standing with individuals, tackling global problems 2013 year-end message from Amnesty International – by Alex Neve Secretary General, Amnesty...

Canada must help Sudan address its many human rights crises

By Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada Earlier this fall the Canadian government significantly down-scaled the diplomatic and financial...

Divided town of Deir Ezzour is a microcosm of Syria’s bitter conflict

By Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International’s Senior Crisis Researcher As the threat of military intervention looms over an alleged chemical weapons...

African activists fight homophobia

We’re deep in Pride season here in Canada. People are out and loud and proud and celebrating. But in many...

Rios Montt case: Guatemala’s trial of the decade in ten facts

  The trial against former Guatemalan leader General José Efraín Rios Montt for genocide during his time in office has...

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