“This is Why We Say No!” Ecuadorian Indigenous Women and Rights Defenders Speak Out About Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Negotiations
From 29 September to 6 October 2024, Amnesty International Canada co-hosted a delegation of Indigenous women leaders and environment defenders from Ecuador. The visit was organized with the Canadian Centre […]
Ecuadorian Indigenous women and rights defenders bring concerns to Canada amid high-stakes trade negotiations
Four women leaders on the front lines of increasingly dangerous efforts to protect rights and the environment in Ecuador will visit Canada next week to speak out against intensifying trade […]
Canada must Protect Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People
Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ currently face the highest rates of femicide in Canada. They make up 16 per cent of all femicide victims, 11 per cent of all missing […]
The Olympics should be for all women, including Muslim women
Anna Błuś is Amnesty International’s Researcher on Gender Justice in Europe. Excitement is mounting ahead of the Paris Olympic Games, but in a country which proclaims its devotion to “égalité”, Muslim […]
Canada must end Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence
Technology-facilitated gender-based violence continues to be a concerning issue across Canada. Cyberbullying and online harassment on social media platforms, the non-consensual sharing of intimate images, doxing, swatting, and the use […]
Argentina: Ongoing criminalization against LGBT+ activist
Pierina Nochetti, a lesbian human rights activist, is facing criminal charges for allegedly painting graffiti to protest the disappearance of a young trans man in Necochea, Argentina. She could be […]
Guatemala: Gender bias compounds criminalization of women human rights defenders
A new Amnesty International report probes the alarming gender bias permeating Guatemala’s criminalization of women human rights defenders.
Syria: Mass death, torture and other violations against people detained in aftermath of Islamic State defeat
People detained following the territorial defeat of the Islamic State (IS) armed group are facing systematic violations and dying in large numbers due to inhumane conditions in north-east Syria, Amnesty […]
Argentina: Drop Charges Against Three Social Media Users
Nahuel Morandini, Roque Villegas, and Lucía González face legal action merely for sharing their satirical views on a public figure online. Morandini and Villegas were detained for 54 days due […]
Talking women, peace and security in Colombia
Recently, Amnesty Canada organized a meeting to enable four threatened women human rights defenders in Colombia to share their experiences with Canada’s Ambassador for Women, Peace and Security, Jacqueline O’Neill. […]
Iran: Free women human rights defenders Narges Mohammadi and Zeynab Jalalian
Narges Mohammadi and Zeynab Jalalian, both long-term women human rights defenders, have been repeatedly targeted and detained for their human rights work. Amnesty International is calling for their immediate and […]
Amnesty report tracks years-long campaign of criminalization, unlawful surveillance against Wet’suwet’en land defenders
A new report traces years-long campaign of violence, harassment, discrimination, and dispossession against Indigenous land defenders in Canada.