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 punish peaceful protesters during the 2022 “Woman Life Freedom” uprising, Amnesty […]
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’s rights commissioner with the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission. […]
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 25, the International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women, […]
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 Law Firm (Bufete Jurídico de Derechos Humanos) and the Indigenous […]
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 Ardamata, West Darfur earlier this month that killed and injured […]
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 amid reports that a confrontation with somebody enforcing Iran’s degrading […]
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 and girls’ rights as well as increasing prison terms and […]
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 launched a digital map today that exposes the shocking rise […]
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 after the signing of a Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (CoHA) […]
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.
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 today, the organization exposes the authorities’ intensified nationwide crackdown on women and girls who choose not […]
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.