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Where is the revolution for women in Egypt?

By Jackie Hansen, Major Campaigns and Women’s Rights Campaigner For months, Amnesty International and other human rights organizations have been...

The killing of Sushmita Banerjee and Afghanistan’s ‘war on women’

By Horia Mosadiq, Afghanistan researcher at Amnesty’s International Secretariat in London, England Her body ridden with bullets and left on...

Egypt: Sexual assaults on women protestors continuing amid the political turmoil

Diana Eltahawy, Amnesty International’s Egypt researcher, blogs from Cairo While the world is focusing on the political fall-out of millions...

We can’t compromise on women’s human rights

By Jacqueline Hansen, Major Campaigns and Women’s Rights Campaigner This week Canada had the rather unenviable position of chairing negotiations...

The lives of Indigenous women and girls count

Recent comments by the RCMP concerning the number of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada do a great disservice...

Sexual attacks on women in Egypt

Amnesty International’s Egypt researcher Diana Eltahawy writes from Cairo. Almost every girl and woman – regardless of age, social status...

Mexico: Urgent call to locate human rights defender

Sandra Domínguez, a Mexican human rights defender, and her husband, Alexander Hernández, have gone missing. Sandra’s family reported their disappearance...

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Sudan: UN and African Union must act swiftly to prevent mass atrocities in El Fasher

Responding to reports of escalating violence in El Fasher, in Sudan’s North Darfur region, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East...

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Canada: Consideration of UPR Reports at HRC 55

The following oral statement was submitted for Item 6 Consideration of UPR Reports: Canada at the 55th Session of the...

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Haiti: Grave crisis requires international condemnation and lasting solutions

Following the spiral of violence that erupted after armed gangs took control of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and other areas of...

Amnesty International Canada's Kathy Price testifies to the Standing Committee hearing

Amnesty International Canada shares concerns at parliamentary study of free trade negotiations with Ecuador

On February 13, Amnesty International Canada testified before the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on International Trade (CIIT) as part of...

People displaced by the conflict in Sudan walk with their belonging along a road in Wad Madani, the capital of al-Jazirah state, on December 16, 2023. Fighting between the Sudanese army and paramilitaries engulfed the aid hub of Wad Madani on December 15, triggering an exodus of civilians already displaced by eight months of war, an AFP correspondent reported. Photo by AFP via Getty Images

Sudan: Fresh fears for civilians as fighting extends to Wad Madani

Responding to the outbreak of fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan’s second...

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