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PUERTO RICO: Protect Access to Abortion

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 32/22 BELOW A recently published bill seeks to prohibit abortions after 22 weeks, or when...

Pride 2022 & Supporting LGBTI Rights During Conflict

January 7th marked an important moment for LGBTQ2S rights in Canada when the federal ban on conversion therapy officially came...

Human rights defenders hold signs that say No to Fracking

“They Will Not Stop Us!”: Solidarity with Environmental Rights Defenders

United Nations Secretary General António Guterres was blunt as he spoke at the release of the latest chilling report of...

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As temperatures rise, our solidarity action with threatened climate protectors is more important then ever

As government delegations at last November’s UN climate change conference debated what action to take to confront our global climate...

Political leaders and corporate titans put profit and power ahead of people, betraying promises for fair recovery from pandemic

Amnesty International releases its Annual Report for 2021 Peddling false promises of a fair recovery from Covid-19 to address deep-seated...

Ethiopia: Tigrayan forces murder, rape and pillage in attacks on civilians in Amhara towns

Fighters affiliated with the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) deliberately killed dozens of people, gang-raped dozens of women and girls...

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Amnesty International Canada Statement on “Freedom Convoy 2022” Blockade

OTTAWA – Amnesty International has been following with great concern the developments relating to the Ottawa protests’ “Freedom Convoy 2022”...

Submission to the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on the Militarization of Indigenous Lands

Submission to the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Poeples...

Americas: Amnesty International sounds alert over killings of human rights defenders and journalists in first month of 2022

February 2, 2022 With at least 20 human rights defenders and four journalists killed across the region in January, the...

Ethiopia: New wave of atrocities in Western Tigray

International investigations, access to detainees key to deter further abuses Amhara security forces are responsible for a surge of mass...

Human rights is the only path forward

By Ketty Nivyabandi  One year ago, Germain Rukuki, a well-known activist from Burundi, was languishing in the overcrowded Ngozi jail, serving a 32-year sentence....

Colombia: Excessive force by riot police during National Strike left more than 100 people with eye trauma

Violence and repression by the Colombian security forces, especially the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD), have resulted in hundreds of victims...

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