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“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...

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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...

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...

Lex jeux event organised by Les Hijabeuses, a collective of football players campaigning to overturn hijab bans in French football. 29 June 2024. Photo by Amnesty International.

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,...

12 February 2023, Berlin: Illustration: Fictitious html pages and hacker programs are seen on screens while a man has his hands on the keyboard. Photo: Annette Riedl/dpa (Photo by Annette Riedl/picture alliance via Getty Images)

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...

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...

People at an outdoor rally hold signs calling for justice for Guatemalan prisoner of conscience and former prosecutor Virginia Laparra

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....
Aftermath: Injustice, Torture and Death in Detention in North-East Syria report cover © Amnesty International

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

Chief Na'Moks overlooks CGL Pipeline construction road cutting through Wet'suwet'en Territory

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....
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