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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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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...

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Colombia: Organizations Need Protection Against Threats

On February 1, the “High Command of the Magdalena Medio Block” of the Gaitanist Self-Defense Forces of Colombia made a...

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Stand with the People of Myanmar and be part of our Paper Airplane Campaign

After a military coup in February 2021 and a brutal crackdown on protests, the human rights situation in Myanmar rapidly...

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‘They are waiting for us to give up’: Activists face harassment and killings in campaign to protect rivers in Honduras

By Graciela Martínez González, campaigner at Amnesty International’s Latin America Regional Office. This piece was published in Newsweek en español...

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2023 was the hottest year on record, underscoring the severity of the climate crisis

The Copernicus Global Climate Report shows that global average temperatures in 2023 reached 14.98ºC, making it the hottest year on...
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What happened at COP28? Essential need-to-knows

December 14, 2023 The COP28 climate summit in Dubai ended after 14 days with an agreement which recognized for the...

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Burkina Faso: Human rights defender forcibly disappeared

On December 1, human rights defender, Daouda Diallo was abducted by security forces in civilian clothes while he was renewing...

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‘We continue to risk our lives defending Colombia’s rivers and wetlands’

By Colombian water defender Yuly Velásquez Briceño * Rivers and wetlands have always held great significance for me. They are a...

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Agreement at COP28 to phase out fossil fuels is vital to prevent a climate and human rights catastrophe

November 13, 2023 An agreement at the COP28 summit to end the production and use of fossil fuels is vital...

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Turkey: End protest ban on Galatasaray square

Saturday Mothers/People, a group of relatives of victims of enforced disappearances and other human rights defenders are prevented from exercising...

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Protect the Protest in Guatemala

Thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest the judicial actions initiated against key actors of the recent...

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