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Protesters clash in Iran after Mahsa Amini's death

Mahsa Amini and the deadly crackdown on protests in Iran

World leaders at the UN General Assembly must support calls for the establishment of an independent international investigative and accountability...

Bernardo by the river

For more than 4 years I was imprisoned for defending the collective rights of Indigenous Peoples

By Maya Q’eqchi’ teacher and rights defender Bernardo Caal Xol Indigenous Peoples face racism and discrimination in most countries. We...

YEMEN: Release Arbitrarily Detained Journalist

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 69/22 BELOW Journalist Younis Abdelsalam has been arbitrarily detained without charge by the Huthi de...

Amnesty International Launches Global Campaign To Confront Unprecedented Worldwide Threat To The Right To Protest

The right to protest is under unprecedented and growing threat across all regions of the world, Amnesty International said today,...

ALGERIA: Investigate Torture of Whistleblower

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 43/22 UPDATE 1 BELOW Mohamed Benhlima is an activist, former military official and whistleblower who...

Women protesting with green kerchiefs for abortion rights

Human rights victories to celebrate in 2022

We’ve reached the midway point of 2022 and, as ever, it’s been a busy year for Amnesty International. With the...

Industry, Police, and MMIWG2S in Wet’suwet’en Yintah

Jennifer Wickham is a member of Cas Yikh (Grizzly Bear House) in the Gidimt’en (Bear/Wolf) Clan of the Wet’suwet’en people....

damaged homes and infrastructure

After dam disaster in Colombia, Canada’s EDC talks remedy but fails to provide it

EDC provided financing for Hidroituango megaproject linked to human rights and environmental harm Hidroituango is a hydroelectric dam megaproject financed...

YEMEN: Release Journalists at Risk of Execution

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 27/16 UPDATE 5 BELOW On 29 May, the appeal session for four Yemeni journalists sentenced...

Indigenous woman at a ceremony

Ecuador: Authorities and companies threaten the Amazon and its Indigenous Peoples

May 4, 2022 Authorities and companies in Ecuador threaten the Amazon through legislation, policies and extractive projects – mainly oil...

I want to fight climate chaos. What can I do?

Normally, the coming of spring is a welcome reprieve from long, cold, dark, and, if you’re from British Columbia like...

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...

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