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SPARK! Human rights education and training

OCTOBER 2024 SPARK! is a somewhat monthly post and newsletter for our volunteers and activists with news about human rights...

Wet’suwet’en Campaign Updates: First Prisoner of Conscience and Key Legal Developments

Prisoner of Conscience Designation Following his 60 days house arrest sentencing on July 31, 2024, Amnesty International took the historic...

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...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shakes hands with Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa at a meeting in Ottawa

Speak up to ensure trade negotiations do not sacrifice human rights in Ecuador

In September, Canada is hosting the third round of fast track negotiations to secure a free trade agreement with Ecuador....

Kyrgyzstan: Rita Karasartova released from prison following Amnesty’s Urgent Action

Kyrgyzstan: Rita Karasartova released from prison following Amnesty’s Urgent Action https://amnesty.ca/staging/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/294144.mp4 If we have a dream, then fears can be...

eople gather to protest after Russian passenger plane landed in Tbilisi, Georgia, completing the first direct flight from Moscow to Tbilisi after a four-year hiatus, on May 20, 2023. Demonstrators unfurled flags of Georgia, Ukraine, the European Union (EU) and carried anti-Russian banners. (Photo by Mirian Meladze/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The State of the World’s Human Rights

THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S HUMAN RIGHTS Amnesty International’s Global Annual Human Rights Report  READ THE REPORT Amnesty International sounds...

South Africa: Human Rights Defender’s Life in Danger

Nomsa Sizani, a former General Secretary of Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM) and human rights defender, is currently facing severe threats to...

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Azerbaijan: Detained academic, Gubad Ibadoghlu’s health deteriorates

Gubad Ibadoghlu is a renowned economist and political activist. On July 23, 2023, the Azerbaijani authorities detained him on fabricated...

protest outside Canada's Embassy in Ecuador with signs that say "Danger" and "FTA with Canada = more poisonous extractivism"

What’s at stake in Canada’s trade negotiations with Ecuador: Investor protections vs the rights of communities and nature

The following words were shared by Amnesty International Canada’s Secretary General Ketty Nivyabandi at a webinar on April 4 with...

Danger reads the yellow tape during a protest outside Canada’s Embassy in Quito on March 4. Free Trade Agreement with Canada = More extractivism. Canadian mining out, reads the banner. Photo: Acción Ecológica @AcEcologic

Canada: No Ecuador trade deal without human rights and consent

“We, the Amazonian Women of Ecuador, Defenders of the Amazon Rainforest have organized to defend our human rights, and to...

Sudanese refugees queuing up to fetch water in Adre, Eastern Chad, 26 June 2023. Photo by Amnesty International.

Sudan: Internet shutdown threatens delivery of humanitarian and emergency services

A near total communication blackout in Sudan following all network and internet shutdowns in early February poses serious risks to...

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