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China: Human rights lawyer released on bail amid relentless crackdown

The release of Xie Yang on bail does not represent a break in China’s relentless crackdown against human rights lawyers,...

Yemen: Multibillion-dollar arms sales by USA and UK reveal shameful contradiction with aid efforts

The USA and UK are fuelling serious violations that have caused devastating civilian suffering through multibillion-dollar arms transfers to Saudi...

“My mother taught me how to fight.” Guatemalan youth activists tell their stories

Young activists from Guatemala recently shared with Amnesty International their experiences and motivations for putting their lives on the line...

First hurdle cleared in long walk to justice for Guatemalan anti-mine activists

Adolfo Garcia (pictured, second from the left), is a quiet, serious middle-aged farmer from Guatemala. Once the Guatemalan government began...

We Defend the Land with Our Blood

Everyday across the globe, men, women and youth speak out in defence of the land and environment. They defend our...

The only choice is to #MakeMuskratRight

A hunger strike by three Inuit land defenders – Billy Gauthier, Jerry Kohlmeister and Delilah Saunders – is a powerful...

Honduras still a death trap for environmental activists six months after Berta Cáceres’ slaying

By Erika Guevara-Rosas Chills ran down Tomás Gómez Membreño’s spine when he first heard about the brutal murder of his...

Sole witness to Berta Cáceres murder: “It was clear she was going to get killed”

By Josefina Salomón, News Writer at Amnesty International The armed men who burst into the house of Honduran Indigenous leader...

Rights at Risk in Guatemala: One year on, concerns about mining and human rights remain

By Tara Scurr, Campaigner, Business and Human Rights One year ago, Alex Neve and I were sitting in the Hotel...

World Press Freedom Day: Shooting the messenger

When 12 people working at the satirical magazine Charlie Hedbo were gunned down at their offices in central Paris in...

“Are we really foreign agents?” Why we need YOU to get involved in our Sochi Winter Olympics campaign

By Jackie Hansen, Major Campaigner and Women’s Rights Campaigner Basic freedoms are under threat in Russia. Restrictive new laws are...

The struggle against impunity and insecurity in Côte d’Ivoire

Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada from Duékoué, Côte d’Ivoire, 2 March 2013 “Nature is growing back, making it...

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