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An environment defender holds a sign that says Justice for the Amazon

How three environmental defenders are fighting fossil fuel injustice and climate change

By Graciela Martinez, Americas Regional Campaigner, Amnesty International This piece was originally published in Spanish in Open Democracy The Americas is...

A mural of the river says: Save the Magdalena

Stories of Water: A guest blog by Colombian defender Yuvelis Morales

Yuvelis Morales is a young Black Colombian social leader and defender of water, life and territory. She works with the...

A woman sits in a small boat on a river while wearing a blue and read long-sleeve shirt and a neon green and grey life jacket.

Americas: States must ensure an environment conducive to the work of climate, land defenders

Amnesty International has released a new report in the lead-up to COP28 about threats facing environment and land defenders in...
A boat with five people in it navigates a grassy swamp

Colombia: Human rights defenders remain at risk; government must guarantee their protection

A new Amnesty International report explores the government's inadequate response to the dangers facing human rights defenders in Colombia....
A sign that reads "Do Not Enter" located on the side of a dirt road near a riverbank.

Canada: Charges must be dropped against Wet’suwet’en land defenders, their supporters

Amnesty International calls on British Columbia to drop the charges facing Wet'suwet'en land defenders after a series of brazen RCMP...

Canada: Drop charges against land defenders

The Indigenous Wet’suwet’en Nation is protecting its ancestral lands and waterways against the construction of a gas pipeline. Wet’suwet’en land...

Protesters carrying flags and brightly coloured signs march on an asphalt road on a bright day.

Mexico: Land, environment defenders criminalized for exercising right to protest

A new Amnesty International report shines a light on the use of Mexico's criminal justice system to suppress people's right...
Protestors in Guatemala hold signs denouncing criminalization of prosecutors and human rights defenders

Take action to support defenders of justice under attack in Central America

Canadians acted with concerned solidarity and welcomed tens of thousands of refugees from Central America during decades of armed conflict...

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Bolivia: Human rights defenders at risk

84-year-old human rights defender, Amparo Carvajal has spent over 45 days in vigil in cold temperatures outside the Permanent Assembly...

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Kyrgyzstan: Release the Kempir-Abad defenders

A group of individuals have been arrested on charges related to their participation in peaceful protests in Kempir-Abad against a...

A group of protesters on the sidewalk hold up a banner stating "Hands Of Wet'suwet'en" and featuring a red hand print in the middle of the text.

Criminalization of Wet’suwet’en land defenders 

Background As we begin yet another year, the Wet’suwet’en land defenders are still under continued surveillance and criminalization by the...

A group of protesters on the sidewalk hold up a banner stating "Hands Of Wet'suwet'en" and featuring a red hand print in the middle of the text.

Canada: Indigenous land defenders criminalized, surveilled and harassed as pipeline construction continues on Wet’suwet’en territory

January 7, 2022 marks the fourth anniversary of the RCMP's first raid on a checkpoint established by Wet’suwet’en and other...
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