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Amnesty International Canada attends the UN CEDAW Committee’s 89th Session

(October 14, 2024) Amnesty International and a coalition of Indigenous-led and civil society organizations attended the 89th Session of the...

Amnesty International calls on Canada to uphold its international law obligations after Syrian trans woman refused asylum

Amnesty International urgently calls on Canada to reinstate its approval of Arwa Almsrawi, a trans woman from Syria, to settle...

Afghanistan: International legal initiative an important step toward tackling the Taliban’s war on women

Responding to the announcement by Australia, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands during the UN General Assembly yesterday that they will...

Ecuadorian Indigenous women and rights defenders bring concerns to Canada amid high-stakes trade negotiations

Four women leaders on the front lines of increasingly dangerous efforts to protect rights and the environment in Ecuador will...

Iran: Women’s rights defender at risk of execution

Sharifeh Mohammadi, a human rights defender, is at risk of execution. A Revolutionary Court in Rasht, Gilan province, sentenced her...

Iran: Two years after ‘Woman Life Freedom’ uprising, impunity for crimes reigns supreme

People in Iran continue to endure the devastating consequences of the authorities’ brutal crackdown on the “Woman Life Freedom" uprising....

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...

Saudi Arabia: Manahel Al-Otaibi subjected to torture in prison

Manahel al-Otaibi, a 30-year-old fitness instructor and women’s rights activist, contacted her family on September 1, 2024, after a month...

The Olympics should be for all women, including Muslim women

Anna Błuś is Amnesty International’s Researcher on Gender Justice in Europe. Excitement is mounting ahead of the Paris Olympic Games,...

“Excellence, respect, friendship”: Why hijab bans in French sports defy Olympic values and human rights

26 July 2024: the Paris Olympic Games begin. A moment of joy for sports fans around the world. A moment...

Hijab bans in French sport expose discriminatory double standards ahead of Olympic and Paralympic Games

The ban on French women athletes who wear headscarves from competing at the Olympic Games breaches international human rights laws...

Afghanistan: New UNAMA Report stresses urgent need for Taliban to roll back on moral policing

Responding to a new report by the United Nations Assistance Mission (UNAMA) in Afghanistan on the sweeping gross violations of human rights...

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