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Canada must end Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence

Technology-facilitated gender-based violence continues to be a concerning issue across Canada. Cyberbullying and online harassment on social media platforms, the...

Nigeria: Girls failed by authorities after escaping Boko Haram captivity

Girls and young women who escaped Boko Haram captivity in north-east Nigeria faced further suffering, including sometimes in unlawful military...

Guatemala: Gender bias compounds criminalization of women human rights defenders

A new Amnesty International report probes the alarming gender bias permeating Guatemala's criminalization of women human rights defenders....

Saudi Arabia: Women’s rights activist sentenced to 11 years for tweets

On April 14, 2024, Manahel al-Otaibi, a 29-year-old women’s rights activist and fitness instructor, contacted her family from prison to...

Take Action During Dalit History Month and Beyond

April is Dalit History Month. In Canada, the celebration of Dalit History Month provides an opportunity to amplify the experiences...

Red Dress Day 2024: Take Action on May 5

May 5 is Red Dress Day, a day to remember and honour missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+...

No More Stolen Sisters! Canada, search the landfills

During his visit to Canada in March 2023, the UN Special Rapporteur of Indigenous Peoples, Francisco Calí-Tzay also expressed his...

Iran: Draconian campaign to enforce compulsory veiling laws through surveillance and mass car confiscations 

Iranian authorities are waging a large-scale campaign to enforce repressive compulsory veiling laws through widespread surveillance of women and girls...

Talking women, peace and security in Colombia

Recently, Amnesty Canada organized a meeting to enable four threatened women human rights defenders in Colombia to share their experiences...

Protect the Protest in Iran

The death in detention of 22-year-old Mahsa (Zhina) Amini on September 16, 2022, following her violent arrest by Iran’s “morality”...

Support Saudi Woman Detained Over Tweets

Saudi authorities detained 29-year-old Manahel al-Otaibi on November 16, 2022, for her tweets supporting women’s rights. Since November 2023, her...

Pierre Poilievre’s comments about trans women ‘a dangerous distraction,’ Amnesty International Canada says

Pierre Poilievre, the federal Opposition leader, made comments targeting the rights of trans women at a press event in Kitchener,...
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