New packaging, same fear and hate. Donald Trump’s Executive Order on immigration may have been revised, but it remains blatantly discriminatory.  Thinly disguised as a national security measure, Trump’s travel ban reinstates many of the most repellent elements of the original blocked by US...

SUMMARY OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S SUBMISSIONS TO THE UN COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE Canada underwent its sixth review of its compliance to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in May 2012. Amnesty International provided written submissions at...

The Persian holiday Nowruz (نوروز‎‎ – new day) is an ancient holiday celebrated on March 20th, the first day of spring, to welcome in the new year.  This holiday presents an opporunity to remember courageous prisoners of conscience in Iran, write letters on their behalf, and send...

RELEASED  WEDNESDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2017 (00.01 GMT)          Amnesty International releases its Annual Report for 2016 to 2017            Risk of domino effect as powerful states backtrack on human rights commitments            Salil Shetty, head of the global movement,...

Canadian resident Saeed Malekpour has spent more than 8 years in Iran’s Evin prison. FREE SAEED MALEKPOUR He shouldn’t be there. He should be at home in Canada, taking walks in the country, enjoying meals with friends, working as a web programmer, or creating new pieces of art....

A chilling new report by Amnesty International exposes the Syrian government’s calculated campaign of extrajudicial executions by mass hangings at Saydnaya Prison. Between 2011 and 2015, every week and often twice a week, groups of up to 50 people were taken out of their prison cells and hanged...

With Prof. Homa Hoodfar, Mohamed Fahmy and other ex-prisoners of conscience. Friday, February 3, 2017, 6:30 to 8:30 PM University of Toronto Earth Sciences Building Auditorium, 5 Bancroft Avenue, Toronto Launching a campaign for the release of Saeed Malekpour, a Canadian permanent resident unjustly...

Extrajudicial executions may amount to crimes against humanity Police plant evidence, take under-the-table cash and fabricate reports Paid killers on police payroll Acting on instructions from the very top of government, the Philippines police have killed and paid others to kill thousands of...

By Salil Shetty, Secretary General at Amnesty International The gloves are off. With today’s Executive Order on “Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals,” President Donald J. Trump has declared war on Muslim refugees around the world.     With the stroke of a pen,...

Responding to Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s and the police’s announcements that they are suspending anti-drug operations, Amnesty International’s Crisis Response Director Tirana Hassan said: “Even as the police have vowed to shut their operations down, President Duterte has...

Released: 10:01 GMT 17 January 2017 Sweeping new laws are driving Europe into a deep and dangerous state of permanent securitization, Amnesty International said on the publication of a comprehensive human rights analysis of counter-terrorism measures across 14 EU member states. Dangerously...

Amnesty International USA Release The Pardon Snowden campaign delivers signatures to White House; prominent supporters call for President Obama to pardon whistleblower before Jan. 20 (New York) – Today the Pardon Snowden campaign delivered more than 1 million signatures to President Barack...