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The international community must act now to prevent the RSF from repeating these atrocities in El Fasher.
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The international community must act now to prevent the RSF from repeating these atrocities in El Fasher.
African Nova Scotian communities continue to face structural barriers — but their leadership and organizing remain a driving force for change.
We reaffirm our commitment to listen, amplify voices, and stand alongside communities in the fight for equality and human rights.
We reaffirm our commitment to listen, amplify voices, and stand alongside communities in the fight for equality and human rights.
November 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
African Nova Scotian communities continue to face structural barriers — but their leadership and organizing remain a driving force for change.
We reaffirm our commitment to listen, amplify voices, and stand alongside communities in the fight for equality and human rights.
We reaffirm our commitment to listen, amplify voices, and stand alongside communities in the fight for equality and human rights.
Last week, Amnesty International’s team visited several towns across Nova Scotia listening to human rights challenges faced by African Nova Scotian communities
From Preston to Halifax, each conversation revealed enduring injustices & inspiring community leadership driving change
From Preston to Halifax, each conversation revealed enduring injustices & inspiring community leadership driving change
November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Last week, Amnesty International’s team visited several towns across Nova Scotia listening to human rights challenges faced by African Nova Scotian communities
From Preston to Halifax, each conversation revealed enduring injustices & inspiring community leadership driving change
From Preston to Halifax, each conversation revealed enduring injustices & inspiring community leadership driving change
UNnatural disasters caused by fossil fuels put our human rights at risk.
People around the world, often those who have contributed least to climate change, are being killed or losing their homes to hurricanes, fires and floods.
People around the world, often those who have contributed least to climate change, are being killed or losing their homes to hurricanes, fires and floods.
November 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
UNnatural disasters caused by fossil fuels put our human rights at risk.
People around the world, often those who have contributed least to climate change, are being killed or losing their homes to hurricanes, fires and floods.
People around the world, often those who have contributed least to climate change, are being killed or losing their homes to hurricanes, fires and floods.
We are alarmed by reports that amidst internet and electricity blackouts, security forces have used excessive force to suppress ongoing post-election protests
This is the third time in less than a year that Tanzanian authorities have resorted to an internet blockade to silence dissenting voices
This is the third time in less than a year that Tanzanian authorities have resorted to an internet blockade to silence dissenting voices
November 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
We are alarmed by reports that amidst internet and electricity blackouts, security forces have used excessive force to suppress ongoing post-election protests
This is the third time in less than a year that Tanzanian authorities have resorted to an internet blockade to silence dissenting voices
This is the third time in less than a year that Tanzanian authorities have resorted to an internet blockade to silence dissenting voices
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Every dollar you raise helps protect activists at risk, free political prisoners, and keep Amnesty’s work independent and bold.
You can learn more here » bit.ly/4oWdj3y
November 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Did you know you can make your Write for Rights event even more impactful by fundraising for human rights?
Every dollar you raise helps protect activists at risk, free political prisoners, and keep Amnesty’s work independent and bold.
You can learn more here » bit.ly/4oWdj3y
Every dollar you raise helps protect activists at risk, free political prisoners, and keep Amnesty’s work independent and bold.
You can learn more here » bit.ly/4oWdj3y
Access to the internet is essential to protect human rights.
Imposing internet shutdowns, especially when people are protesting, stops important information from reaching citizens—such as how to find areas of safety or contact emergency services.
Imposing internet shutdowns, especially when people are protesting, stops important information from reaching citizens—such as how to find areas of safety or contact emergency services.
November 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Access to the internet is essential to protect human rights.
Imposing internet shutdowns, especially when people are protesting, stops important information from reaching citizens—such as how to find areas of safety or contact emergency services.
Imposing internet shutdowns, especially when people are protesting, stops important information from reaching citizens—such as how to find areas of safety or contact emergency services.
📣 Call for Submissions – The Matchstick!
The Matchstick, Amnesty Canada’s Arts & Human Rights magazine, is accepting submissions from youth under the age of 25
📅 Deadline Extended to Jan 4th 2026
🔗 Visit: thematchstick.org/submissions for all eligibility and submission guidelines
The Matchstick, Amnesty Canada’s Arts & Human Rights magazine, is accepting submissions from youth under the age of 25
📅 Deadline Extended to Jan 4th 2026
🔗 Visit: thematchstick.org/submissions for all eligibility and submission guidelines
November 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
📣 Call for Submissions – The Matchstick!
The Matchstick, Amnesty Canada’s Arts & Human Rights magazine, is accepting submissions from youth under the age of 25
📅 Deadline Extended to Jan 4th 2026
🔗 Visit: thematchstick.org/submissions for all eligibility and submission guidelines
The Matchstick, Amnesty Canada’s Arts & Human Rights magazine, is accepting submissions from youth under the age of 25
📅 Deadline Extended to Jan 4th 2026
🔗 Visit: thematchstick.org/submissions for all eligibility and submission guidelines
Is 🇨🇦 closing down this “first of its kind” corporate watchdog? 👉 tinyurl.com/eve8hh2w
October 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Is 🇨🇦 closing down this “first of its kind” corporate watchdog? 👉 tinyurl.com/eve8hh2w
Activists across Canada deliver a message to empower the CORE: tinyurl.com/eve8hh2w
October 31, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Activists across Canada deliver a message to empower the CORE: tinyurl.com/eve8hh2w
Representatives from Amnesty International joined members of the Wet’suwet’en Nation in Smither, B.C. this month to express their solidary with Sleydo’ (Molly Wickham), Shaylynn Sampson and Corey “Jayohcee” Jocko during their sentencing hearing.
October 31, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Representatives from Amnesty International joined members of the Wet’suwet’en Nation in Smither, B.C. this month to express their solidary with Sleydo’ (Molly Wickham), Shaylynn Sampson and Corey “Jayohcee” Jocko during their sentencing hearing.
“The abuse experienced by migrant workers in Canada is deeply troubling, especially for a country that claims to be a leader when it comes to protecting human rights.”
Read Amnesty Canada's new report on migrant workers in Canada.
🔗 amnesty.ca/temporary-foreign-workers-report
Read Amnesty Canada's new report on migrant workers in Canada.
🔗 amnesty.ca/temporary-foreign-workers-report
October 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“The abuse experienced by migrant workers in Canada is deeply troubling, especially for a country that claims to be a leader when it comes to protecting human rights.”
Read Amnesty Canada's new report on migrant workers in Canada.
🔗 amnesty.ca/temporary-foreign-workers-report
Read Amnesty Canada's new report on migrant workers in Canada.
🔗 amnesty.ca/temporary-foreign-workers-report
This is a win for women's rights in Japan, easing access to essential reproductive healthcare.
Over 90 countries now have the morning after pill available without the need for prescription 🎉
Over 90 countries now have the morning after pill available without the need for prescription 🎉
October 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This is a win for women's rights in Japan, easing access to essential reproductive healthcare.
Over 90 countries now have the morning after pill available without the need for prescription 🎉
Over 90 countries now have the morning after pill available without the need for prescription 🎉
Amnesty International continues to call on the Government of British Columbia to end the criminalization of Wet’suwet’en and other Indigenous land defenders and opposes the expansion of all fossil fuel pipelines and related infrastructure.
🔗 amnesty.ca/human-rights...
🔗 amnesty.ca/human-rights...
October 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Amnesty International continues to call on the Government of British Columbia to end the criminalization of Wet’suwet’en and other Indigenous land defenders and opposes the expansion of all fossil fuel pipelines and related infrastructure.
🔗 amnesty.ca/human-rights...
🔗 amnesty.ca/human-rights...
The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals is set to hear oral arguments in the case of Mahmoud Khalil today.
The Trump administration must respect rights to freedom of expression and abandon its efforts to punish Mahmoud Khalil for protesting.
The Trump administration must respect rights to freedom of expression and abandon its efforts to punish Mahmoud Khalil for protesting.
October 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals is set to hear oral arguments in the case of Mahmoud Khalil today.
The Trump administration must respect rights to freedom of expression and abandon its efforts to punish Mahmoud Khalil for protesting.
The Trump administration must respect rights to freedom of expression and abandon its efforts to punish Mahmoud Khalil for protesting.
💥 Iranian authorities have executed over a thousand people this year. Thousands more are at risk
✊🏽Please speak out. Those on death row need your voice. End the death penalty
#نه_به_اعدام
Sign the Petition to Stop the Execution Spree in Iran
amnesty.ca/online-action/stop-the-execution-spree-in-iran
✊🏽Please speak out. Those on death row need your voice. End the death penalty
#نه_به_اعدام
Sign the Petition to Stop the Execution Spree in Iran
amnesty.ca/online-action/stop-the-execution-spree-in-iran
October 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
💥 Iranian authorities have executed over a thousand people this year. Thousands more are at risk
✊🏽Please speak out. Those on death row need your voice. End the death penalty
#نه_به_اعدام
Sign the Petition to Stop the Execution Spree in Iran
amnesty.ca/online-action/stop-the-execution-spree-in-iran
✊🏽Please speak out. Those on death row need your voice. End the death penalty
#نه_به_اعدام
Sign the Petition to Stop the Execution Spree in Iran
amnesty.ca/online-action/stop-the-execution-spree-in-iran
🍁 There is a reason why advocates and activists have unanimously called for Bill C-2 (and its new companion, Bill C-12) to be withdrawn: the Bills are an attack on all of us.
✊🏽 Join advocates and activists across the country in calling for Bills C-2 and C-12 to be withdrawn.
🔗 bit.ly/47z3CSx
✊🏽 Join advocates and activists across the country in calling for Bills C-2 and C-12 to be withdrawn.
🔗 bit.ly/47z3CSx
October 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🍁 There is a reason why advocates and activists have unanimously called for Bill C-2 (and its new companion, Bill C-12) to be withdrawn: the Bills are an attack on all of us.
✊🏽 Join advocates and activists across the country in calling for Bills C-2 and C-12 to be withdrawn.
🔗 bit.ly/47z3CSx
✊🏽 Join advocates and activists across the country in calling for Bills C-2 and C-12 to be withdrawn.
🔗 bit.ly/47z3CSx
We hosted a screening of the documentary of My Friend Omar at the Amnesty Canada Ottawa office last month.
🔗 Sign our petition today calling on Canada to treat all workers with dignity and allow them to freely choose and change their employers.
bit.ly/4nKzUzm
🔗 Sign our petition today calling on Canada to treat all workers with dignity and allow them to freely choose and change their employers.
bit.ly/4nKzUzm
October 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
We hosted a screening of the documentary of My Friend Omar at the Amnesty Canada Ottawa office last month.
🔗 Sign our petition today calling on Canada to treat all workers with dignity and allow them to freely choose and change their employers.
bit.ly/4nKzUzm
🔗 Sign our petition today calling on Canada to treat all workers with dignity and allow them to freely choose and change their employers.
bit.ly/4nKzUzm
Today is World Day Against the Death Penalty.
The number of countries resorting to the death penalty is decreasing.
We won’t give up until the death penalty is abolished everywhere. Change is possible.
The number of countries resorting to the death penalty is decreasing.
We won’t give up until the death penalty is abolished everywhere. Change is possible.
October 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Today is World Day Against the Death Penalty.
The number of countries resorting to the death penalty is decreasing.
We won’t give up until the death penalty is abolished everywhere. Change is possible.
The number of countries resorting to the death penalty is decreasing.
We won’t give up until the death penalty is abolished everywhere. Change is possible.
✍🏾 You’ve changed lives before — Let’s do it again!
Since 2001, millions of people like you have written letters, signed petitions, and shared messages of solidarity — helping transform the lives of more than 100 people around the globe.
Register for Write for Rights now: bit.ly/4oewt4h
#W4R25
Since 2001, millions of people like you have written letters, signed petitions, and shared messages of solidarity — helping transform the lives of more than 100 people around the globe.
Register for Write for Rights now: bit.ly/4oewt4h
#W4R25
October 8, 2025 at 9:53 AM
✍🏾 You’ve changed lives before — Let’s do it again!
Since 2001, millions of people like you have written letters, signed petitions, and shared messages of solidarity — helping transform the lives of more than 100 people around the globe.
Register for Write for Rights now: bit.ly/4oewt4h
#W4R25
Since 2001, millions of people like you have written letters, signed petitions, and shared messages of solidarity — helping transform the lives of more than 100 people around the globe.
Register for Write for Rights now: bit.ly/4oewt4h
#W4R25
The ICC conviction of Ali Muhammad Ali Abd – Al- Rahman should serve as warning to others committing abuses amid ongoing conflict.
Despite US sanctions on the ICC, the Court has shown a clear resolve to continue its pursuit of justice for all victims, including in Darfur.
Justice must prevail.
Despite US sanctions on the ICC, the Court has shown a clear resolve to continue its pursuit of justice for all victims, including in Darfur.
Justice must prevail.
October 8, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The ICC conviction of Ali Muhammad Ali Abd – Al- Rahman should serve as warning to others committing abuses amid ongoing conflict.
Despite US sanctions on the ICC, the Court has shown a clear resolve to continue its pursuit of justice for all victims, including in Darfur.
Justice must prevail.
Despite US sanctions on the ICC, the Court has shown a clear resolve to continue its pursuit of justice for all victims, including in Darfur.
Justice must prevail.
The horror in Gaza has been made possible with the support of the US and other allies and the tightening of Israel’s 18-year-long illegal blockade that has inflicted unimaginable suffering.
This must end now. Humanity cannot bear this any more.
This must end now. Humanity cannot bear this any more.
October 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The horror in Gaza has been made possible with the support of the US and other allies and the tightening of Israel’s 18-year-long illegal blockade that has inflicted unimaginable suffering.
This must end now. Humanity cannot bear this any more.
This must end now. Humanity cannot bear this any more.
The intensification of Israel’s brutal military offensive in #Gaza City has unleashed a new catastrophic phase of mass forced displacement
Call on the international community to lift the blockade & stop Israel’s genocide against Palestinians
takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/173139/petition/1
#Palestine
Call on the international community to lift the blockade & stop Israel’s genocide against Palestinians
takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/173139/petition/1
#Palestine
October 6, 2025 at 5:34 AM
The intensification of Israel’s brutal military offensive in #Gaza City has unleashed a new catastrophic phase of mass forced displacement
Call on the international community to lift the blockade & stop Israel’s genocide against Palestinians
takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/173139/petition/1
#Palestine
Call on the international community to lift the blockade & stop Israel’s genocide against Palestinians
takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/173139/petition/1
#Palestine
The Matchstick, Amnesty Canada’s Arts & Human Rights magazine, is accepting submissions from youth under the age of 25
Deadline for submission is October 31st 2025.
Visit: thematchstick.org/submissions for eligibility and submission guidelines
Email info@thematchstick.org if you have questions.
Deadline for submission is October 31st 2025.
Visit: thematchstick.org/submissions for eligibility and submission guidelines
Email info@thematchstick.org if you have questions.
October 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The Matchstick, Amnesty Canada’s Arts & Human Rights magazine, is accepting submissions from youth under the age of 25
Deadline for submission is October 31st 2025.
Visit: thematchstick.org/submissions for eligibility and submission guidelines
Email info@thematchstick.org if you have questions.
Deadline for submission is October 31st 2025.
Visit: thematchstick.org/submissions for eligibility and submission guidelines
Email info@thematchstick.org if you have questions.
States have a responsibility to guarantee the Global Sumud Flotilla’s safe passage. They must step up pressure to protect the flotilla and demand an end of Israel's genocide, and of its unlawful blockade once and for all.
October 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
States have a responsibility to guarantee the Global Sumud Flotilla’s safe passage. They must step up pressure to protect the flotilla and demand an end of Israel's genocide, and of its unlawful blockade once and for all.