Amnesty International

• Iranian woman detained after shedding clothes on Tehran campus

  Amnesty International is demanding she be released from custody after her apparent protest of the country's strict modesty laws.

  World

  Nov 4
  
• Canada, Coastal GasLink violated Wet’suwet’en Nation’s human rights: Amnesty International

  On Monday, Amnesty International released a report examining human rights violations inflicted upon members of the Wet’suwet’en Nation and their supporters.

  Canada

  Dec 11, 2023
  
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• Human rights violation claims lobbed at B.C. company over Central Africa copper mine

  None of the new houses built for 45 displaced households had showers, running water or electricity, two human rights groups allege.

  Canada

  Sep 15, 2023
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• Amnesty International denounces Manitoba premier’s decision on landfill search

  In a statement Thursday, the human rights organization said it denounces Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson's decision not to search the Prairie Green and Brady Road landfills

  Canada

  Aug 24, 2023
• Twitter facing UN, EU backlash over journalist suspensions. What to know

  Elon Musk is facing backlash from the European Union, the United Nations, and Amnesty International after Twitter suspended at least five journalists.

  World

  Dec 16, 2022
• Amnesty slams Canada Soccer’s ‘deafening silence’ on Qatar’s migrant worker issues

  Amnesty International has lambasted Canada Soccer for shying away from addressing the ``serious, widespread harms experienced by those who made this World Cup a reality'' in Qatar.

  Sports

  Nov 20, 2022
• ‘A travesty of justice’: MMIWG2S families call for more police accountability in B.C.

  The gut-wrenching cases of Tatyanna Harrison, Chelsea Poorman, Noelle O'Soup and Ramona Wilson have broken hearts across British Columbia.

  Crime

  Oct 3, 2022
• Russia ramps up attacks on Kharkiv

  Russia strikes on civilian buildings have upset Kharkiv's return to normalcy.

  World

  Jun 26, 2022
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• Propaganda or providence: one Ukrainian’s wild story of survival

  In Borodyanka, the hulking ruins of bombed apartment blocks have become symbols of the brutality of the Ukraine war. But one villager says Russian troops helped her survive.

  World

  Jun 20, 2022
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• Amnesty says it has evidence Russia committed war crimes in Ukraine

  Amnesty International said on Friday there was compelling evidence that Russian troops had committed war crimes, including extrajudicial executions of civilians.

  World

  May 6, 2022