Tell Iran that defending human rights is not a crime! Iranian authorities recently sentenced Iranian human rights defender Narges Mohammadi to 22 years in prison for her work defending women’s and human rights in Iran. Join Nobel Peace Laureates Shirin Ebadi and Mairead Maguire, the Nobel ...read more
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Take action now to support the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and those engaged in direct action against the North Dakota Access Pipeline. Militarized police descended on Standing Rock Sioux protest camp on October 27, which resulted in the arrest of 144 people. Casey Camp-Horinek, a Ponca rights ...read more
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UPDATE: Victor Garcia, Brenda Rangel Ortiz's husband, was attacked September 22 for his work on disappearances in Mexico. Security measures for Victor, Brenda and their family that were removed in July could have prevented this attack. Join Amnesty International in taking action to restore ...read more
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Join 2015 Sister-to-Sister Mentorship Program participant Riya Williams to call for peace in South Sudan! Take a photo with a message of peace and share it with the hashtag #PeaceInSouthSudan.
Williams started the photo campaign in the wake of recent fighting in Juba, South Sudan. Fighting broke ...read more
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Call on Iranian authorities to release human rights defender Narges Mohammadi! Urge Iranian authorities to grant Narges immediate access to specialized medical care outside of Evin prison, as well as allow her regular contact with her lawyer and visits and phone calls from her family, including her ...read more
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UPDATE: One year after Indigenous land defender Berta Cáceres’ assassination, there is still no justice in her case. Two of her colleagues from COPINH have also been murdered. Calls from Berta's family and the international community for further investigation and protection for members of COPINH ...read more
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