Amnesty International Canada lays out human rights priorities ahead of next federal election
The 2023 Human Rights Agenda lays out Amnesty's calls to action for parties and politicians vying for power in Canada’s next federal election.
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End violence against Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQIA+ land and water defenders in Canada
Canada has a long history of harm and human rights abuses against Indigenous land and water defenders who are opposing colonial expropriation and protecting their lands and waters from extractive […]
Amnesty International condemns court decision regarding Wet’suwet’en, other Indigenous land defenders
The land defenders have been arbitrarily prosecuted for protecting the rights of the Wet'suwet'en Nation, Amnesty International says.
“Removed from our Land for Defending it” Amnesty International’s Report Launched
Background Amnesty International’s new research report, “Removed from our land for defending it: Criminalization, Intimidation and Harassment of Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders”, was launched on December 11, 2023. The research is […]
Amnesty report tracks years-long campaign of criminalization, unlawful surveillance against Wet’suwet’en land defenders
A new report traces years-long campaign of violence, harassment, discrimination, and dispossession against Indigenous land defenders in Canada.
How three environmental defenders are fighting fossil fuel injustice and climate change
By Graciela Martinez, Americas Regional Campaigner, Amnesty International This piece was originally published in Spanish in Open Democracy The Americas is the world’s deadliest region for those defending land, territory and […]
Americas: States must ensure an environment conducive to the work of climate, land defenders
Amnesty International has released a new report in the lead-up to COP28 about threats facing environment and land defenders in the Americas.
Canada extols its human rights record at United Nations while criminalizing Indigenous land defenders at home
A delegation from Amnesty International Canada attended Canada’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations in Geneva on Friday.
Amnesty International Canada in Geneva for Canada’s Universal Periodic Review
Amnesty International Canada will present to the Universal Periodic Review about the poor state of Canada’s relations with Indigenous Peoples.
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Wet’suwet’en Nation
The Wet’suwet’en Nation’s unceded traditional territory is in the province of British Columbia, Canada. For several years now, Wet’suwet’en land defenders have been harassed, intimidated, forcibly removed and criminalized by […]
Canada: Charges must be dropped against Wet’suwet’en land defenders, their supporters
Amnesty International calls on British Columbia to drop the charges facing Wet'suwet'en land defenders after a series of brazen RCMP raids.
