The UN Human Rights Council recently recognized the universal right to a clean, healthy, safe, and sustainable environment. However, this right is far from the reality for racialized or marginalized communities across Canada. Canada has a shameful legacy of environmental racism. For decades,...

Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs met with RBC on February 25 to demand the bank end its financing of the Coastal Gaslink pipeline. On April 7, they travelled to Toronto to attend RBC’s AGM and raise their concerns with shareholders about the banks ongoing financing of the Coastal Gaslink...

Earlier this year, Amnesty members and supporters sent hundreds of solidarity Valentines cards and messages to Wet’suwet’en land defenders in north-western British Columbia and raised several thousand dollars for supplies and food for Gidimt’en Checkpoint. Thank you! Your support is still...

Hundreds of Amnesty members and supporters showed their love and solidarity with Wet’suwet’en land and water defenders this February: you sent over 500 Valentine messages of solidarity and gratitude to land defenders at Gidimt’en Checkpoint! Messages came from members and supporters, schools,...

OTTAWA – Amnesty International has been following with great concern the developments relating to the Ottawa protests’ “Freedom Convoy 2022” blockade.   “Amnesty International Canada is deeply troubled by the reports of violence, harassment, intimidation, and hate speech which have...

Submission to the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Poeples

Show you care by sending a Valentine to a Wet'suwet'en Land Defender

All eyes were on Wet’suwet’en territory in Northwest British Columbia again this November as militarized RCMP officers arrested peaceful Indigenous land defenders and their supporters. This is the third time since 2019 that the RCMP have enforced an injunction to evict and arrest those opposed...

Amnesty International is writing with grave concern over the arrival on November 17 and 18 of new contingents of Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers in Wet’suwet’en territory in northern British Columbia to join existing RCMP and Community Industry Response Group officers. The increased...

All eyes have been on Wet’suwet’en territory over the past week. The situation is changing rapidly, and solidarity actions have been taking place across the country to highlight the disturbing human rights violations. This weekend, here are three ways you demonstrate solidarity:  Donate to the...

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This year marks the fifth presentation of Amnesty International Canada’s Youth Media Award. Annually this prestigious award is granted to a student journalist, who produces a human rights story with an emphasis on an issue impacting young people. The Amnesty Media Awards are bestowed for...